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No Blue Eagles in 2010
The Army Air Corps aerial demonstration team, the Blue Eagles is being put in abeyance for the 2010 airshow season.
The team which perform helicopter demonstrations using single examples of the Lynx and the Apache announced the decsion on its website.
The statement says: "The Blue Eagles are to be put in abeyance for the forthcoming 2010 season.
"Where practicable they will support events with role demonstrations and/or static displays.
"The intention is to re-establish the Blue Eagles on the display circuit with a new, invigorated display in 2011.
"This aspiration is subject to confirmation during the middle of next year."
The Blue Eagles are run on a purely voluntary basis, with training and display preparation done in team member's spare time. In 2009, the team displayed at eight venues across the across the UK.
Previously the team used a single Lynx and four Gazelles but because AAC Gazelle use has been scaled back to one regiment operating in Northern Ireland, pilots could not be spared for the display season.
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