RAF TYPHOON DISPLAY TEAM 'BLACKJACK' 2021/22
RAF TYPHOON DISPLAY TEAM 'BLACKJACK' 2021/22
‘Bring the Noise!’
We’ve been working on four projects for almost a year now and it is a privilege to release all of them in support of the Typhoon Display Team’s chosen charity for the 2023 season - Head Up.
You may have noticed some very special auctions being offered by the team, starting during the Royal International Air Tattoo 2023. Typhoon display pilot Brighty, has been part of this story, along with Sainty and Paddy, as we sought to recognise a very special jet that has been an integral part of all three of their seasons - Blackjack!
Three very special patches have been released in support of the charity, along with one print - featuring 29(R) Squadron’s colours and that most recognisable airframe, ZK914.
We’ve built a 2021/22 patch for Sainty and Paddy, with the cards surrounding their jet totalling 21 - which is of course a winning hand in Blackjack! The card numbers featured recognise the Squadrons they have each served upon and the Jack features Paddy in his Martin Baker Mk.16A ejection seat! His helmet is recognised in all its glory, proudly displaying the callsign ‘Anarchy’ with the reflection in his visor looking out across the clouds as his spare jet breaks to land. Even the Union Flag canards are visible in the reflection, behind the arch of the canopy!
All of this effort has been made to support a very important charity and we are so very pleased to be able to help the RAF’s Typhoon Display Team do so. Head Up is a charity set up by four veterans to promote mental health awareness for the UK Armed Forces and help Forced personnel build a positive mindset to improve their mental resilience.
We hope that these four projects will be a success for Head Up and encourage all to engage with the auctions and competitions which are to be run by the Typhoon Display Team, to be in with a chance to own signed copies of our print and patches. All those made available via our website will be unsigned.