The one and only time I ever saw the red arrows was in the late 1990s, I think around 1999, at the Salinas airport (http://www.salinasairshow.com/links.htm). They had 10, they flew in from Monterey, CA. The tenth came in first and did a real low pass over the runway with smoke on and then landed. The other nine did there show performance. It was great, I love those jets. I hope they can keep going.

That same show there was an F-14 demonstration before the main event and I was in awe. It was like those typical A-10 close in maneuvers, but on steroids. My impression is I think the air show circuit is dying in general in the US. You don't see the real capabilities of the pilots and aircraft like you use to back in the day. I guess we'll keep it alive with our models jets.