New mod available in the download section.

This is a small presentation movie of the Virtual Red Arrows from the training in January 2009. Thanks to all pilots, Crow, Firstdate, Madmax, Shaggy, Eagle, Baron, Wombat, and Grove for stepping in as nr 9. Our Goal is to fly a 9 ship show at VFAT 2009.

All credit for this movie goes to Firstdate, that took all the footage and put them together to this great film.

Interested in joining? Visit our recruitment page for more information.
Download the better quality video here

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The Virtual Red Arrows is looking for dedicated pilots.
Visit our recruitment page for more information.

Regards

The Virtual Red Arrows

A stunning Red Arrows video from their trip to Quebec in 2008.

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A teaser of our upcoming Virtual Red Arrows movie, produced by RED2|Firstdate.

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A small video showing the progressive training by the Virtual Red Arrows www.virtualredarrows.com synchro pair.

Video by RED2 Diemoz " Firstdate " Alexis .

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Hello everyone,

Due some technical problems with the old forum The Virtual Red Arrows have created a new forum.

We ask you kindly to register on our new forum.
click the link to get to the new forum:http://www.virtualavia.com/vra/forum/
or click the site link on your left that says: Vra Forum.


Kind regards,

The Virtual Red Arrows.

The Virtual Red Arrows are recruiting for new pilots. Feel free to join our forum and start chatting with the team.

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The Virtual Red Arrows are recruiting. We miss 1 pilot to make our display at the virtual festival of aerobatic teams this December. Would you like to be a part of a big glamorous aerobatic team?

Sign up as a recruit!

Best Wishes,
The Virtual Red Arrows

This is a video I have had on my HD for some time. Finally uploaded it for everyone to watch.

Red Arrows training in Cyprus during the early nintes. In cockpit views.

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A teaser of our upcoming show at Virtual Festival Of Aerobatic Teams 2009.

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Virtual Bulgarian Airshow 2009!

The Virtual red Arrows first public streamed performance !
For the program see the VBAS website: Virtual Bulgarian Airshow

You can see the live show at the livestream website at this url Virtual Bulgarian Airshow Live Stream

Best Wishes
The Virtual Red Arrows

See us fly at the Virtual Festival Of Aerobatic Teams 2009!

If you want more information about this event then please click on the poster below.

 

Official VFAT 2009 promotion video

 

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"Congratulations to everyone for a great VFAT 2009 show! I am very impressed by everyone in the team and what we have managed to achieve this year! We have worked so hard for this, 3 trainings a week, a whole 1 hour show routine for everyone to learn, finding out how to do everything by ourselves, I am truly amazed how far we have come and of the skill this team has!" - RED1|Crow (BOSS)

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The VRA hopes everyone enjoyed their Christmas and New Year.
We are very much looking forward to our 2010 season and are already planning our first practice session this week.

New pilot positions have been announced on our team page along with this years goals for the Virtual Red Arrows. Feel free to browse our website, we highly recommend checking out our VFAT replay which was viewed by over 600 spectators last December.

If you'd like to chat with us please visit our forums or come and join us on our Ventrilo live communications channel.

The official movie of our VFAT performance is ready for your viewing pleasure.

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3



Part 4

After months of planning, design and consultation with colleagues and aviation enthusiasts, Flt Lt Tom Saunders has given GAR the green-light to publish the paint scheme that he has chosen to adorn his 2010 display airframes. The scheme has been approved by senior commanders at RAF Valley and subject to some final administration, the paint shop will start work on the two jets within the next few weeks.

A variation on those which have been the subject of lively debate on the internet for the past few weeks, the scheme commemorates the 50th Anniversary of 4 FTS (Flying Training School) at RAF Valley. Special display schemes have become Read more...

Do you own an aviation related website? Perhaps you fly in another aerobatic team. Feel free to contact us to be considered for a link swap on the official VRA site.

Do you have what it takes?
Become a vital part of one of the largest virtual aerobatic teams on the Internet.

The VRA are actively searching for new pilots. Dedication and enthusiasm required to learn some of the most challenging virtual aerobatic manoeuvres to date. Individuals who house these qualities are urged to apply. We are passionate about our flying and believe in a strong comradery atmosphere so a good sense of humour is always a bonus!

Please check out our training schedule, it's mandatory that all recruits and team pilots attend at least 2 of 3 weekly training sessions.

Following the article we recently echoed on our website. We are pleased to reveal the new VRA RAF 2010 solo display skin for our current hawk model. All credits for this skin go to RED|R Little-Dog. More screenshots...

Our server is open to the public. Feel free to chat with the team.
Click the button on the left sidebar to connect.
Manual connection details:
Address: virtualredarrows.instantts.com
Port: 4109

For those of you that haven't come across our last VFAT performance here's the first part of our 2009 show. This movie is available in full HD and can be found in our download section. Parts 2-4 can be seen on Youtube or our video gallery.

Our movie is collaborated from our live flights for VFAT 2009 ONLY. 
Footage includes both flights from the live rehearsal and live performance as watched by over 600 viewers. No footage has been fortified from training tracks.

Please feel free to comment.

After many weeks of training through the VRA recruitment phase, we are pleased to welcome Littledog to the active team as RED2. Congratulations!

A sneak peak at our 2010 show. Further media will be released throughout the year in the build up to VFAT 2010.

VRA running preliminary tests on the highly anticipated Flaming Cliffs 2 simulator platform. This upgrade includes an overhaul of the main game engine, textures, more accurate flight data and many more improvements which may help develop our team to a new level. Feature list here. We will continue to test this platform before deciding to make a full switch from Flaming Cliffs 1.12.

Become a vital asset to one of the largest virtual aerobatic teams on the internet. We are actively searching for qualified personnel to help us with narration, public relations and media.  Please contact us to express your interest.

The VRA are making a positive step forward after experiencing some disagreements within the team concerning how we should fly this year's show routine. Unfortunately various issues could not be amicably resolved; we are sad to receive the news that 3 of our pilots will be voluntarily leaving us. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their services to the VRA and wish them well with their future endeavours.

The remaining members are confident that the new decisions concerning various maneuvers and show dynamics have been made for the good of team. 2009 pilots are now being recalled and we will be intensely training 1-2 new recruits in preparation for our live performances this year. We know it's been a while since we released media showcasing our latest training efforts, we'll be sure to rectify this as soon as possible and keep you updated as always with the latest team developments and progress.

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After many hours of hard work since March this year, the VRA welcomes Trigen on-board to fly RED9 after successful completion of our recruit training phase. Congratulations!

June 2010 has proven a great start for the VRA. The first half of the season's training is starting to pay off. More advanced maneuvers will be tackled following up to the VFAT shortlisting period in October. Wish us luck!

Big welcome to our newest recruit who has succesfully passed his try out period. "Phillip" will undergo a minimum training period of 6 weeks before being considered for the active team.

Looking to tryout? If you've got the stamina and dedication like our most recent team member "Trigen" lets hear from you. Feel free to contact Trigen and the rest of the team with any questions you may have on our forum.

Do you have what it takes?

The VRA are actively searching for new pilots. Dedication and enthusiasm required to learn some of the most challenging virtual aerobatic manoeuvres to date. Individuals who house these qualities are urged to apply. We are passionate about our flying and believe in a strong comradery atmosphere so a good sense of humour is always a bonus!

Please check out our training schedule, it's mandatory that all recruits and team pilots attend at least 2 of 3 weekly training sessions.

Sorry for the long delay between training screenshots guys.
August "line abreast" work in progress.

Hello VRA fans, the team are pleased to announce that we will be opening our training session communications to the public. Intregued how RED1 leads the team from manouver to manouver? Or how the synchro pair pull off their stunning head to head display with concise radio commands? Join us every training session on Teamspeak 3 where you can hear the live training taking place. On occassions the team may decide to stream live directly from our training flights.

All visitors welcome, please respect our communications and maintain radio silence when our training is in progress.

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome on-board a talented pilot who will be dominating the RED3 position this year. Redeye has flown consistently with us through his trial and recruit probation periods. Thank you for your extraordinary enthusiasm, keep up the great flying!



The VRA are also pleased to introduce our newest recruit "Jazz" who will be commencing with stability training in the RED2 position. Training will continue throughout the next 6 weeks, from what we have seen so far your progression has been extremely promising.

Full resolution versions available in our wallpaper gallery:
http://www.virtualredarrows.com/media/wallpapers

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We would like to welcome on-board "Blondie" as our newest VRA recruit. Blondie will undergo 6 weeks of intensive training in a bid for a permanent position on our active roster.
Blondie has shown a vast amount of knowledge in formation flying and the techniques adopted by the RAF Red Arrows. We look forward to flying with you during this training period.

Good luck to all teams participating in the VFAT 2010 event this weekend!

Unfortunately the VRA could not attend this year due to unforeseen circumstances.
We are continuing to train hard to bring our show routine to the highest professional standard which we hope to demonstrate throughout the 2011 season.

We had the pleasure of joining the VEAO Eurofighter Typhoon on his VFAT 2010 arrival flight yesterday evening. Want to find out more about the Typhoon? Head to the VEAO official website here.
If you missed the flyby itself here are some screens of the flight.

Our dedicated crew have been working hard to bring together our FC2 2011 BAE Hawk T1 model. This model has been in the making for over a year. We are ecstatic to announce that our team aircraft is now complete. The model (poly count just under 115k triangles for you techies out there) includes custom cockpit, hawk sound mod, animations and high resolution textures bringing a new dimension of realism to our flying and public performances.

Big thank you to the following members:
RED|Ripper - Hawk 3D model
RED1|Crow - Mapping, Texturing & Animations
RED9|Trigen - Hawk Sound Mod
RED6|Crash - Texturing
RED8(r)|Ells - Texturing

Please note this model is not a "public" release but will be flown by the Virtual Red Arrows team members in the upcoming 2011 season.

The Virtual Red Arrows are pleased to announce we have secured our first booking of the year for a live flight at the UK's biggest Flight Simulator Convention Weekend in May.

Some of the team will be at the event hosted at the Weston Super Mare helicopter museum in the UK.
We will be flying a live 9 ship show displayed at the event (and possibly streamed).

The VEAO Typhoon will also be displaying live along with a demo of DCS:A-10C

If you're in the UK or visiting, please come along and meet the team and see the event.

For more details, please click here:
http://www.fscweston.co.uk/

We'd like to thank the organisers of FSC Weston for the opportunity to display for them and to The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics for their continued support.

Thanks,
RED10|Ells.

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Congratulations to Ells for making the active flying team in the number 8 position! Ells has been with the VRA since 2005 and was among the founding members. In 2009 Ells became the team's PR manager and commentator for our live performances including VFAT 2009. Ells made the decision to train for an active pilot slot in the fall of 2010 and has been flying with us ever since. He has made a steady progress, and has shown us that PR managers can do more then just PR! Great work Ells and thank you for all that you do for the team behind the scenes.

Don't Miss VEAO's Solo Typhoon Display This Weekend!
The Virtual TUKUMS open day air show is the first virtual air show of 2011. A collection of European, American teams and solo pilots will be displaying their routines to the world. The show will be streamed live this Saturday 26th February!

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Well done to Blondie on his promotion to the active flying team as Red 4. Blondie passed his original entry flight and became a recruit in late October 2010. During this time Blondie trained on all left, right and slot positions creating the most diversified VRA recruit to date. There was no question that this level of skill should be dedicated to the RED 4 position, Blondie has taken to the challenge extremely well and will continue to progress over the coming months. Coupled with a high energy level, knowledge of flight dynamics and formation technicalities Blondie is an asset to the team as we develop our show routine and overall skill set. Good to have you on board Blondie!

At last.... it's our chance to perform for you! We missed out at VFAT 2010, we are back and ready to demonstrate our hard work. The VRA show will be streamed online and shown at two locations in Norway. One at the historic aircraft museum at Gardermoen and one at the FLG event itself. FLG will be advertised in local newspapers and on posters around Oslo.

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FLG is a Norwegian Flight Sim Event, their main focus is to bring like-minded virtual pilots together to share their interests and skills. FLG hosts a large LAN "party" with realistic ATC and virtual human pilots. There are many exhibitions at the event including addon makers, and aircraft procedure demonstrations. There will be a number of cockpit simulators including a 737NG sim as used by real world pilots. It's by far the biggest event in the flight sim community in Norway, click here to visit the FLG website.

The Virtual Red Arrows display will be streamed live across the internet and directly onto the big screens at the event. Everyone attending FLG will have a great opportunity to watch the show. Internet fans who are unable to make FLG, hit the below link on 19th March 2011 14:00 GMT (UK Time).  http://www.livestream.com/vralive Don't miss it!

Many thanks to everyone who watched our live display yesterday and for your very kind comments.
Although we had a few technical difficulties through the show, we are very pleased with our performance.

As with every great team, we are very critical of our own performance and will be working to improve for our next show at FSC Weston on 14th-15th May 2011.

We had great feedback from FLG, the event had a large audience including the press.
Our display was also received very well at the Frecce Tricolori Virtuali event in Verona.
Thank you for your hospitality on both counts.

For those of you that missed the live display, the replay stream is availabe on our channel.
www.livestream.com/vralive

Good luck to the teams displaying next weekend, we look forward to seeing your shows.