Italy: Frecce Tricolori (D) Switzerland F/A-18 (D/S) PC7 Team (D) USA B-52 Stratofortress (S) Romania C-27J Spartan (S) MiG-21 Lancer (D) Austria SAAB 105 (D/S) Germany Tornado ECR (S) France Patrouille de France (D) -only on Sunday Czech Republic Mi-24 Hind (S) L-159 Alca (D/S) Belgium F-16 (D/S) C-130 (S)
Invitations were sent to 19 contries, but three of them- Turkey, Israel and Finland are not going to participate.
Every year the fields south of the threshold are full of people. Cars parked anywhere and then they walk into the fields as far as they can be bothered. Kaskadi hotel (it'll be full now) a great place to be on Friday for the practices whilst sitting by the pool.
I now believe the Hawks will fly past at the start and land. So no display, and I cannot see how they can then be on static display if they return to the flightline, the static park already being completed and everyone wandering around it.
Traveller wrote:I now believe the Hawks will fly past at the start and land. So no display, and I cannot see how they can then be on static display if they return to the flightline, the static park already being completed and everyone wandering around it.
I think there is a part of the static area (here: https://goo.gl/maps/hozTF) which is linked to the zone where the dynamic display aircraft are parked, and the taxiway is fenced off from the visitors, so the Hawks can be towed here.
F15s and B52 from US. Uk is 2 Hawks which will fly by at start, then later in the day. Obviously just a circuit or 2 as they are not display pilots. Will look rather plain if they do that right after a display team.
