SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

In the 1970s, two acts often shared top airshow billing: the Red Arrows and the Rothmans Aerobatic Team. Flying first the Stampe and then the Pitts Special, its ranks populated by legendary names, no wonder Rothmans’ outfit is revered to this day ROTHMANS TEAM A Pitts S-2A mirror formation during the Rothmans Aerobatic Team’s last Middle East sojourn in 1980. Ex- Fleet Air Arm pilot Marcus Edwards was by now leader. VIA MIKE EDWARDS More than 35 years after its