RAF100
RAF100
Looking at this website it all seems a bit underwhelming. Not much interaction, few comments, is the best it can do a soapbox run? These fund raising things happen in the RAF every year. A half hearted attempt by the look of it. And how about this https://www.raf.mod.uk/raf100/whats-new/raf-museum-forges-historic-relationship/ - a historic relationship.... come on... and infront of a USAAF B17 for the RAF's 100 - well done to the PR that thought that one up.
Re: RAF100
Far too early for any details but I have been advised that planning is underway for displays at RIAT2018, Cosford, somewhere in Wales and a static display on Horse Guards Parade, London, with a huge flypast down the Mall. The official 100th Anniversary date is 1st April 2018, but that's Easter Sunday, so I think there will be something planned 100 days after that, sometime in July.
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Re: RAF100
I heard it will be 100 drones of various sizes!
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Re: RAF100
Parade in Londond with 15,000 marching !!! Thats after 10,000 are excused as they are sick, ill or are playing sport or on exped !
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Re: RAF100
More details revealed today...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4166736/raf-to-blow-8m-on-birthday-celebrations/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4166736/raf-to-blow-8m-on-birthday-celebrations/
Re: RAF100
I really hope we see a Tornado painted in its grey/green camo and displayed in a role demo
Re: RAF100
Spotty_Jag wrote:More details revealed today...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4166736/raf-to-blow-8m-on-birthday-celebrations/
"Royal Welse Show"
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Re: RAF100
Apart from the abysmal spelling ( Saes twpsyn ! ).....
So does that mean Crab-Air are only doing 3 airshows next year, then ?
Or it could be the usual Scum 'little Englander' biased reporting, given that those 3 all happen to be non-English shows
Still, it must come as a bit of a shock, really, having the RAF displaying at the same shows it always displays at.
Swansea Air Show, Royal Welse Show, Portrush Air Show
So does that mean Crab-Air are only doing 3 airshows next year, then ?
Or it could be the usual Scum 'little Englander' biased reporting, given that those 3 all happen to be non-English shows
Still, it must come as a bit of a shock, really, having the RAF displaying at the same shows it always displays at.
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Re: RAF100
Well looks as though the RAF are practicing for my RAF100 display! Incredibly (! !) someone was at Coningsby to shoot it!!
[tweet]https://twitter.com/AviationSketch/status/938366731592044544[/tweet]
Note opening and closing events! Also the Canadian Hornet is coming over, so it's all happening!....
From front - mixed Tucanos/Hawks in "RAF",mixed Typhoon/Tornado/F-35(?) in"100" ,R/As red/white/blue
From left or right BBMF x3 overflown by 4 Typhoon at high speed, Helicopters with flags
Polish AF Iskry/Orlik team
RNZAF B757/P-3(?)
Rich Goodwin Muscle biplane
WW1 GWDT (ok, not technically RAF but showing the RFC/RNAS predecessors)
Early years parade- Snipe, Se5 x2, Pup x2, F2B, Camel, Triplane, Be2
USAF flypast (B-52)
French AF La Patrouille de France
Slovak AF MiG29
Between the wars parade- Gauntlet(!), Gladiator x2, Hind, Demon, Fury, Rapides x3
Trainer parade- Avro 504 x2, Tutor, Tomtit, Tiger Moth x9, Magister x2, Harvard x5
Venture, Chipmunk x4, Bulldog x6, Prentice, Proctor, Anson, Provost 1, JPT3/4/5(s), Gnat(s)
Vigilant x2+Tutor x2, King Air x4, Tucano x9, Hawk T1/2 x9
Prefect x2 + Texan x4 + Phenom x2
Tutor solo
Texan solo (Greek AF?)
Belgian AF F-16
Royal Netherlands AF AH-64D/KDC-10 + 3x F-16
Canadian CF-188
Helicopter parade- Sycamore, Sioux, Whirlwind, Wessex(?), Gazelle x2, Sea King,
Squirrel x4, Griffin x4, Juno x2 + Jupiter x2, Puma x4, Chinook x4, A109
Chinook solo
Tactical demo- Puma x4, Chinook x4, C-130 x2, C-17, Atlas x2, Tornado x4
Tornado x4 display
A400M solo
Czech AF Gripen
Pakistan AF JF-17 Thunder
RAAF Roulettes team
USAF Flypast (B-1)
Heavies/ELINT/Recce parade- Voyager+ C-17+ BAe146, Atlas x2 +C-130 x3, RC-135+Sentry+Sentinel + Shadow+P-8
P-8 solo
French AF Rafale
Polish AF Su22(s)/MiG-29/F-16
Indian AF Surya Kiran team/Su30(!)/Jaguar(!)
Italian AF Tornado
Cold War parade - Vampire(s) Venom?, Meteor(s), Hunter(s) Shackleton(?!), Canberra(?), Devon(?),Pembroke, Anson
RAF Falcons
Royal Jordanian Falcons
USAF in UK flypast (KC-135+ F-15 x3, MC-130J + CV-22 x2 + MH-60G)
USAF A-10 solo
USAF Heritage Flight – A-10, P-51x2
WW2 - American help- B-17, P-51(s), P-40(s), B-25(s), DC-3(s), PBY-5, P-38, Hawk 75
WW2 – offensive support -Lancaster(s!), Mosquito(!), Blenheim, Lysander
WW2 BoB- Buchon x3/4, Me109E + Nord 1002, Hurricane x8?, Spitfire x20? scramble, tail chase & dogfight(s)
BBMF solos
Modern QRA-Typhoon x2 scramble to intercept Typhoon x2 at contrail height.
Mass Spitfire & Hurricane flypast(s) overflown by Typhoon x4
Typhoon x4 display
Sentry + Typhoon x3, Voyager +Tornado x2 +1 Typhoon, F-35 x4 flypast
F-35 x4 display
Typhoon solo
F-35 + Se5/Pup
Typhoon/Spitfire syncro pair?
"RAF" & "100" formations repeated from opening
Red Arrows
[tweet]https://twitter.com/AviationSketch/status/938366731592044544[/tweet]
Note opening and closing events! Also the Canadian Hornet is coming over, so it's all happening!....
From front - mixed Tucanos/Hawks in "RAF",mixed Typhoon/Tornado/F-35(?) in"100" ,R/As red/white/blue
From left or right BBMF x3 overflown by 4 Typhoon at high speed, Helicopters with flags
Polish AF Iskry/Orlik team
RNZAF B757/P-3(?)
Rich Goodwin Muscle biplane
WW1 GWDT (ok, not technically RAF but showing the RFC/RNAS predecessors)
Early years parade- Snipe, Se5 x2, Pup x2, F2B, Camel, Triplane, Be2
USAF flypast (B-52)
French AF La Patrouille de France
Slovak AF MiG29
Between the wars parade- Gauntlet(!), Gladiator x2, Hind, Demon, Fury, Rapides x3
Trainer parade- Avro 504 x2, Tutor, Tomtit, Tiger Moth x9, Magister x2, Harvard x5
Venture, Chipmunk x4, Bulldog x6, Prentice, Proctor, Anson, Provost 1, JPT3/4/5(s), Gnat(s)
Vigilant x2+Tutor x2, King Air x4, Tucano x9, Hawk T1/2 x9
Prefect x2 + Texan x4 + Phenom x2
Tutor solo
Texan solo (Greek AF?)
Belgian AF F-16
Royal Netherlands AF AH-64D/KDC-10 + 3x F-16
Canadian CF-188
Helicopter parade- Sycamore, Sioux, Whirlwind, Wessex(?), Gazelle x2, Sea King,
Squirrel x4, Griffin x4, Juno x2 + Jupiter x2, Puma x4, Chinook x4, A109
Chinook solo
Tactical demo- Puma x4, Chinook x4, C-130 x2, C-17, Atlas x2, Tornado x4
Tornado x4 display
A400M solo
Czech AF Gripen
Pakistan AF JF-17 Thunder
RAAF Roulettes team
USAF Flypast (B-1)
Heavies/ELINT/Recce parade- Voyager+ C-17+ BAe146, Atlas x2 +C-130 x3, RC-135+Sentry+Sentinel + Shadow+P-8
P-8 solo
French AF Rafale
Polish AF Su22(s)/MiG-29/F-16
Indian AF Surya Kiran team/Su30(!)/Jaguar(!)
Italian AF Tornado
Cold War parade - Vampire(s) Venom?, Meteor(s), Hunter(s) Shackleton(?!), Canberra(?), Devon(?),Pembroke, Anson
RAF Falcons
Royal Jordanian Falcons
USAF in UK flypast (KC-135+ F-15 x3, MC-130J + CV-22 x2 + MH-60G)
USAF A-10 solo
USAF Heritage Flight – A-10, P-51x2
WW2 - American help- B-17, P-51(s), P-40(s), B-25(s), DC-3(s), PBY-5, P-38, Hawk 75
WW2 – offensive support -Lancaster(s!), Mosquito(!), Blenheim, Lysander
WW2 BoB- Buchon x3/4, Me109E + Nord 1002, Hurricane x8?, Spitfire x20? scramble, tail chase & dogfight(s)
BBMF solos
Modern QRA-Typhoon x2 scramble to intercept Typhoon x2 at contrail height.
Mass Spitfire & Hurricane flypast(s) overflown by Typhoon x4
Typhoon x4 display
Sentry + Typhoon x3, Voyager +Tornado x2 +1 Typhoon, F-35 x4 flypast
F-35 x4 display
Typhoon solo
F-35 + Se5/Pup
Typhoon/Spitfire syncro pair?
"RAF" & "100" formations repeated from opening
Red Arrows
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Re: RAF100
You forgot the Collins Foundation F-4D which is going to be painted grey to remember the last real fighter we had.
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Re: RAF100
Nothing from South Africa?
Re: RAF100
iainpeden wrote:You forgot the Collins Foundation F-4D which is going to be painted grey to remember the last real fighter we had.
And for just $15,000 you get to sit in the backseat too
Of course if they used in service south Korean ones it could be a tactical role demo instead...
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Re: RAF100
iainpeden wrote:You forgot the Collins Foundation F-4D which is going to be painted grey to remember the last real fighter we had.
Will look nothing like a Lightning?
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Re: RAF100
Any details on the 'National Aircraft Tour' they have listed for 6 shows this year? My hometown show (Newcastle NI) is listed for the National Aircraft Tour. Not heard anything confirmed, one or two have said its static aircraft at the shows taken around the country from Cosford/Hendon.
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Re: RAF100
jasonT1981 wrote: one or two have said its static aircraft at the shows taken around the country from Cosford/Hendon.
And the plastic Spitfire from Duxford.
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Re: RAF100
Plastic Spitfire, plastic Hawk, and plastic F-35 I've heard?
Re: RAF100
capercaillie wrote:iainpeden wrote:You forgot the Collins Foundation F-4D which is going to be painted grey to remember the last real fighter we had.
Will look nothing like a Spitfire?
Just sorted that for you Caper
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Re: RAF100
Berf wrote:Nothing from South Africa?
Fair comment as I was highlighting air arms that have been directly influenced by RAF equipment /procedures and/ or have been our close allies, the SAAF fits both. Let's just say a Herc and Dakota are on static!!
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Re: RAF100
iainpeden wrote:You forgot the Collins Foundation F-4D which is going to be painted grey to remember the last real fighter we had.
Oh good lord no, that would be awful.
capercaillie wrote:iainpeden wrote:You forgot the Collins Foundation F-4D which is going to be painted grey to remember the last real fighter we had.
Will look nothing like a Lightning?
Trust you!!
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Re: RAF100
st24 wrote:
Note opening and closing events! Also the Canadian Hornet is coming over, so it's all happening!....
From front - mixed Tucanos/Hawks in "RAF",mixed Typhoon/Tornado/F-35(?) in"100" ,R/As red/white/blue
From left or right BBMF x3 overflown by 4 Typhoon at high speed, Helicopters with flags
Polish AF Iskry/Orlik team
RNZAF B757/P-3(?)
Rich Goodwin Muscle biplane
WW1 GWDT (ok, not technically RAF but showing the RFC/RNAS predecessors)
Early years parade- Snipe, Se5 x2, Pup x2, F2B, Camel, Triplane, Be2
USAF flypast (B-52)
French AF La Patrouille de France
Slovak AF MiG29
Between the wars parade- Gauntlet(!), Gladiator x2, Hind, Demon, Fury, Rapides x3
Trainer parade- Avro 504 x2, Tutor, Tomtit, Tiger Moth x9, Magister x2, Harvard x5
Venture, Chipmunk x4, Bulldog x6, Prentice, Proctor, Anson, Provost 1, JPT3/4/5(s), Gnat(s)
Vigilant x2+Tutor x2, King Air x4, Tucano x9, Hawk T1/2 x9
Prefect x2 + Texan x4 + Phenom x2
Tutor solo
Texan solo (Greek AF?)
Belgian AF F-16
Royal Netherlands AF AH-64D/KDC-10 + 3x F-16
Canadian CF-188
Helicopter parade- Sycamore, Sioux, Whirlwind, Wessex(?), Gazelle x2, Sea King,
Squirrel x4, Griffin x4, Juno x2 + Jupiter x2, Puma x4, Chinook x4, A109
Chinook solo
Tactical demo- Puma x4, Chinook x4, C-130 x2, C-17, Atlas x2, Tornado x4
Tornado x4 display
A400M solo
Czech AF Gripen
Pakistan AF JF-17 Thunder
RAAF Roulettes team
USAF Flypast (B-1)
Heavies/ELINT/Recce parade- Voyager+ C-17+ BAe146, Atlas x2 +C-130 x3, RC-135+Sentry+Sentinel + Shadow+P-8
P-8 solo
French AF Rafale
Polish AF Su22(s)/MiG-29/F-16
Indian AF Surya Kiran team/Su30(!)/Jaguar(!)
Italian AF Tornado
Cold War parade - Vampire(s) Venom?, Meteor(s), Hunter(s) Shackleton(?!), Canberra(?), Devon(?),Pembroke, Anson
RAF Falcons
Royal Jordanian Falcons
USAF in UK flypast (KC-135+ F-15 x3, MC-130J + CV-22 x2 + MH-60G)
USAF A-10 solo
USAF Heritage Flight – A-10, P-51x2
WW2 - American help- B-17, P-51(s), P-40(s), B-25(s), DC-3(s), PBY-5, P-38, Hawk 75
WW2 – offensive support -Lancaster(s!), Mosquito(!), Blenheim, Lysander
WW2 BoB- Buchon x3/4, Me109E + Nord 1002, Hurricane x8?, Spitfire x20? scramble, tail chase & dogfight(s)
BBMF solos
Modern QRA-Typhoon x2 scramble to intercept Typhoon x2 at contrail height.
Mass Spitfire & Hurricane flypast(s) overflown by Typhoon x4
Typhoon x4 display
Sentry + Typhoon x3, Voyager +Tornado x2 +1 Typhoon, F-35 x4 flypast
F-35 x4 display
Typhoon solo
F-35 + Se5/Pup
Typhoon/Spitfire syncro pair?
"RAF" & "100" formations repeated from opening
Red Arrows
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Re: RAF100
In st24's head at the moment!
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Re: RAF100
138EAW wrote:It was almost believable until so many Tornados was mentioned
Re: RAF100
cg_341 wrote:In st24's head at the moment!
A dangerous place!!
138EAW wrote:It was almost believable until so many Tornados was mentioned
10 tops... Surely we could muster that many??...
It's the prospect of having only 4 F-35s that would cause concern, after all that wouldn't even make a very convincing "1" in the 100 formation!
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Re: RAF100
It's feasible but they would have to crew up most of the fleet to get 10 airworthy
Currently Marham fly about 6 different airframe a day. So you could wrap them in bubble wrap as starters
Currently Marham fly about 6 different airframe a day. So you could wrap them in bubble wrap as starters
Gary