NTM 2016- Zaragoza

[iaint]

Announcement of 2 public events at Zaragoza in May as part of this year's NATO Tiger Meet.

Spotters day on the 20th May with a possible Open House that weekend as well
http://www.natotigers.org/tiger-news/public-events-during-nato-tiger-meet-2016

[McG]

Hopefully they do that - would make a good weekend trip.

[frank]

I found the following statement a bit ambiguous regarding the date of the Open House due to the words "following weekend" - is it 21/22nd or 28/29th.
Am I being a bit pedantic ?

On Friday, 20th May 2016 they intend to host a spotters day
during the following weekend an Open House is on their agenda.

[st24]

I found the following statement a bit ambiguous regarding the date of the Open House due to the words "following weekend" - is it 21/22nd or 28/29th.
Am I being a bit pedantic ?

On Friday, 20th May 2016 they intend to host a spotters day
during the following weekend an Open House is on their agenda.

I must admit I read it as the following weekend i.e 28-29th myself. Perhaps they do mean the weekend following the spotters day, that would be a bonus and quite a birthday treat!

[Beefy]

I found the following statement a bit ambiguous regarding the date of the Open House due to the words "following weekend" - is it 21/22nd or 28/29th.
Am I being a bit pedantic ?

On Friday, 20th May 2016 they intend to host a spotters day
during the following weekend an Open House is on their agenda.

Someone had better tell Ian Allan Tours about the date for the spotters day then, they are going out on the 24th-29th... https://www.facebook.com/IanAllanAvationTours/posts/957823850959366

[PeterR]

Does anyone know (or able to make an educated guess) if they'll be using the southside apron for NTM operations? If so it makes the spotters day and airshow very appealing but if they're operating from the northside (where the passenger terminal is) it'll be backlit all day so much less appealing.

[st24]

Does anyone know (make an educated guess) if they'll be using the southside apron for NTM operations? If so it makes the spotters day and airshow very appealing but if they're operating from the northside (where the passenger terminal is) it'll be backlit all day so much less appealing.

Was wondering exactly the same thing! From shots/footage of previous events, they've used South side with the Herc apron in the background

[zigzag]

Lets hope they open up the registration process soon then flights can be booked before the prices go too far north

[iaint]

And as if by magic.....

http://www.natotigers.org/nato-tiger-meet-2016-spotters-day

And Southside

[PeterR]

Application done!

[Niallxg]

Sorted.

[frank]

anyone getting the "unable to send email" message when you press submit on the Tiger website.

[zigzag]

anyone getting the "unable to send email" message when you press submit on the Tiger website.

Yes i got this too, but then immediately below it is a message that my registration was in 'good order' and to to print off that and bring it along. My guess is that the registration details have been logged but there is a bug at their end in sending out confirmation emails, hopefully they will fix the issue in due course.

[zigzag]

Registrations working correctly now.

Registration, flight, and hotel all sorted so Im good to go .

[adam1314]

Plan to join the Ian Allan NTM 2016 tour. Hopefully can secure a place. My first NATO tiger meet attending

[Rumwolf]

This may be a silly question but can anybody tell me whether the Open House following the NTM Spotters' Day is just on the Saturday or is it a two day event? I have been searching online without success for details such as timing, participants etc.

Any assistance will be very gratefully received.

Thanks in advance.

[PeterR]

NTM website listed the airshow/open house as Saturday only.

[Dr Cake]

Registrations working correctly now.

Registration, flight, and hotel all sorted so Im good to go .

All sorted, will leave car and hotels up to you!

Really looking forward to it although not entirely sure what the Open House will actually entail. Good to get to something decent so early on in the season.

[PeterR]

First list has just been published online...

Ala 15 (SpAF) EF-18+ Hormet (6x)
142 Esc (SpAF) EF2000 Typhoon (6x)
31 smd (BAF) F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon (8x)
TaktLwG 74 (GAF) EF2000 Typhoon (8x)
1 Lt (SvkAF) MiG-29 Fulcrum (3x)
11F (FN) Rafale M (6x)
ECE 5/330 (FAF) Mirage 2000 (3x)
335 Mira (HAF) F-16C/D Block 52+ Fighting Falcon (4x)
313 sqn (RNLAF) F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon (3x)
59/1 Sqn (HuAF) JAS-39C/D Gripen (4x)
338 Skv (RNoAF) F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon (8x)
1 AEW&CS (NATO) E-3A Sentry (2x)
6 ELT (PolAF) F-16C/D Block 52 Fighting Falcon (6x)
211 TL (CzAF) JAS-39C/D Gripen (4x)
221 LtBVr (CzAF) Mi-24 Hind (2x)
221 LtBVr (CzAF) Mi-17 Hip (1x)
Staffel 11 (ChAF) F/A-18C/D Hornet (6x)
192 Filo (TuAF) F-16C/D Block 50 Fighting Falcon (5x)
230 Sqn (RAF) Puma HC.2 (2x)

GFD (CIVIL) Learjet (1x)
4F (FN) E-2CHawkeye (1x)
3 RHC (ALAT) SA 342 M Gazelle (2x)
334 Sqn (RNLAF) KDC-10 (1x)

[Niallxg]

Looking good.

Nice to see the Greeks back.

Niall

[frank]

Looks like it will be busy - I estimate about 1300+ on the spotters list (14 pages at 96 names per page). Hope they have given us enough space otherwise we could be six deep at the fence.

[Skyflash]

Bloody hell... best NTM line-up I can remember for a long time. Wish I was doing this, but you can't get to everything.

[Tommy]

Hot damn what a list!

[st24]

Great list. Really hoping the open day drags in loads of home team though..

[PeterR]

Great list. Really hoping the open day drags in loads of home team though..

One of everything in the fleet on static and in the flying display, as seen at Torrejón in 2014, would do nicely wouldn't it..?