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Official SIG Displays
for the
Red Arrows 40th Season

 2004 SIG Logo


The R.A.F. Red Arrows celebrate their 40th display season in 2004.

Red Arrows 40th Season logo The occasion will be marked, not by one particular big event or airshow, but by a series of different events throughout the year. Our SIG was extremely honoured to have been asked by the Red Arrows, to participate in their 40th display season.

The official launch of the season was a private Gala Day, held at RAF Cranwell on Friday 21st May 2004, attended by many dignitaries from the RAF and foreign air forces, Members of Parliament, ex-Team members and numerous other VIPs. We were asked to supply a selection of models of RAF display teams, as table "centrepieces" for the Gala Banquet.

A number of our SIG members "pooled" our models of RAF teams and set about building 15 special "domed" display cases for the occasion : Each case contained three 1/72nd scale models, representing a history of RAF display teams through the ages.

College Hall, RAF CranwellWe were invited to the Gala Day, where we delivered the completed dome cases and placed them on the banquet tables in College Hall, RAF Cranwell. Then, before the banquet took place, we were treated to a "private" display by the 2004 Red Arrows and had a chance to meet them, along with several ex-team members and ex-leaders, during a photocall around their Hawk aircraft.

CLICK HERE for photos from the Gala Day and our dome display cases.

Following the Gala Day, the next event was a special Red Arrows 40th anniversary exhibition at the RAF Museum, Hendon. We were asked for our models to also be included in that exhibition, albeit without the dome cases. These were set up by a couple of our SIG members, just prior to the the official opening of the exhibition, on Tuesday 25th May 2004. The team themselves were in attendence for the exhibition opening, but this time, not performing a flying display, which gave us a little more time to meet and chat to them again.

** The Hendon exhibition will run for approximately 6 weeks, closing around early July 2004. **

CLICK HERE for photos from the Hendon Exhibition Opening.


The Aerobatic Display Teams SIG would like to express our gratitude to the Red Arrows, especially Flt. Lt. Howard Leader and the team's P.R. Officer, Rachel Huxford, for inviting us to be a part of these important events in the team's history.