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SUMMARY:Prestwick Branch: Maintaining Legacy with the Red Arrows
DESCRIPTION:The Prestwick Branch lecture will provide an interesting insigh
 t into operational support within the RAF Red Arrows\, one of the world's 
 premier aerobatic display teams. The Red Arrows fly distinctive BAE System
 s Hawk fast-jets and are composed of pilots\, engineers and essential supp
 ort staff with frontline operational experience.\nThe BAE Systems Hawk is 
 a British single-engine\, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft that enter
 ed RAF service in 1976\, with production ceasing in 2020. Squadron Leader 
 Andy King will present a wide-ranging lecture focusing on how the Red Arro
 ws are operated and supported behind the scenes.\nKey topics will include 
 maintaining legacy aircraft to greater than 95% availability\, continued g
 lobal agility\, and the Red Arrows' world-first sustainable fuels transiti
 on\, which was showcased at Prestwick in 2025. As Senior Engineer for the 
 Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team\, Squadron Leader King oversaw the return t
 o a 9-aircraft display and achieved 100% aircraft availability across the 
 2024 UK season and Canadian tour. He pioneered the use of a high-ratio ble
 nd of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for aircraft propulsion and hydrotre
 ated vegetable oil (HVO) to produce their distinctive smoke trails.\nSquad
 ron Leader Andy King is a serving RAF Engineering Officer with experience 
 across Fast Jet and Intelligence aircraft\, specialising in increasing air
 craft availability and building high-performing teams. He has won the No.1
  Group Engineering Excellence Award twice and is an advocate of STEM educa
 tion.\nEvent Details: 9 November 2026\, 19:00–20:45 BST\, Ayr Campus\, U
 niversity of the West of Scotland.
LOCATION:Ayr Campus\, University of the West of Scotland\, Ayr
URL:https://events.aero/gb/events/prestwick-branch-maintaining-legacy-with-
 the-red-arrows
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