AARDVARK wrote:It would be lovely to have some static airframes brought in such as the Harrier/Phantom/Lightning to represent the gap that will be glaringly present from say 1960 to modern day,it’s a shame that the majority of the aircraft that we associate with the post war RAF are no longer flying !
Spotty_Jag wrote:Isn't that exactly what Cosford are doing? Lets keep Fairford for all the interesting foreign military items!
jason82wells wrote:Spotty_Jag wrote:Isn't that exactly what Cosford are doing? Lets keep Fairford for all the interesting foreign military items!
That's my wish too. For those of us living in the UK there's plenty of scope to see RAF airframes be it flying from our bases or in museums.
My wish is for lots of exotic participants from other countries, hopefully spurred on by our celebrations.
Spotty_Jag wrote:AARDVARK wrote:It would be lovely to have some static airframes brought in such as the Harrier/Phantom/Lightning to represent the gap that will be glaringly present from say 1960 to modern day,it’s a shame that the majority of the aircraft that we associate with the post war RAF are no longer flying !
Isn't that exactly what Cosford are doing? Lets keep Fairford for all the interesting foreign military items!
FullCarrot wrote:Any chance of the Tornado Role Demo team being resurrected for the 100th Anniversary?
Certainly something I want to see this year given the imminent demise of what was the poster child of the RAF for me growing up.
Airshowhammer wrote:FullCarrot wrote:Any chance of the Tornado Role Demo team being resurrected for the 100th Anniversary?
Certainly something I want to see this year given the imminent demise of what was the poster child of the RAF for me growing up.
This. You’d think as the Tornado draws nearer and nearer to its demise next year and it being the 100th anniversary, a special one off celebration and possibly the last time we see them in RAF roundels at RIAT they’d go out with a bang!
harkins wrote:I'd guess that given the ever dwindling numbers available, if we see any Tornados in the flypast there might be a pair trailing a Voyager in a kind of AAR simulation.
I think we all know that the role demo will not happen. I just think it's sad that in all likelihood when the time comes that the Tornado does retire, we won't get an event such as the Phantom retirements we've seen at Wittmund and Larissa or even the recent Alpha Jet event in Portugal - and they only had six and they're even more skint than we are!
138EAW wrote:The Hungarian Air Force have taken delivery of the first of two A319, would be nice to make a maiden visit, if it's readyhttp://indafoto.hu/dynax_7/magyar_legiero_airbus_a319
Tommy wrote:capercaillie wrote:Tommy wrote:Something much closer to home, I think, but I read somewhere last week that the Army Air Corps Gazelles will be gone by the end of this year(?), would like a few more opportunities to see them whilst they're still around, or indeed, that very shy Bell 212!
Are any Bell 212s still in use, I think two were shipped off to Canada in civilian scheme earlier this month and at least one other was seen stored recently? I only ever saw one at Waddo, luckily arriving in some glorious sunshine, and that one has gone already!
Ah balls and arse. Didn’t know that.
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