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by st24
Thu 28 Mar 2024, 12:15 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 973
Views: 620578

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

As nice as OW's Chippy is, there is one knocking around with the proper bubble canopy, or at least there was. Just sayin'...
by st24
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 12:21 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Interesting Internet
Replies: 2417
Views: 895752

Re: Interesting Internet

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,...
by st24
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 11:50 am
Forum: Other UK Airshows and Events
Topic: Sywell Airshow 2024
Replies: 117
Views: 27034

Re: Sywell Airshow 2024

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 ...
by st24
Wed 20 Mar 2024, 10:08 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Interesting Internet
Replies: 2417
Views: 895752

Re: Interesting Internet

Tommy wrote:
Wed 20 Mar 2024, 7:15 pm
Aww that hurts... Way too rare over here post USAFE... :cry:
by st24
Tue 19 Mar 2024, 10:53 am
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Interesting Internet
Replies: 2417
Views: 895752

Re: Interesting Internet

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.
by st24
Sun 17 Mar 2024, 5:06 pm
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: Interesting Internet (Historic Aviation)
Replies: 315
Views: 143274

Re: Interesting Internet (Historic Aviation)

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...
by st24
Fri 15 Mar 2024, 7:16 pm
Forum: RAF Cosford Air Show
Topic: Cosford Airshow 2024 - 9th June 2024
Replies: 148
Views: 34874

Re: Cosford Airshow 2024 - 9th June 2024

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... 😴
by st24
Fri 15 Mar 2024, 1:11 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 973
Views: 620578

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

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.
by st24
Thu 14 Mar 2024, 11:25 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 973
Views: 620578

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

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 ...
by st24
Wed 13 Mar 2024, 10:33 am
Forum: European Events
Topic: NATO Tiger Meet 2024
Replies: 35
Views: 12723

Re: NATO Tiger Meet 2024

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...
by st24
Tue 12 Mar 2024, 12:18 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 wishlist.
Replies: 579
Views: 183910

Re: RIAT 2024 wishlist.

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?!?
by st24
Mon 11 Mar 2024, 3:22 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 wishlist.
Replies: 579
Views: 183910

Re: RIAT 2024 wishlist.

I'd like to see a Merlin Crowsnest before they're retired.... :face_with_hand_over_mouth:
by st24
Sat 02 Mar 2024, 3:46 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Interesting Internet
Replies: 2417
Views: 895752

Re: Interesting Internet

Wissam24 wrote:
Wed 28 Feb 2024, 11:02 am
Jeez, that git Calloway get's everywhere! Supporting the Argies now!
by st24
Thu 29 Feb 2024, 2:00 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 973
Views: 620578

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

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. ...
by st24
Thu 29 Feb 2024, 1:13 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 973
Views: 620578

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

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. ...
by st24
Thu 29 Feb 2024, 10:36 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 973
Views: 620578

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

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!!

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by st24
Thu 22 Feb 2024, 12:24 pm
Forum: UK Airshow Review News
Topic: Goodbye to the Belgian F-16 Display
Replies: 2
Views: 353

Re: Goodbye to the Belgian F-16 Display

Did they have two demo pilots between '88 and '96 or is that list incorrect? They frequently had 2 display pilots, particularly during the '90s/early '00s when we were literally tripping over airshows. Usually different wings - 1Wing with 349/350 Sqns started the displays with 10 Wing (23 & 31 ...
by st24
Mon 19 Feb 2024, 12:25 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 973
Views: 620578

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

Hope this might work trough a link: Indeed removed after 40 minutes, tho Vrieske reposted it, I find it absurd seeing the Dream Viper made its first flight of 2024 literally just this week https://gyazo.com/5b1c98055d5fd9c8b99b03c6291fa22c That would indeed be a real shame and an ignominius ending ...
by st24
Mon 19 Feb 2024, 11:34 am
Forum: European Events
Topic: Ala14 50th Anniversary - Albacete Air Festival - 16/06/24
Replies: 3
Views: 879

Re: Ala14 50th Anniversary - Albacete Air Festival - 16/06/24

Finally a Spanish show at an airfield rather than a bloody beach but the crowd will be looking into the sun all day... :rolling_eyes:
by st24
Wed 14 Feb 2024, 6:03 pm
Forum: Heads Up/OTT
Topic: ITS Garibaldi, Portsmouth
Replies: 9
Views: 1757

Re: ITS Garibaldi, Portsmouth

The fact it hasn't turned up in the airshow season is really taking the biscuit...
by st24
Thu 25 Jan 2024, 5:58 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Interesting Internet
Replies: 2417
Views: 895752

Re: Interesting Internet

capercaillie wrote:
Thu 25 Jan 2024, 4:40 pm
I didn't realise they still had any Transalls flying, although it seems they just halved the remaining flying population.
Same! - another reason why I was dubious about it's authenticity.
by st24
Thu 25 Jan 2024, 5:57 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Interesting Internet
Replies: 2417
Views: 895752

Re: Interesting Internet

Tommy wrote:
Thu 25 Jan 2024, 4:37 pm
Just to flag, for those embedding Twitter links - if you replace the “X” in the link with “Twitter” it’ll automatically embed.

A pain, but Elon’s tech-bro rebrand hasn’t translated to forum software yet.
Aah, noted!!
by st24
Thu 25 Jan 2024, 5:56 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Interesting Internet
Replies: 2417
Views: 895752

Re: Interesting Internet

In these days of crappy AI and incredible CGI I'm having difficulty believing this but it appears legit! :open_mouth: https://x.com/fl360aero/status/1750443776265306276?s=20 https://www.scramble.nl/images/news/2024/january/TK_C-160T_69-037_crash_Kayseri_25jan24.jpg https://www.scramble.nl/military-...
by st24
Thu 25 Jan 2024, 12:02 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Interesting Internet
Replies: 2417
Views: 895752

Re: Interesting Internet

In these days of crappy AI and incredible CGI I'm having difficulty believing this but it appears legit! :open_mouth:

by st24
Wed 24 Jan 2024, 2:03 pm
Forum: Other UK Airshows and Events
Topic: Sywell Airshow 2024
Replies: 117
Views: 27034

Re: Sywell Airshow 2024

The recently unveiled (sadly no longer Australian marked :sob: ) new Sywell-based Mustang has been added to the line-up... https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122121537338143348&set=a.122110954304143348 Great to see another accurate marked up USAAF P-51 but wouldn't it have been nice to have h...