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Welcome to the Royal Artillery Motorcycle Display Team
THE FLYING GUNNERS
Every year thousands of people throughout the country see the flying gunners in action.
Speed, excitement, showmanship and professionalism are the hallmarks of this motorcycle display team.
The team is based in Larkhill, Salisbury. All the riders are fully trained gunners from the Royal Artillery units. They stay in the team for between two and four years.
Each year the team gives approximately 120 separate performances at different venues. During recent years they have made appearances at the royal tournament, The Rhine Army Summer Show, The Fortress Fantasia in Gibraltar, and every major agricultural or trucking show in the UK. Television credits include The Edinburgh Tattoo, "You Bet”, National Lottery Show, Noels Edmond's House Party, Lenney Henery Show, Blue Peter and the Brian Conley Show.
The display combines breathtaking high speed double crossovers from four corners of the arena when closing speeds may reach 90mph, with shows of the individual and combined skill which include amazing feats of balance, machine control, team work and courage. In the intermediate ride, the movements are carried out at very high speeds over ramps, with riders crossing in mid-air inches apart. The climax of the show is a spectacular car jump over four cars or more.
The daring high speed crossovers and the exciting moving pyramid requires a great deal of fitness, concentration, teamwork and professionalism. All the important qualities of the army’s crack display team- THE MOTORCYCLE DISPLAY TEAM OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY,
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