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The Black Cats are the Royal Navy's helicopter display team. The team is composed of two Westland Lynx anti-submarine and anti-shipping helicopters, with the aircraft and crews drawn from No No. 702 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset.

The team performs at air shows and other public events around the UK and Europe. They perform a display which mixes close formation, opposition and synchronised manoeuvres.

The Black Cats were formed in 2001. For their first three display seasons, the team was known as the 'Lynx Pair' - the "Black Cats" title was applied in 2004. The team's predecessors as the Royal Navy Helicopter Display Team were "The Sharks", who used four red Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopters and disbanded in 1992.

The team won the Steadman Sword for the best British participant at the Royal International Air Tattoo in 2003 and as "Les Chats Noir" performed at the French Navy's 30th Anniversary of operating the Lynx at Lanveoc in Brittany.

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The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led to the development of both battlefield and naval variants, which went into operational usage in 1977 and were later adopted by the armed forces of over a dozen nations, where it primarily serves in the battlefield utility, anti-armour, search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare roles. In 1986 a specially modified Lynx broke Fédération Aéronautique Internationale's official airspeed record for helicopters, which it still holds. The helicopter is now produced and marketed by Agusta Westland.

Registrations:

•Lynx 1: ZD268
•Lynx 2: XZ697

General characteristics

•Crew: 2 or 3
•Payload: 737 kg
•Length: 15.241 m (50 ft)
•Rotor diameter: 12.80 m (42 ft)
•Height: 3.734 m for mk7; 3.785 m for mk9 (12.25 ft for mk7; 12.41 ft for mk9)
•Disc area: 128.71 m² (1,385 ft²)
•Empty weight: 3,291 kg (7,255 lb)
•Max takeoff weight: 5,330 kg (11,750 lb)
•Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce Gem turboshaft, 835 kW (1,120 shp) each

Performance

•Maximum speed: 324 km/h (201 mph)
•Range: 528 km (328 miles) with standard tanks

Armament

•Naval: 2 x torpedoes or 4x Sea Skua missiles or 2 x depth charges.
•Attack: 2 x 20mm cannons, 2 x 70mm rocket pods CRV7, 8 x TOW ATGM
•General: 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Guns (AH.7 and AH.9), Browning AN/M3M 0.50 calibre heavy machine gun (HAS.3 and HMA.8)

Text and specifications based on Wikipedia article under the Creative Commons License for non-profit use.

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