RIAT, anyone?

[mrjake2002]

I know its early but whose gonna be making the trip to Fairford this year?? My tickets arrived yesterday!  ;D

This'll be my first trip to RIAT so im really excited!

The aircraft list so far is:

UK Military-
Dakota BBMF 50th  
Hawk T1 x 11 Red Arrows  
Hurricane BBMF 50th  
Lancaster B1 BBMF 50th  
Spitfire BBMF 50th  

US Military -
B-1B Lancer 7th Bomb Wing USAF 60th  
B-1B Lancer 7th Bomb Wing USAF 60th  
B-52H Stratofortess 5th Bomb Wing USAF 60th  
B-52H Stratofortress 917th Bomb Wing (AFRC) USAF 60th  
F-117A Nighthawk 49th Fighter Wing USAF 60th  
F-117A Nighthawk 49th Fighter Wing USAF 60th  
F-15E Strike Eagle x 2 Strike Eagle Demo team USAF 60th  
F-16C Fighting Falcon x 7 Thunderbirds USAF 60th
C-17A Globemaster lll x 2 TBC USAF 60th
Brazilian Air Force
C-130H Hercules 1 GTT Agile & Adaptable  
R-99A AEW&C 2/6GAv Agile & Adaptable  

Canadian Forces - Air Component
CC-150 Polaris 437 Squadron, 8 Wing Agile & Adaptable  
CF-18 Hornet x 2 4 Wing  

Hellenic Air Force
A-7E/H Corsair ll 335 Squadron Tiger  
C-130B Hercules 356 Squadron Agile & Adaptable  

Royal Jordanian Air Force
C-130H Hercules Air Lift Wing Agile & Adaptable  

Swiss Air Force
F/A-18C Hornet x 2 Fliegerstaffel 11  

Civilian
Extra 300 x 4 Royal Jordanian Falcons  
Robinson R44 Alan Smith  
Spitfire PRXlX Rolls Royce BBMF 50th  
Vampire T11 Vampire Preservation Group  


Looks good!  :)

[F3Hadlow]

A fairly large chunk of aviation (military) enthusiasts in the UK I'd say...

[Theis]

Well... I know that the RAF are very laid back, but comeon!!
Is a Hurricane and a Lanc the best they got??

[C]

Well... I know that the RAF are very laid back, but comeon!!
Is a Hurricane and a Lanc the best they got??

To be fair,the BBMF is the jewel in the RAF's crown - by far the most valuable and unique aircraft in the RAF - particularly in their 50th year...

[Anark]

*cough*already some threads about it*cough*

And yes, I will be going.

[Mictheslik]

Yes...as I have said in three other posts of this nature

Should be a good season for me this year...looking at about 10 shows

.mic

[Anark]

Just looked at the latest update, it's getting more interesting now.
The latest updates:
RAF
1x Sentry - Flying
1x Hawk T1 - Flying
2x Typhoon - Flying
3x Vigilant - Static
2x Viking Glider - Static
USA
1x E-8C JSTARS - Static
1x MQ-1 Predator - Static
1x OC-135B - Static
1x T-1A Jayhawk - Static
1x T-43A Gator - Static
1x C-130E Hercules - Static
1x C-21A - Static
2x F-16C - Static
2x KC-135R - Static
1x C-5B Galaxy - Static
1x HC-130P/N - Static
Finland
1x F-18C Hornet - Flying
Germany
1x A-310 - Static
1x As532 - Static
1x C-160 - Static
1x CL601 - Static
1x F-4F Phantom - Static
1x Tornado ECR - Static
1x Tornado IDS - Static
1x Tornado RECCE - Static
1x UH-1D - Static
2x BO-105 - Static
1x CH-53 - Static
NATO
1x B-707 TCA - Static
1x E-3A Sentry - Static
Netherlands
2x F-16 MLU - Flying
2x F16 MLU - Static
1x Pilatus PC-7 - Flying

And then there's a load of civilians including an F-86,  and A-26, some Harvards and a Catalina.

And all these are just the latest additions

[masmith]

I should be there...but its the weekend I go of to frimley park on a cadet leadership course

[C]

Just looked at the latest update, it's getting more interesting now.
The latest updates:
RAF
1x Sentry - Flying

Lol! That's about the only aircraft that isn't being used abroad!

[F3Hadlow]

Sentry is for / part of the role demo, surely?

[C]

Sentry is for / part of the role demo, surely?

Circling at 35,000ft?

[F3Hadlow]

Sentry is for / part of the role demo, surely?

Circling at 35,000ft?

Ask the people organising the role demo! The Sentry is in the team so they must have a plan.

[C]

Sentry is for / part of the role demo, surely?

Circling at 35,000ft?

Ask the people organising the role demo! The Sentry is in the team so they must have a plan.

I'd rather not. I think the whole role demo thing has the potential to be one of the biggest loads of **** in recent history. Much prefer the idea of singleton display (with which more displays and venues can be covered).

Of course, it gets worse. After the mediocre "RAF" magazine, someone's paid a company a lot of taxpayers money to do this... Even the website looks slightly amateurish...

http://www.spiritofadventure.info/

[F3Hadlow]

Sentry is for / part of the role demo, surely?

Circling at 35,000ft?

Ask the people organising the role demo! The Sentry is in the team so they must have a plan.

I'd rather not. I think the whole role demo thing has the potential to be one of the biggest loads of **** in recent history. Much prefer the idea of singleton display (with which more displays and venues can be covered).

Of course, it gets worse. After the mediocre "RAF" magazine, someone's paid a company a lot of taxpayers money to do this... Even the website looks slightly amateurish...

http://www.spiritofadventure.info/

Did you see the nature of the SoA press launch? Now THAT was really worrying! Never mind the pathetic idea of an RAF clothing line!

[Tweek]

I'd rather not. I think the whole role demo thing has the potential to be one of the biggest loads of **** in recent history. Much prefer the idea of singleton display (with which more displays and venues can be covered).

Thing is, it seems it's the only alternative to the solo displays. We wouldn't be seeing an E-3D on the show circuit as a singleton (except for at Waddington), nor the Tornado F3. I'm willing to bet there'd be no GR4 display either.

We've lost the Merlin and Harrier too, so hopefully this role demo should keep a few types on the circuit that wouldn't be there otherwise (unfortunately no Merlin or Harrier in the demo either).

Still, that Spirit of Adventure is a pile of crap. An extraordinarily high entry price (and on top of that booking fees, parking fees and parking booking fees ) combined with a terribly short flying display... surely it can't be a success? Perhaps they should put more effort into making Waddington and Cosford better shows.