RIAT 2024 Review

[UK Airshow Review]

• "Firsts & Lasts" - Gordon Duncan braved the seven-hour drive to make his annual pilgrimage to the Cotswolds.
  
  

[DeanW]

There’s a rogue paragraph from the 2023 write-up about a third of the way through the arricle.

[LN Strike Eagle]

There’s a rogue paragraph from the 2023 write-up about a third of the way through the arricle.

Whoops, thanks. Removed it now, blame it on square eyes.

[Mike]

I’m a bit suspicious of some of the claims made in the first few paragraphs.

Larger than usual Friday crowd? Did they really have more tickets available this year, as Friday tickets completely sold out quite early in each of the last 3 years?

Both weekend show days selling out well in advance? They were still pushing Sunday tickets in the days leading up to the show.

[capercaillie]

For reference, I believe the grey Finnish Hawk was also a Mk66.

Whilst I appreciate you cannot mention every aircraft in the report, Vinka, both KC-390s etc, I would have thought Serbia's debut (like Bahrain's non mention in 2022) was worthy of mention.

[st24]

both KC-390s etc,.

Indeed, especially with one debuting from a nation that had cancelled only a few weeks prior!

One other small note the cancelled USAF F-16s were AFRC not ANG.