All you'll ever need to know about the UK's biggest airshow
Go4Long
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by Go4Long » Wed 23 Jan 2019, 2:11 pm
Abbo46 wrote: No surprise but, Reds confirmed.
Is there a link to their schedule? We in North America are waiting to see what shows they chose for their tour here...
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by Abbo46 » Wed 23 Jan 2019, 2:18 pm
No schedule yet, post on Twitter confirmed them. [tweet]https://twitter.com/hthjones/status/1088062354234003462[/tweet]
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by clearstone » Wed 23 Jan 2019, 2:20 pm
No schedule yet. That probably won't be until next month. The allocation letters are very unlikely to have gone out yet.
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by Go4Long » Wed 23 Jan 2019, 2:23 pm
Alrighty. Thought if they confirmed RIAT it might be out, but I guess there’s some more waiting to do. Ah well. Wonder if there’ll be a confirmation again tomorrow and they’ve just decided to skip the invited air arms post this year?
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by Abbo46 » Wed 23 Jan 2019, 2:29 pm
Wouldn't be surprised to see the Marineflieger added tomorrow.
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by Tmyers123 » Wed 23 Jan 2019, 4:23 pm
Abbo46 wrote: Wouldn't be surprised to see the Marineflieger added tomorrow.
Two P-3C displays in one year would do nicely.
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by Gripenjetphotos » Wed 23 Jan 2019, 6:20 pm
Canada confirmed statics around this time last year didn’t they? Would love to see the CP-140 after it cancelling last year.
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by harkins » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 7:13 am
Probably been asked or discussed already, but just wondering if DBH has mentioned any themes for this years show? I guess themes I’m recent times have generally been a bit flat due to a lack of aircraft to make them feel significant. And perhaps this year with anniversaries like NATO 70th and D-Day 75th, it’s not easy to make those themes particularly clear as most aircraft there are usually part of NATO forces anyway. A big set piece finale is unlikely too nowadays I’d guess.
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by Abbo46 » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 8:11 am
NATO 70th is being commemorated, and something is being planned, I believe.
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by 3enrique » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 10:48 am
Wasn't one of the themes also something to do with Space?
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by capercaillie » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 10:54 am
3enrique wrote: Wasn't one of the themes also something to do with Space?
There's plenty of that in the static park these days, so that's taken care of.
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by MiG_Eater » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 11:31 am
Well it's 50 years since Apollo 11, so perhaps that will be marked in some way? I think Al Worden might be attending again.
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by Abbo46 » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 11:32 am
Anything from the NASA fleet would be hugely welcome, not sure how much of it has the range to fly here though.
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by MiG_Eater » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 11:40 am
I can't believe we'd get anything from NASA in the UK; but I suppose the WB-57 has been to Mildenhall (operationally) before... that's getting into crazy levels of rarity though.
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by Abbo46 » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:00 pm
Ignore that.
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by Brevet Cable » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:09 pm
Tôi chỉ đặt cái này ở đây để giữ cho người điều hành bận rộn
아직도 숨어있다
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by Abbo46 » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:10 pm
Well played, Brevet. Well played.
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by MiG_Eater » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:14 pm
Well, it wouldn't be RIAT without them.
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by Wrexham Mackem » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:17 pm
MiG_Eater wrote: Well, it wouldn't be RIAT without them.
Quite, they're like the Tower of London's ravens.
A good display too, for those who bother to watch.
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by Chris G » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:19 pm
Was hoping for the Pat Suisse after Sanicole announced them earlier in the week.
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by MiG_Eater » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:20 pm
No sign of the ubiquitous (and quite nice) desert Hercules in the update though... maybe later.
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by Wrexham Mackem » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:22 pm
Chris G wrote: Was hoping for the Pat Suisse after Sanicole announced them earlier in the week.
Sanicole announcing something doesn't seem to mean that team's schedule is generally available, or that their participation elsewhere is known. Two years ago Sanicole announced all sorts of stuff out of sequence with everywhere else, including the Red Arrows, which is most unusual. I wouldn't take it to mean the Swiss aren't coming.
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by rockfordstone » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 12:22 pm
MiG_Eater wrote: No sign of the ubiquitous (and quite nice) desert Hercules in the update though... maybe later.
isn't it their support plane? so its a given isn't it?
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by Costar1198 » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 1:03 pm
Ah the RJF, expected them to be confirmed, should give my hand a nice break from rapid camera movements, and a nice display too, so that gets a thumbs up from me