RIAT 2022 Discussion Thread

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Still conspicuous gaps on the ACC schedule for A-10/F-35 on RIAT weekend, so there must be a glimmer of hope.

Farnborough is showing as 'Pending Airshow" still for the F-35 demo. Would be very surprised if it did Farnborough but not RIAT.

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The A-10 team have said they are not coming.

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JMC wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 8:20 am
The A-10 team have said they are not coming.
Arrrrr but are they 😂?

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JMC wrote:
Wed 15 Jun 2022, 9:06 pm
Just see after my post earlier, the Turkish T129 is due for Farnborough!
It did a nice display in 2018 as well, presume it will be brought in by IL-76 like last time
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bishbashbosh wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 6:14 am
Hoping that the Chinook will finally be confirmed after such a good display at Cosford.
Really ? i thought it was the most lacking chinook display ive ever seen.
A real shadow of what it was a few years ago.
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Cole wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 9:43 am
bishbashbosh wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 6:14 am
Hoping that the Chinook will finally be confirmed after such a good display at Cosford.
Really ? i thought it was the most lacking chinook display ive ever seen.
A real shadow of what it was a few years ago.
Really? We'll have to agree to disagree.
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Cole wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 9:43 am
bishbashbosh wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 6:14 am
Hoping that the Chinook will finally be confirmed after such a good display at Cosford.
Really ? i thought it was the most lacking chinook display ive ever seen.
A real shadow of what it was a few years ago.
I think they are far more gentle with the display these days to keep some longevity in the airframes. Not the crew's fault, just what they are allowed to do but the great thing is its still a Chinook being thrown about.

But yes, its not a patch on what the display was 10, 20, 30 or nearly 40 years ago!

Anyone know if the special scheme with the union jack tail is still kicking around?
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Cole wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 9:43 am
bishbashbosh wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 6:14 am
Hoping that the Chinook will finally be confirmed after such a good display at Cosford.
Really ? i thought it was the most lacking chinook display ive ever seen.
A real shadow of what it was a few years ago.
Absolutely. It was an okay display, but nothing like those of 10-15 years ago. Nowhere even close, sadly. A sign of the times I guess

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I thought it was excellent aswell, put the camera down for most of the display and just watched it. Superb machine and a great display of its capabilities.

Noticed that the commentators at Cosford said that its the only dedicated Chinook display in the world, were very lucky to have it over here.

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Special scheme is apparently at fleetlands for work
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Omg, yes!!!!!! :astonished:







Relax 30 mins to go :wink:

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What happened there, did you sit on a paperclip or something?
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He went to Ikea and a part was missing....

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Indeed, Ikea left out the paperclip. (My attempt to get you falsely buzzed up failed).

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royal canadian air force is flashing green

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edhunter wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:52 am
royal canadian air force is flashing green
And NATO
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jamyt123 wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:53 am
edhunter wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:52 am
royal canadian air force is flashing green
And NATO
that has been green for some time

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edhunter wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:54 am
jamyt123 wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:53 am
edhunter wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:52 am
royal canadian air force is flashing green
And NATO
that has been green for some time
Nato /SAC C17 is listed, pretty sure that's new?
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16 June Update
With a month to go until the Air Tattoo, this week has been particularly busy in the Air Operations Office, with our Air Traffic Control team in for their Training Days, our "Longest Day" for aircraft arrival slot planning, and today our Emergency Services 'Table Top' Exercises taking place.

We can now announce the participation of Joint Helicopter Command assets at RIAT 2022; with the Chinook Display Team, a pair of Pumas, Commando Wildcat and Commando Merlin all due to attend. We have put in a special request for one the Pumas to be XW224, which is specially painted to mark 50 years of Puma operations.

Sadly the Army Air Corps cannot provide any aircraft for the show. We can now confirm the types of aircraft the Royal Canadian Air Force will send to this year's show as part of our Platinum Juiblee celebrations! 437 Squadron will return with their CC-130J Hercules aircraft and 427 Squadron will participate with their CC-150 Polaris, which will be the first time in two decades we've seen the aircraft type at RIAT!

The Swedes are coming! We're appreciative to SAAB for supporting the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight to deploy a number of their jets to join the RIAT 2022 static displays. Whilst UK CAA display regulations mean they cannot perform in the flying display at RIAT, we're pleased to be able to welcome these rare cold war jets to the Air Tattoo, all of them being twin-seat variants appropriate for our training theme.

Another welcome addition to our static display line-up comes from the Qatar Emiri Air Force, who will be sending one of their new Hawk training jets, currently based at RAF Leeming. Finally this week, we've added a number of support aircraft to the participation list. Although most of them won't be present over the public days, enthusiasts attending on the arrivals and departures day will see them delivering support equipment and personnel to RAF Fairford.
Swedish historic flight listed for Lansen, Draken, Viggen plus support Citation
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JMC wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:46 am
Indeed, Ikea left out the paperclip. (My attempt to get you falsely buzzed up failed).
Cryptic clue maybe? Ikea = Sweden so SWAfHF are confirmed by DBH ? :grin:

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Swedish Historic Flight are coming :)

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NATO confirmed their attendance a long time ago. They want to send a E-3A for static but its still TBC
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jamyt123 wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:55 am
edhunter wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:54 am
jamyt123 wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:53 am
edhunter wrote:
Thu 16 Jun 2022, 10:52 am
royal canadian air force is flashing green
And NATO
that has been green for some time
Nato /SAC C17 is listed, pretty sure that's new?
no been there a while since 7th april update

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That's me confirmed for departure days then!

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swedish historic flight are coming to riat

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