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come on it's 4 days on from the weekend and nobody has started this yet - must be slipping in the heat!!!
so what would you like to see in 51 weeks time?

i must thank everybody who has posted photos from this year's event , looks like a cracking show -setting the bar high for 2023
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GAF Mig 29 for me please.

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Iranian Tomcats, Indian Jaguars and Korean Phantoms please.
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RAF USS Enterprise (spaceship not carrier)
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French TBM700 please

Although I did glimpse one sneaking out from this year's event on Friday :-)

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capercaillie wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 9:38 am
RAF USS Enterprise (spaceship not carrier)
Just an ugly grey lump though, unless they send the one with the special tail

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Concorde.

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CJS wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 12:13 pm
capercaillie wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 9:38 am
RAF USS Enterprise (spaceship not carrier)
Just an ugly grey lump though, unless they send the one with the special tail

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Have they repainted it? Was always white with lots of flashing lights when I used to watch? And it didn't have a tail?????
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Thunderbird 2 please

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capercaillie wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 12:38 pm
CJS wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 12:13 pm
capercaillie wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 9:38 am
RAF USS Enterprise (spaceship not carrier)
Just an ugly grey lump though, unless they send the one with the special tail

#RAF100sticker
Have they repainted it? Was always white with lots of flashing lights when I used to watch? And it didn't have a tail?????
I think it got repainted in grey when it entered service. Apart from the one they've left white to ferry Truss around in.
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Realistic one :
  • USAF : B-52, B-1b, B-2 - don't care if its flypasts or static, C-5 on static, A-10 demo, F-22 demo and PLEASE NO F-35 or F-16 demo
  • New Zealand : Boeing 757 flying
  • Polish Air Force : Mig-29, SU-22
  • Turkish Air Force : Soloturk

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For real though, my wishlist is something like this:

9:45am-11:00am:

• Patrouille Suisse
• Finnish F-18
• Danish F-16
• Airbus A400M/A350

11:00am - 12:00am:

• Thunder Tigers 4x Belgian F-16's
• Polish Su-22's
• New Zealand 757
• US Navy Super Hornet

12:00am-13:00pm:

• USAF A-10 Demo
• USAF F-22 Demo
• LN F-15E take off
• Heritage Flight consisting of A-10, F-22, Lakenheath F-15 and P-51/P-47.
• B-1B take off (B-52 on the Sunday)

13:00pm - 14:00pm:

• B-1B Flypast (B-52 on Sunday)
• Red Arrows
• Red Arrows flypast with B-1B (B-52 on the Sunday)
• B-1B third flypast & break to land (B-52.....you get the gist)
• RAF Chinook

14:00pm - 15:00pm:

• RAF Typhoon
• Spanish Navy Harriers
• RAF F-35 flypast
• Joint flypast of New and present 1 F-35 leading two Harriers.
• RJF

15:00pm - 16:00pm:

• A-26 Invader 'Sweet Eloise'
• Italian Tornado
• Turkish Stars

16:00pm - 17:00pm:

• One of Couteau Delta/Requin Mike/Vautour Bravo
• Army Air Corps Apache
• French Navy E-2 Hawkeye
• JF-17 Thunder

17:00 - 18:30pm:

• Slovenian PC-9
• Swedish Gripen
• Belgian F-16
• Patrouille De France


My nurse hasn't given me my pills :joy:

Nor would we be able to get lunch at any point during the show.

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^^^
No RJFs? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Mike wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 5:35 pm
^^^
No RJFs? 🤷🏼‍♂️
They're on at about 14.55, but where are The Grasshoppers?

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So you are giving us an IAT with no British debut type at all, boring!

And how long is that Harrier/F-35 flypast going to take? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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I'm assuming "Highlights Friday" would include the arrival of the Norwegian Starfighter?
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capercaillie wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 5:52 pm
So you are giving us an IAT with no British debut type at all, boring!

And how long is that Harrier/F-35 flypast going to take? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I don't recall seeing a JF-17 excuse the pun 'thundered' round the sky of the UK yet :wink:

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Noise meet 2023
1400L One minutes silence for the fallen ( 2x F15s position at 8 miles 27 and 09)
1401 F15 opposition high speed flypast and max climb.
1404 10 ship Chinook flypast
1410 F22 display . 4x B1s taxi.
1419 4 B1s launch one minute interval half a circuit and turn towards crowd (last lightning show style)
1430 4x F35b hovering (at last a use for them).
1440 show continues with boring turboprops etc while ambulances remove heart attack cases.

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My first RIAT next year, so im looking forward to seeing many types ive never seen do a proper display before.

So for me
F22
F35
B-52
B-1
A-10

I could go on but thats a few off the top of my head.
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JMC wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 5:54 pm
capercaillie wrote:
Thu 21 Jul 2022, 5:52 pm
So you are giving us an IAT with no British debut type at all, boring!

And how long is that Harrier/F-35 flypast going to take? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I don't recall seeing a JF-17 excuse the pun 'thundered' round the sky of the UK yet :wink:
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Meh static boring.

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For the reds to be on between 12 and 1 so there is a convenient lunch break with short queued

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To add to my list the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds.
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Hate to burst your bubble but the Angels are performing at Duluth on the 15th & 16th.

It’s a shame, as they’d be a star performer at any UK show! Wonder why they’re so evasive? Costs? And logistics? Last European appearance was 2006! Long long overdue (well same could be said for a B-1 taking off).

Suppose i’ll have to venture over to see them in their habitat!

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Looking forward to the red arrows next year. Back to 9 and the first time I've seen them since 2019.

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