RIAT 2017 (Discussion & Participation Thread)

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Brevet Cable wrote:Not on the updates page ( unless it's not a full update ), but just noticed the following on the 'Confirmed aircraft' page.....
Afghan Air Force
L-159 ALCA (x2) TBC Light Attack Flying

Wasn't on there before, was it ??


Corrected to Czech Air Force now

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That's a typo, excellent confirmation of a previously TBC announcement elsewhere.

I understand the L-159 duo are pretty good!

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boff180 wrote:That's a typo, excellent confirmation of a previously TBC announcement elsewhere.

I understand the L-159 duo are pretty good!

Andy


Yes indeed, saw them at Ostrava last year.

Very watchable and infinitely preferable to a solo 159 demo.
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Excellent update.

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Czech....Afghan...... yep, an easy mistake to make given how similar the names are !! :lol:
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Gripen!!!! Hopefully their Tiger scheme too. :yahoo:
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Skyflash wrote:
boff180 wrote:That's a typo, excellent confirmation of a previously TBC announcement elsewhere.

I understand the L-159 duo are pretty good!

Andy


Yes indeed, saw them at Ostrava last year.

Very watchable and infinitely preferable to a solo 159 demo.


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CJS wrote:I understand fully why DBH announce participation in the way they do but I wonder if it will be rethought for future years as there are increasing instances of teams self announcing through their official social media outlets, which kind of takes the sheen off DBH doing it on the Thursday.

I don't mean the silly rumour mongering or daft (Swedish) provisional calendars, I mean the actual teams releasing their schedules in advance of DBH doing so. The Raptor being a case in point. We all knew about that before it was announced by DBH. It doesn't really make any difference I know (and I appreciate it is logistically harder to do), but I wonder if they have considered updating as and when, rather than once a week?

Just a thought :smile:


Well they confirmed the Spanish F-18 last Friday could have easily saved it for today but instead put it out as and when they had confirmation and despite certain display teams confirming their presence via social media I think they still won't confirm said act until they have that letter in hand.
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Nice update.

Just noticed the Spanish f18 says two.
Is that two flying then??

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Suprastar wrote:Nice update.

Just noticed the Spanish F-18 says two.
Is that two flying then??

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Glad to see these getting confirmed - already getting very excited!

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Would like to see an update we know nothing about yet. Seems that every act in the flying so far we've had prior knowledge, not complaining, but does dim down the excitement for Thursdays 12 o'clock updates.

Unlikely, but I wonder if the L159 duo will have pyro's?

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I suspect those updates will come later, but at some point these aircraft would be confirmed by dbh.

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https://airshowinfo.hu/airshowfeed/2017 ... n-in-2017/

it appears the french alpha jet solo display is making a return this year.

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That linked story makes no mention of where the Alpha Jet will display, and there's no schedule published as far as I can see. And nothing to suggest it is (or isn't) coming to RIAT.

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Wrexham Mackem wrote:That linked story makes no mention of where the Alpha Jet will display, and there's no schedule published as far as I can see. And nothing to suggest it is (or isn't) coming to RIAT.


I think he means in general. :wink:

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Bit strange that the Spanish and Czech flyers are down as x2 but the RAF, F-22 and Belgian F-16 aren't.

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Airshowhammer wrote:Would like to see an update we know nothing about yet. Seems that every act in the flying so far we've had prior knowledge, not complaining, but does dim down the excitement for Thursdays 12 o'clock updates.

Unlikely, but I wonder if the L159 duo will have pyro's?



Well how about we go back to the good old days - rush down the newsagent every two weeks to sneak a look in Aviation News in the hope that one or two items maybe be announced - the only way of finding out anything - usually nothing in it. But then again FRIAT was four quid (I think and is was FIAT) not that you got much. Still we knew there would be loads of F104s, Drakens, Mysteres, the odd KC97, more Hunters and C130s etc that you can list and so on..

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Stupid question time even though the Thunderbirds are down as a demo team are they not more like a aerobatic team if not what is the difference?

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edhunter wrote:Stupid question time even though the Thunderbirds are down as a demo team are they not more like a aerobatic team if not what is the difference?

If you'd just looked earlier in this thread you'd have found a reasonable answer... :whistle:

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CJS wrote:I just noticed on RIAT's website that the Thunderbirds are listed as a 'demonstration team' rather than an 'aerobatic team' as the Patrouille Suisse are. Is there a particular reason for it?

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Not that it bothers me, just curious if there is indeed any difference? It's not exactly a role demo is it? :dunno:


I think it's just an Americanism of the same but different. Back in the day the USAF only had the Thuds with no full on solo demonstrations and so everything that a "modern" USAF pilot could do with an aloominum persoot ship was encapsulated in the Thuds sequence. There's certainly as much aerobatics in a Thunderbirds display as there is in a Red Arrows one...
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Gotta love a Gripen display, hoping our friends from Satenas will also return with their very punchy and hugely underrated demo.

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Airshowhammer wrote:Would like to see an update we know nothing about yet. Seems that every act in the flying so far we've had prior knowledge, not complaining, but does dim down the excitement for Thursdays 12 o'clock updates.

Unlikely, but I wonder if the L159 duo will have pyro's?


They will not release flares because the infrastructure is not in place at Fairford to support live ordnance on aircraft but ground based pyrotechnics are used - although I can't remember them for anything other than UK acts.
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iainpeden wrote:
Airshowhammer wrote:Would like to see an update we know nothing about yet. Seems that every act in the flying so far we've had prior knowledge, not complaining, but does dim down the excitement for Thursdays 12 o'clock updates.

Unlikely, but I wonder if the L159 duo will have pyro's?


They will not release flares because the infrastructure is not in place at Fairford to support live ordnance on aircraft but ground based pyrotechnics are used - although I can't remember them for anything other than UK acts.


I didn't mention the F word :loser: :grin:

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What was the most amount of Galaxies that ever went to one show?
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Wissam24 wrote:What was the most amount of Galaxies that ever went to one show?


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