You’re welcome to start your own thread(s) M. You could do a poll and everything.

JMC wrote: ↑

Mon 22 Apr 2024, 5:26 pm

Crazy to think that all they did for 2018 was a red sticker.

It goes to show that the RAF very much can do it when they put their minds to it.

It puts the, frankly dismal, attempts at other specials (including the RAF100 stickers) and the C-130 retirement sticker to great shame by its contrast.

Happy to be proven wrong, but I doubt that changes to the Chief of Air Staff had anything to do with it.

And, I know I get crap for it, but if you really want to see CD that badly, go to Cosford. I appreciate it’s an inconvenience that another show might have what you really want to see, but unfortunately that’s the hobby. You can’t expect it all to come to you. It never has been “everything at RIAT”, ...

they wont attend RIAT, imo only static from the French this year. When was the last time the French didn’t send at least 1 flying display then? 2015: Ramex Delta 2016: Rafale and Ramex Delta 2017: Rafale and Couteau Delta 2018: Rafale and Couteau Delta. Navy: Rafale M and atlantique (cancelled) 201...

Agree. For me, D-Day stripes don’t quite work on fuselage of jets, especially delta wings (plus they look a bit clean). Perhaps look better just on the wings, but the effort has to be applauded; it’s a fantastic looking thing on the whole. 👏🏻 Wonder what the Facebook-allocated cringe nickname for it...

Figured it needed its own thread.

Live on IG right now:

A reminder, in just under an hour.

From some of the gossip I’ve heard privately from well-sourced people, it’s more than a visor, and possibly worth looking at, but perhaps I’m wrong.

Appreciate it’s geographically a long way, but judging by this tweet, JMSDF U-36A, and JASDF C-1 will be gone/retired this fiscal year.

(From memory, there are only 6 or 7 C-1s left in service at the moment)

Worth keeping an eye on

BenTheBritishGuy wrote: ↑

Fri 19 Apr 2024, 6:05 pm

All you guys on the forums saying the shows going to be rubbish then they come out and confirm the Mirages. Absolutely fantastic.

One participant does not negate reasonable criticism.

But it does not prevent credit being given where it’s due, either

Very nice indeed

I also don’t think that Poland likes to advertise its ex-Soviet equipment, given their support for Ukraine, and hatred of Russia’s actions towards it I daresay Poland can’t wait to get rid of all that old Soviet stuff, as lovely as it is to us avgeeks. The AW149 is a great catch - debut indeed, and ...

As you probably know, a mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects. In this case, it will be Couteau Delta still in Nancy-Ochey, Fr.! :wink: 'A knife' you say Caper, as in the the c/s of the CV-22B Ospre...

just shaping up to have a decent lineup, national display teams, fast jet demos. Couteau Delta etc. Think I saw Patrulla Águila, gripen display, typhoon display fro European Airshows. Could be more Indeed, looks decent! I was more wondering where a participation list was, as there doesn’t seem to b...

Maybe, but the F-22 is busy RIAT weekend anyway, so it’s a bit moot this year. Whilst I do think the ACC demos *should* attend RIAT, I’m probably in a bit of a minority in that I’m not bothered that they don’t. The F-16 display is trounced by better European demos, the F-35 doesn’t really do much fo...

CWS wrote: ↑

Wed 17 Apr 2024, 12:38 pm

This airshow is looking very good so far! I would dare say ... rivaling RIAT in the flying program.

What else is on the list?

Seems like this all came about with the Biden administration , prior to this it seemed business as usual.. I highly doubt it’s got anything to do with any particular administration. One could equally say that an insular “we don’t travel” policy is rather more Trumpian, given his “America First” sta...

2012 - 2015 had none that I recall. In that context, a two-show gap (three if this year sees none) that we’re currently in doesn’t sound so exceptional. It fluctuates. I would imagine it’s also multi-faceted; for example the F-35 demo team may periodically attend European shows because the Americans...