https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49129944067_4fb3ffcfc2_h.jpg IMG_3371-01 by Andy Heap , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49135888847_7a679a4163_h.jpg Russian Yak-3 fighter by Andy Heap , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/894/40621829254_1ddc13b012_h.jpg 383 (1) by Andy Heap ,...

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That's certain airshows lunch breaks sorted then! This is a daft take, when was the last time a Wildcat was in a UK flying display, let alone as a pair, people who hold this opinion are a bunch of sausages. A friend of mine was a Military Heli Pilot. He described Helicopter displays as something re...

I’ve just done a Google search which lead to a thread on Fighter Control. (Sorry but I couldn’t copy a link on my phone). This is the gist of it: “All 3 of the CAF CF-104 sqns of 1CAG(441, 439, 421) at Sollingen had a team at one time or another from 1970-1980. They were either 4 or 5 ship teams (3...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50042175733_2bd44928c8_o.jpg RCAF CF-104 Starfighter team Tiger Romeos Greenham Common 1977 by Andrew Shaw , on Flickr Andy Andy, any idea when they changed name to the Red Indians? They were happy days with a low level high speed entrance from over the crowd!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53378227014_58831d566b_b.jpg F18-Mallet Blow 89-2 Canadian by Andy Heap , on Flickr Part of a 10 ship CF-18 attack on Otterburn Range during Exercise Mallet Blow in 1989. It was an order of magnitude better than ANYTHING I've ever seen at an 'airshow' Remember it...

Just in the hold - 2-3 minutes to go. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591735103_9a1ebab3c6_h.jpg RNZAF Red Checkers heading to Christchurch from the North by Andy Heap , on Flickr RNZAF Seasprites https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/41306619801_6562612297_h.jpg Seasprites by Andy Heap , on Fli...

https://twitter.com/cosfordairshow/status/1773787212468879801 Typhoon of course hasn't been 'in service' for 30 years - Instead Typhoon first flew 30 years ago - remember DA2s first from Warton a couple of weeks later. Also EAP in 86 It feels like Cosford have been putting out hyped announcements f...

nice photos and a nice selection of machinery.

Scone is quite an event - shame it is in the middle of nowhere!

I see Austria is 'ongoing' - more likely to come in a Zeltweg year when they have displays worked up. Shame the RAF don't support Zeltweg really - would help the case with a bit of tit for tat swapping I'm sure. The QRA Pair of Typhoons is awesome but the Austrians have other displays - for example ...

You might know exactly but as a quick guesstimate - with over 40 years of F-16s at IAT at say 10-20 examples a year on average ( flying, spares and static) . Must be over 500 total F-16 appearances - pushing toward 1000? Go on , I'm game! Your numbers aren't far out by my reckoning, First appeared ...

Not knocking the Slovenian display as last time I saw it I was very impressed, just not an update to get very excited about. A static Spartan doesn’t set the world on fire for me whether is Slovenian or from a country never heard of. Hope mentioning of just the static US participation doesn’t mean ...

The Polish F-16 was fantastic at Radom last year - my favorite fast jet solo display of the show . This was mainly because it flew both days in the late evening light and was a total flares fest. Pretty much the same for Pat Suisse. Fairford would be so much better with Flares and Evening flying - ...

The Polish F-16 was fantastic at Radom last year - my favorite fast jet solo display of the show . This was mainly because it flew both days in the late evening light and was a total flares fest. Pretty much the same for Pat Suisse. Fairford would be so much better with Flares and Evening flying - c...

I like the backdrop!

Back from the 80s at RAF Wainfleet... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53376047311_3196f4dea0_b.jpg Strafe! by Andy Heap , on Flickr and this is its party trick https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53376368579_b0d439fced_b.jpg Strafing- by Andy Heap , on Flickr I misspent my youth watching these :)

Far better show at Reno same weekend!

I could be wrong, but I don’t think a special coloured jet materially affects a nation’s warfighting capabilities (the special Dannebrog F-16, for instance, was used on a live QRA intercept of a Russian aircraft). And if this is indeed WTD61, it’s not even a frontline unit. It’s a test and developm...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4xmGiisDXq/?igsh=cmZ2cXZ5Mzg2emUx https://twitter.com/airbusdefence/status/1770775939787415913?s=46&t=MrByk9E0ZD1fN2EAXOlQkw What a Horrible mess. I'd have thought the Germans might be more interested in sorting their military out so that it has some capability to a...

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Ah yes that!

One plus, you do get to see some heavies thrown around unlike RIAT where just seeing a heavy in the air is a rare treat. That's the draw for me, oh and it's a 15 minute drive... :D I used to work on the airfield - but could not see the approach or runway from the workshop. Always needed to get some...

Off topic I know but it is about "things to come". How do people plan their day out at RIAT at the moment if they have an electric car, allowing for say a three hour journey there, a big queue getting in/out and same journey home? What happens when the vast majority of attendees have elec...

Farnborough Airshow 2024, not hoping for much but hopefully they can pull something interesting from RIAT to display Who cares about F'boro - more like can't Fairford get something that's going to be at F'boro ? Shame I first went in 76 and already its reputation was better than the reality - and b...

Nice George - you should get a medal for attending... I think the phrase should be only Mad dogs and crazy Aussie Spotters go out when it's 38! Although Actually I went to Amberley show (2007/2008) for the last 111 gig at home base and that was something similar - we think it's warm at 20C across th...

Tricky! Ok lets try these: A Schempp-Hirth DISCUS glider - Can't get more relevant than an Olympic sport! Even says it on the side of the fuse! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/41376540501_51bca88ffd_h.jpg IMG_4611-01 by Andy Heap , on Flickr and same machine https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/4...