They were hidden away on the Eastern side of the airfield and didn't fly during the Spottersday. Not sure they've done much flying at all throughout the Ex. All shot from the road. My frustrations stem from the ridiculous amount of time it took to get on base; nearly 2 hours from joining the queue ...

Lovely stuff there, nice to see some relatively tidy Greek '16s for a change but those Qataris - wow! Not hard to just add a tiny bit of interest is it?!!
Annoyed I just couldn't make this one work - did the Cypriot and Montenegro choppers turn up?

A real shame to read this. Wrote his name into airshow history following his much recorded MiG-29 crash and rapid ejection at Paris and then onto a long (and relatively safe!) period of beautifully choreographed Su-27 displays either solo or leading the Test Pilots duo around the world. We were trea...

Currently advertising USAF F-15E "demo" and RomAF F-16. Interesting, unsure if this is just hyping the static? Need to look at this one...

Air Defender special tail A400 to be repainted..

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/2yRRpyLoPdrYFECb/

Reported in multiple places that the RAVN Hawks have headed to Prestwick from Lakenheath today, apparently on their way home - they haven't hung around on these shores for all that long (well, arrived in Early December but weren't regularly flying until Mid-January and have somewhat fizzled out in ...

When Cosford mentioned ‘you won’t have to imagine soon’ with regards to International participation, it could be as mundane as a static NH-90 and Baby Blue, so wouldn’t get hopes up. Last year though regardless of how poor the show was, I thought the crowd line was atrocious. Crammed in between hot...

Tommy wrote: ↑

Fri 05 Apr 2024, 10:33 am

If only they could have stayed in service until after July!..

Glad you've done this - was going to start a thread myself, deserves more than a footnote in the interesting internet thread. A UK airshow stalwart and has done so much to fly the flag for classic jet preservation and a thoroughly nice bloke to boot. Always a decent show in the loop, or indeed at lo...

As nice as OW's Chippy is, there is one knocking around with the proper bubble canopy, or at least there was. Just sayin'...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4xmGiisDXq/?igsh=cmZ2cXZ5Mzg2emUx https://twitter.com/airbusdefence/status/1770775939787415913?s=46&t=MrByk9E0ZD1fN2EAXOlQkw Bit of a marmite one this! Really appreciate the Germans having a bash at a scheme and the nod to the Red & White prototype but the busy,...

The sun will be directly down the runway at around 1510, and then it will gradually move so that you're facing into it as the afternoon / evening go on. I was hoping that this wouldn't be the case, but i guess it is what it is. From what i can work out, if the aircraft do fly a topside in from the ...

Tommy wrote: ↑

Wed 20 Mar 2024, 7:15 pm

Aww that hurts... Way too rare over here post USAFE...

jamyt123 wrote: ↑

Tue 19 Mar 2024, 5:43 am

Italian Air Force have a special tail twin-stick Typhoon painted up for their 20th Anniversary of the Typhoon

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/w9B84x3M4NjupLZm/

Very nice! Typical Italian class.

https://x.com/ShuttleworthTru/status/17 ... 27521?s=20
Apologies if this is old news but I've only just realised the Hind is receiving a new scheme, Green top fuselage an' all...

capercaillie wrote: ↑

Fri 15 Mar 2024, 3:44 pm

Jeez, are they going to drag this out one a week until June with stuff that is always going to be there?

Getting quite tedious isn't it...

Mike wrote: ↑

Fri 15 Mar 2024, 1:38 am

I think the first flying one at Mildenhall was in 1983.

Indeed Mike, 2 in fact - USAF & Dutch. First in the UK at Alconbury, 1975, we didn't see another flying until Farnborough '80.

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 ...

I can't make the open days (and tickets have already sold out) but seeing how easy it was to get over there for Air Defender I'm considering a couple of days. What are the 'normal' day movements like for Tiger Meets? Herby at Scramble mentioning the following and he knows well: The participants wil...

Mike wrote: ↑

Mon 11 Mar 2024, 3:55 pm

There was one at Duxford the other day, perhaps it was so that the IWM could check to see how much hangar space it will take up in their forthcoming Cold War exhibition

Very likely Mike, straight from trials into a museum. What an absolute disaster - why are the MoD so utterly crap at AEW?!?

I'd like to see a Merlin Crowsnest before they're retired....

Wissam24 wrote: ↑

Wed 28 Feb 2024, 11:02 am

Jeez, that git Calloway get's everywhere! Supporting the Argies now!

The Firecat is a really lovely little gem. Midnight Hawks are lovely too. As awesome as the F-18C is from them, for the sake of variety, it’s nice to have that team back. With them, the Reds, and rumoured Saudis, it’s nice to see so many legacy Hawks in the air for the (unofficial) Hawk 50th year. ...

The Firecat is a really lovely little gem. Midnight Hawks are lovely too. As awesome as the F-18C is from them, for the sake of variety, it’s nice to have that team back. With them, the Reds, and rumoured Saudis, it’s nice to see so many legacy Hawks in the air for the (unofficial) Hawk 50th year. ...

JMC wrote: ↑

Thu 29 Feb 2024, 10:18 am

Looking forward to todays update. My fingers are crossed for the ever evasive J-22.

Ooh nice!!