RAF Centenary, Red Arrows miniature sheet, signed by Kirsty Murphy

RAF Centenary first day cover featuring the full Red Arrows miniature sheet and our RAF Scampton Red Arrows postmark 31.03.2018. Autographed by Kirsty Murphy, the first female Red Arrow pilot and Blade 3 in the Blades Display Team.

 Kirsty joined the RAF and completed flying training on the Tucano and the Hawk T1. Her first tour with the RAF was as an instructor on the Hawk T1 at RAF Valley in Wales. She was subsequently posted to the Tornado GR4 and joined XIII Sqn at RAF Marham, with whom she flew operational sorties in Iraq. In 2009 she became the first female pilot to be selected to fly with The RAF Red Arrows and went on to fly a total of 136 public displays and 133 flypasts in 11 different countries.
After 17 years in the RAF, Kirsty left and had a baby boy. She moved to Northamptonshire with her husband, Ben, and joined The Blades in spring 2016. Now into her second display season, she continues to fly in the Blade 3 position, flying on the left-hand side of the team leader, Ben Murphy.