Today feels like the start of some big updates, I’m guessing we will get another 2-3 display teams , still a fair few flying displays to add. Now getting more and more excited for this year. Never seen a Greek mirage before , to get 2 is class, especially as I don’t think that they have that many st...

Today is a great update imo. Proper Riat moment getting those Mirage. Soooooo rare and cracking old fighters. Cannot wait for departures day

Pair of Greek Mirage is a monster addition!!! Fair play

Although it is real cool to see 2 '6th' gen planes flying around. For all we know they are just weird mock ups lol. Looking forward to knowing what they actually are! They both look unique

https://maltairshow.com/news/

Both German Typhon displays confirmed

Also looks like two additional Typhoons will be in the Static lineup. So 4 in total.

Yea not many this year. Hopefully the polish can punch out a schedule with a few more dates on it! Edit: although Greek schedules aren’t always accurate. RIAT was on the 2023 schedule and they were turned away by air ops so dates could change yeah true Just mad that we now only have 4 F-16 demos ar...

Seems like they have scaled back a lot. Between them and the Danes, is it 7 shows between them in the year?

Looking forward to the next few Thursdays (and the rest), feel like we have a good base to this show. Hoping for some big pulls, they always deliver

Nice! The two main Polish airshows are really big on the European stage ! Both building towards great shows

Sounds like a great trip!

Cracking shots

Popped home for lunch today and suddenly heard the most dull groan going on, so much so builders down my road were also looking up and around. Turns out it was one of the AN-12s. The noise from them is mental lol Would love to see and hear one take off ! It passed by at 24000 feet and was still maki...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIboRJSsB19/?img_index=1&igsh=MTFtbGszN2g5enY2eQ== Just three shows (so far) for the Danish F-16 in its final year. Whilst it’s been seen before, my view is that it’s still quite a treat for a Danish model to feature in the flying display at RIAT. It is fantastic tha...

Have the Portuguese always been this 'reliable' with turning up? They seem to announce something most years but rarely appear with everything. Pretty sure last year they cancelled both Vipers and C-390 but then they still appeared with the C-390. Nothing to do with the organisers, must be frustrati...

Have the Portuguese always been this 'reliable' with turning up? They seem to announce something most years but rarely appear with everything. Pretty sure last year they cancelled both Vipers and C-390 but then they still appeared with the C-390. Nothing to do with the organisers, must be frustratin...

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Absolutely madness !! Great variety of aircraft together

It was a cracking day on Monday, watching most of those types fly.

Looks it ! Very jealous

Everyone has different tastes… would be boring if everyone liked the same things. We have a long time to go, I’m confident that come July, it will be a monster show as always. Have to hand it to the ‘new’team. Since being in charge there has been just a few massive worldwide events going on, I’m sti...

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Fri 11 Apr 2025, 6:17 pm

Not every day there's an aircraft formation featuring the F-15, F-16, EF-18, Mirage 2000, F-4 Phantom, Tornado, Rafale and Su-30 Flanker!

Absolutely madness !! Great variety of aircraft together

Speaking to the B-52 crew last year, the squadrons have a long waiting list for personnel who want to come to RIAT, which alongside the money they make from the merch means there's no lack of will on the ground, it's just down to the brass. Good to hear! It must be a great weekend for air crews, gr...

Botswana Defence Force was the only new declined Air Arm, Slovenia has been ongoing for around 2 weeks now. Nice to have the harrier back, every year it's one of the displays I look forward to seeing, but theres still nothing to make me go 'wow', with US Global Strike Command added as ongoing, a fl...

Having a look through (I always forget to make a note of this) ... any new additions to ongoing or declined? I can't tell this week if anything has changed. Also is it rare to get this many US branches ongoing this early? I know they announce the US participation later in the year but I can't rememb...

This is one that's been on my bucket list for a while, if for no other reason than that Northern Michigan looks absolutely beautiful. Helps that the lakeshore is north-facing too. As an aside, there's been a bit of controversy surrounding this show due to the proximity of the beach to the airport, ...

Great news on the harrier! How many flying displays were there last year? By my (probably totally inaccurate) count we’re up to 12 so far this year? So how many more to expect? I note also that RAF 1 Group are in discussions for static attendances so assume that means we won’t see any RAF Rivet Joi...

This is my second riat, loved last year very much, the line up looks fantastic love the harrier. How much more do people think will be added? Also how does ie compare to amount flying with this time last year? Thanks It all eventually gets to the 'same' amount of flying displays/hours of displays e...

Nice, look quite smart

WOW, this is a show I had my eye on, looked good. Few shots there stand out for me, the Raptor+F5 & some of those Aggressor Vipers are amazing! Yep, they are very photogenic aren’t they? It’s a good show and if you can tie it up with either DM or March the weekend before/after with say Planes o...