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A380 Heavy - the promise of that flypast would cause gridlock within 30 miles of the airfield!!! To use a grossly overused word that really would be awesome!!
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Excellent Sunday morning hyperbole ;-)

I don't remember gridlock all the way from my house (30 miles from fairford) when it last appeared with the Reds...
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You wouldn't have because that line up as proposed would be uniquely special and far removed from the Red Arrows effect!!
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Ok I now get that you were meaning forumite 'A380Heavy', rather than suggesting an A380 as a flypast option.

Although I still don't see the flypast he suggested :-o
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B1, B2, B52, plus Fifi and Doc!! And to complete the Anniversary line up I'd add Sally B!
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CJS wrote:Ok I now get that you were meaning forumite 'A380Heavy', rather than suggesting an A380 as a flypast option.

You weren't the only one confused! :grin:
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Some people are very easily confused!! :roll: :clown:
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Dragon Rapide wrote:Some people are very easily confused!! :roll: :clown:


Or perhaps some people don't include the original post when referring to something 3 pages back - enough to confuse even the not-easily-confused :butt:

Still, you're right about the flypast, I'll give you that at least :shock:
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Yup - you're probably right but how could you forget such a suggestion??!!

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I'm sure such a flypast may happen. Not at RIAT, but it may happen.

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Ah yes - Stateside could well be....!!
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I wish for German mig 29s

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the 2 F4s that was at Oshkosh 2016 in the flying display please

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Ok, just to be a bit more specific than my earlier wishlist, and to annoy AFC a bit :grin:, I'd like to see any of the following in the static or flying (or both) display and from any air arm :-

MH-6 Little Bird
UH-1Y Venom
Seahawk
Blackhawk
Chinook
Apache
Hind
Tigre
NH90
Wildcat
Osprey
Cobra
Seasprite
Alligator
Havok

..........you get the idea :wink: :wink:

I know people complain bitterly about RIAT not being the place for helicopters, so I don't mind if they are on static only as will hopefully get them on arrivals or departures (unless they take off from West End and don't buzz by FRIAT stand :sad: ). Yes I'm all for fast jets and heavies etc, but would be nice to see some different choppers, as much as I love the Apache I am getting a bit 'bored' by it :hypno:
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Airwolfhound wrote: I know people complain bitterly about RIAT not being the place for helicopters,



A minority, ignore them. Anything military connected has a place at RIAT. Equally there has always been a small element of civilian and vintage types at IAT/RIAT and if they fit in with a theme or have a significant history - no harm in them being there. :up:

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A-4

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flight79 wrote:the 2 F4s that was at Oshkosh 2016 in the flying display please


I was at Oshkosh, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news but those 2 F-4s have already been blown-up! They were due to be shot-down on Sunday! :sad: :grin:

They arrived on Monday evening, and departed Thursday lunchtime; their departure actually kicked off Thursday's airshow. A couple of hours prior to departure the pilots gave a very interesting talk in the showground, which I was lucky enough to attend (very lucky, as it happens... I was just wandering around the static and noticed that a small crowd had gathered around the camo F-4). The QF-4 programme will end on December 20th of this year, with QF-16s fulfilling the role from then on. There is a 'USAF Phantom Pharewell' event planned at Holloman for sometime in November, or possibly early December, at which they will try to get as many of the remaining Phantoms in the air one last time.

The main reason for finalising the switch to QF-16s is that they are running out of pilots who can fly the Phantom.
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Hellenic Air Force mirage 2000 flying please and the F4 phantom as well :shock:

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flight79 wrote:Hellenic Air Force mirage 2000 flying please and the F4 phantom as well :shock:


You had better ask the Greeks if they can work some display routines up over the winter. :smile:
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Any chance of filling the static up with USAF museum items?
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Maisie wrote:Any chance of filling the static up with USAF museum items?
How much would it cost to transport only one aircraft from Wright-Patterson to Fairford? (If someone is stupid enough to fund it: Valkyrie please, DBH)
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aviodromefriend wrote:
Maisie wrote:Any chance of filling the static up with USAF museum items?
How much would it cost to transport only one aircraft from Wright-Patterson to Fairford? (If someone is stupid enough to fund it: Valkyrie please, DBH)

Perhaps he means from Duxford? :question:
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aviodromefriend wrote:
Maisie wrote:Any chance of filling the static up with USAF museum items?
How much would it cost to transport only one aircraft from Wright-Patterson to Fairford? (If someone is stupid enough to fund it: Valkyrie please, DBH)


Would be cool, but I was thinking stuff from Duxford and any other USAF stuff in UK museums :lol:
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The American owned mig23 please :rock: :cool: If they brought the f 100 super sabre to RIAT they can bring the Flogger !

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flight79 wrote:The American owned mig23 please :rock: :cool: If they brought the f 100 super sabre to RIAT they can bring the Flogger !


Who's 'they'? :confused: wasn't the F-100 present in '97 a BAE systems machine? Nothing to do with the owners of the Flogger.
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