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...

It says we “may” lose access, not “will”, but I agree. I’m not sure how that makes a difference from a security point of view at all. Everyone passes through the same gate/checks. It’s just that FRIATers get to go through that entrance up to those security gates 30 mins early, and then the punters j...

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Driving through the rainy Swedish countryside this week, Mr. R and I agreed that a grey Jordanian C-130 could be quite cool for the sake of variety. It also may be one of those cool “snapshot in time” images you have on your hard drive if, in future, they repaint them into desert camo like the other...

(Credit to Peregrine for spotting)

Splendid stuff, mate!

Seaside shows are not usually my bag (mostly just because of geography/participation) so a selection from Rhyl in 2013 and Weston in 2018. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gh0c49pu99jtbjkgosse1/DSC_0331.jpg?rlkey=m69rgw7q6znzjl0oa8wlonk98&raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a9zsd86dj9c0a88cmdkxn/...

…now that it is going to riat/ duxford and now old buckenham it does steal some of Cosfords thunder I’m not sure it does, does it? Or if it does, does it matter? Perhaps it does, idk. In my opinion, it’s far more encouraging that the RAF appears to be building confidence to perform the F-35 at lots...

Didn’t expect to see the thread bumped, but thanks again for the kind words!

If anyone was interested, my JASDF Komatsu aggressors article is out now in the latest Air Forces Monthly issue on shelves now.

capercaillie wrote: ↑

Fri 05 Apr 2024, 6:39 pm

Sadly your Kaan has no spice and definitely no variety! Just my wrath!

Almost not worth writing home about, but still kind of neat.