GWP Protective has gone above and beyond to help one of the world’s premier aerobatic display teams.
The specialist protective case and foam insert team in Salisbury worked with the Red Arrows to produce several cases to protect vital equipment for the team. The cases are to travel worldwide with the team of pilots and engineers as they perform their well-known and much-loved displays.
Flying the distinctive Hawk fast jets, each Red Arrows pilot is tailor-fitted with an aircrew protective helmet which provides communications, breathing apparatus and protection in the event of an emergency egress.
To protect them from gravitational forces while flying, pilots are fitted with a set of full-coverage anti-G trousers to help combat the effects of G-force on the body.
As the Red Arrows operate all over the UK and globally, the support team must transport the equipment carefully to ensure it is fully protected.
To allow this, GWP Protective used its expertise to create a number of bespoke flight cases for the team’s aircrew equipment.
Using custom foam inserts, GWP configured the cases to hold five helmets and five pairs of anti-G trousers securely. The cases, which also feature laser-etched illustrations of the Red Arrows in the lid, enable the ground team of survival equipment technicians to support the pilots around the world.
The cases proved to be a great success.
Sergeant William Runciman, IC Survival for the RAF Aerobatic Team, commented:
“The cases look good and satisfy our key requirements – the most important of these being to protect the vital equipment that allows the team to put on such incredible displays.”
Richard Coombes, General Manager at GWP Protective, added:
“It was great to help such a well-known and much-loved aerobatic display team. The cases provide excellent protection for their equipment and are a perfect match for the aircraft’s distinctive liveries too.”
