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Teh Royal Air Tattoo, RAF Fairfird last weekend? I got in there on friday, the youth day with the Air Training Corps. Some lovely plane there, including my highlight, the B1B lancer. I also saw:

B52 Stratofortress
AN225 Myria
AOP5 Auster
Piper Cub
Loads of Tornados (Flying)
KC135 Stratobladder
F117
F15 (Flying)
F18
F16 (Flying)
Hawks, red arrows as well.
Apache
Sea Kings
Patrouille De France (I think)
Hercules's
C5 Big Galaxy
Grob Vigilant
Grob Viking

LOADS MORE!!! Thats just from memory.
Dan G

Sadly not. I was away. Although i did see pleanty of differant military jets during the week so more than made up for it.

I don't think that would have made up for it. It was EXCELLENT!

a flying british apache, a vampire, huey, two F-14's in formation and getting to goto America with temps in the high 90's all week, comes close
But i really do wish i could have gone, missed out last year aswell

Glad you enjoyed it Dan.

Can't say I've ever been to Fairford. The thought of all that traffic puts me off. I used to go to the open days at Greenham Common & Mildenhall back in the 80s. I think these were very similar to RIAT. Brilliant.

Some of the guys did go. Check out the topics by Mr.Bones & PeteTLUK in the Photos forum. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=photos;action=messageindex;start=20

Cool. I'll check those photos now.

The thought of all that traffic

Yeah. It took our coach 1 hour to go about a mile to the road! VERY much worth it though!
Dan

I went, absolutely fantastic
Best airshow i've been to in 19 years.
Didn't go by road - although over

if you saw the AN-225 there, i was probably sleeping because you can't miss such a big bird! i think you mean the C-5 Galaxy which stood right behind the C-141 Starlifter. but the real AN-225 wasn't there...allas!  ;)