Not sure what the name of them is, but there is a Belgium Air Force F16 demo that consists of 4 F16s. That would be amazing. The only thing I've ever heard about that could fit with your description is an item that is just put up for either the airshow of the Belgian Air Component or Sanicole. Not ...

Because they would receive a lot of Flak from the normal people that would see another bit of crowdline taken away for some enclosure!

It's interesting to consider are there any big ideas that have potential or can they just tweak? Some may remember many years ago discussions about a Friday show and there was mixed feedback (including reason why it was not techinically possible) but it has happened and (I think we all agree?) that...

Last time they flew at RIAT was in 1997 after their debut in 1996. The book Airshow mentions there were some problems after that one (unpaid fuel-bill or something like that). Although the Turks said the Stars were ready to come in 1998, RIAT preferred them to not come (back then, that was still som...

Time for my remarks about this year’s RIAT. What has changed with the shuttle busses and the entrance operation? Normally the busses start to arrive at Fairford when the gates are already open, this year at least on Friday and Sunday the gates were still closed. Also I don’t remember to have to hurr...

Many thanks all! Bodz I have booked a hotel in Graz, so good to know that is doable. Cheers JJC Just to remind: three years ago I did this one with 4aviation, and on our way to our hotel in Graz, we also visited a J35Ö in that city. Wasn't the most impressive W&R that day though, that was the c...

jonspurs wrote: ↑

Sun 24 Jul 2022, 3:48 pm

Was it me or were there much more people this year?

This year was completely sold out (all three days), in '19 only Saturday was sold out.

. Negatives, well small gripes, the cloud on Friday afternoon, why didn't the organisers plan the E-4, Swedes and Hunter to arrive in the morning after the A-4 I will never know? I mean, I’m just wildly guessing here, but I don’t think the folks doing the Longest Day in mid-June have the detailed h...

If they have more blades, wouldn't the rotorblades encounter more turbulence from the blade before them making them less efficient?

Having seen a display by the Dutch Hunter post-Shoreham that was non-aerobatic, I would say it is perfectly possible to show it off without aerobatics. Actually, it was the best Hunter demo I've ever seen. No need to wring it into aerobatics (well, maybe in the case of a Hunter you could argue it sh...

OK, a lot of us will have arrived home from Fairford by now, so time to exchange our travelling experiences. Please don't post about I wanted to be parked in X but ended up in Y, let's say it must have happened a minimum of 10 miles away from the showground. I'll start: I left it quite late starting...

Much more emphasis needs to be placed on shuttle busses to/from Swindon and encourage train travel. Going by posts on UKAR, you will first have to make arrangements with the railway to run earlier trains, especcially on Sunday. How much will this add to the footprint? (Just learned this Monday that...

Even if 30% of them had been kept on care and maintenance there would have been some wriggle room in event of emergency, war or otherwise. AFAIK there is one for if Brize is unusable, and it is done multiple times already. The problem today is that it is to being transferred from airshow modus to o...

Was shocked to find out the greek olive was closed until somewhen in August. Diverted that night to Aby's kitchen. It doesn't look too good from the outside, but the food appeared quite good for Indian (which is not up to my personal taste). Also as crappy as it looked from the outside, so cared for...

There was a sign that work on the new thing started in April but was expected not to be complete before Autumn 2024, but delays were mentioned as still possible. So it might be we have at least two more shows from the old busstation, unless some bloody virus decides it is time to ruin another RIAT b...

jasonT1981 wrote: ↑

Mon 11 Jul 2022, 3:09 pm

1st Anniversary of the return of RIAT

15th anniversary of a big downpour (get as many aircraft as possible that were there that year)

Just read the news that the Met Office has issued an Amber warning for potentially extreme heat this Sunday. I know we're still almost a week off...but should the forecast prove accurate, is it likely to cause issues for RIAT? Is there a point at which the people in charge would cancel on safety gr...

I know how busy they are, but I'm actually a little surprised there hasn't been some edict sent down from the MoD to get the gaudy Voyager on the static park.... :grin: It's probably too busy carrying the Donald Trump clone with a bad hair life over the planet on his farewell tour. Frozen peas for ...

bobby 1211 wrote: ↑

Mon 11 Jul 2022, 1:29 pm

RAF Typhoon and BBMF Spitfire are doing flypasts at a different airshow on Saturday too so we should see them depart during the show.

Or we will only see the Typhoon departing. The Spitfire for that other show could also operate from Coningsby.

Why have I never seen Old Warden mentioned as a possible future home for Legends?

JMC wrote: ↑

Sun 10 Jul 2022, 8:51 pm

I’m intrigued what is ‘Pegasus’

A Turkish airline

Has anything been said regarding the Typhoon/Spitfire duo at RIAT? Other than they'll do the 'Heritage flight' flypasts & break, probably after the Typhoon finishes it's solo, what more is there to be said? I mean has DBH announced if they will fly together? I have seen it already, so know what...

Metcheck are saying temperatures of 36c Saturday and 41c Sunday for Fairford. Thats runway melting hot That might mean there will be a lot going on in the medical department on Sunday. Temperatures above the normal temperature of the human body can have a big impact on people. Especially if you are...

Ok so we have a riat 2023 thread up so may i make a request for a theme for the show and the is air tanker. As i feel a tanker/transport theme is well over due i can't remember when the last one was and i feel the tanker/transport aircraft are the unsung heroes. A tanker theme was there (or not...)...

From the RIAT ATC thread:

RIAT ATC wrote: ↑

Sat 09 Jul 2022, 1:45 pm

124.8 Tower
121.180 Ground
124.555 Delivery (only open Monday for departures)