| 词条 | Yellowjacks |
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|unit_name=Yellowjacks |image=folland gnat xr991 arp.jpg |caption=This aircraft is painted in the colours of the Yellowjacks but never flew for the team |dates= 1963–1965 |country= United Kingdom |allegiance= |branch= Royal Air Force |type= |role= Aerobatic flight display team |size= |command_structure= |garrison= RAF Valley |garrison_label=Base |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= Yellow |colors_label=Colours |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |anniversaries= |decorations= |disbanded= |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |notable_commanders= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |aircraft_trainer= Folland Gnat |aircraft_transport= }} The Yellowjacks were a Royal Air Force aerobatic display team which flew Folland Gnat trainers painted yellow. The team was formed informally in the summer of 1963 by a group of flying instructors, led by Flight Lieutenant Lee Jones,[1] at No 4 Flying Training School at RAF Valley. The two-seat Gnat T.1 had been in service at Valley only since February of that year, when the first 20 student pilots, selected after being awarded their "wings", from the recently graduated No 82 Entry of the RAF College Cranwell, had started their advanced training on the Gnat. Instructors and student pilots loved this aircraft, because of its small size and its sensitive handling and high manoevrability. The name adopted by the team (derived from the team leader's call-sign) was disapproved of by higher authority, who recognised the concept of a Gnat aerobatic team as attractive, but felt the name and the yellow colour of the aircraft wrong. (The name Daffodil Patrol was once believed to have been suggested). It was also thought that the team had maverick instincts, and needed to be brought into the mainstream so the team was officially reformed, in 1965, as The Red Arrows. The Red Arrows continued flying the Gnat until 1979 when it was superseded by the British Aerospace Hawk for the 1980 season. See also
References1. ^Red Arrows History Page. Accessed 11 April 2009 {{Modern aerobatic teams|autocollapse}}{{UK-mil-stub}}{{RAF-stub}}{{Aviation-stub}} 3 : British aerobatic teams|Red Arrows|Royal Air Force |
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