One of my fellow flying instructors at the RAF College of Air Warfare at RAF Manby, (halcyon days, in 1971-3) was Brian Hoskins who led our team, The Macaws, but we didnt have smoke on our Jet Provosts. Hos went on to lead the Red Arrows and converted the team from Gnats to Hawks (and later made Air Commodore) so perhaps its time I contacted himor the Arrows to see exactly the smoke system they are using for colour. Certainly they used diesel, and it stank !

I flew BBC cameramen to film the Macaws and I really had to work hard to stay in formation in inverted flight, their speciality , the relative aileron response really does become reversed ! Think about it, but don't do it in the bath, you could drown !

BRG,
David Gladwin