Ray Hanna

Squadron Leader Raynham George Hanna AFC (with bar) (28 August 1928 - 1 December 2005) was a New Zealand born pilot in the RAF and a number of civilian companies. During his time in the RAF he was a founding member of the Red Arrows. He also founded the Old Flying Machine Company and regularly flew aircraft from his vintage warbird collection at airshows around the world. Hanna learned to fly in New Zealand in 1947/1948 before joining the RAF in 1949. During his initial training he flew types such as the Percival Prentice, North American Harvard and Gloster Meteor. He went on to fly types including the Hawker Tempest, Hawker Sea Fury and Bristol Beaufighter. His first operational posting was to No. 79 Squadron RAF flying the Meteor FR.9...