The Black Cats Lynx Duo Pair 2001-2015 Royal Navy

The Black Cats Lynx Duo Pair 2001-2015 Royal Navy .The Team started in 2001 as the ’Lynx Pair’ and have been the first official Royal Navy flying display team since the ’Sharks’ disbanded in the 2004, increased support from the Royal Navy and Agusta Westland Helicopters saw the team reinvented as ’The Black Cats’. The team have however drawn from their predecessor’s displays and use several manoeuvres, which were trademarks of the ’Sharks’ 4 red Gazelle ’Black Cats’ won the Steadman Sword for the best British participant at the Royal International Air Tattoo in 2013 Black Cats Team consisted of just a solo Lynx to the transition within the Royal Navy from the Lynx HMA.8 to the Wildcat HMA.2, the 2014 season included both types of helicopter, and the 2015 season saw two Wildcat HMA.2 helicopters in 2016 till 2018 in 2019 the display was held with one name ’Black Cats’ is derived from the fierce cat depicted on the now disbanded 702 Nav