The Black Cats are an exciting four-man helicopter display team who thrill audiences at air shows with their dynamic flying displays in Lynx helicopters.
Black Cats Helicopter Display Team
The Black Cats are the Royal Navy’s Helicopter Display Team flying front-line Lynx maritime attack helicopters.
The Team started in 2001 as the ‘Lynx Pair’ and have been the first official Royal Navy flying display team since the ‘Sharks’ disbanded in the mid-1990s.
Winning several awards over the years the Black Cats are requested to display all over the UK and at many European air shows.
The aircrew and engineers are all volunteers from 702 Naval Air Squadron and the Lynx Helicopter Force based at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset.
The name ‘Black Cats’ is derived from the fierce cat depicted on the 702 Naval Air Squadron emblem and the term ‘blackcatting’ which is naval slang for one-upmanship – doing or owning something better than someone else.
Calender of Events 2012
26–27 May |
Southend Air Festival |
8 Jun |
Dawlish Air Show |
17 Jun |
Cosford Air Show |
23 Jun |
Yeovilton Air Day |
30 Jun–1 Jul |
Waddington Air Show |
21–22 Jul |
Sunderland Air Show |
1 Aug |
Weymouth Bay Festival |
25–26 Aug |
Chris Evans’ CarFest |
29–30 Aug |
Dartmouth Regatta |
30 Aug–2 Sep |
Bournemouth Air Festival |
8-9 Sep |
Southport Air Show |
12-14 Sep |
Jersey & Guernsey Air Shows |
14 Oct |
Duxford Autumn Air Show |
Click here for illustrated details of the Display Routines
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Black Cats at Duxford Airshow - Photo by macksaviation.com
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The whole Black Cats Team in front of the trailer on a sunny display day.
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View from the cockpit of Black Lead during the Carousel manoeuvre, crowd in the background.
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The Black Cats pilots at the ‘Meet the pilots’ stand chatting to the spectators.
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