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THE TIGHT FORMATIONS
These
formations are the smaller ones, where the focus is on extremely
precise station-keeping, and holding a very tight formation. The team
tend to include only one, or maybe two of these formations in their
display. In 2005, for the first time, the Red Arrows included
an
Apollo roll in their display, and even more unusually, rolled from left
to right, away from the crowd.
Generally, these formations are flown to demonstrate the skill of
flying in formation, rather than on high-speed maneouvtres, and as a
result, the Red Arrows tend to execute maneouvres that show how well
they can hold position during a single aerobatic maneouvre (like a roll
or a bend).
The two tightest Red Arrows formations, where the aircraft are only six
feet
apart, are Short Diamond and Apollo.
The other more compact formations that the team flies are Diamond
Nine,
Feathered Arrow,
Shuttle (also know as Tornado), and Vixen.
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