RIAT 2016

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Who's going then? Honestly, the lineup so far is probably the best one we've had in years. Seems to get better every year. 2017 is also USAF anniversary so should be a cracker next year too!

Saw the F35 at Miramar 2014 and it's fantastic. Not a fan of the plane but it's good to see. F22 will be fantastic too.

Full participation list:

Belgian Air Component
• C-130H Hercules (S)
• F-16A MLU Fighting Falcon (F)
• L-21B Super Cub (S)

Royal Canadian Air Force
CP-140 Aurora (S)

Civilian
• BAC Strikemaster MK82A (F)
• Beechcraft AT-6B Wolverine - Textron Aviation (S)
• Beechcraft King Air 350 SM - Textron Aviation (S)
• Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX - Textron Aviation (S)
• Textron AirLand Scorpion - Textron Aviation (S)
• DH Chipmunk WP973 (S)
• Royal Jordanian Falcons (F)
• Breitling Wingwalkers (F)
• P-51D Mustang (F)
• Jet Provost T5 (S)

Croatian Air Force
Mil Mi-171 (S)
Krila Oluje Display Team - PC-9M x 6 (F)

French Air Force
• AMD Mirage 2000N - Ramex Delta (F)
• Rafale C (F)

German Air Force
• A310MRTT (S)
• A400M (S)
• Eurofighter EF2000/T - TLG-31 (S)
• Eurofighter EF2000/T - TLG-33 (S)
• Eurofighter EF2000/T - TLG-73 (S)
• Eurofighter EF2000/T - TLG-74 (S)
• Tornado PA200 IDS/ECR (S)
• Transall C-160D (S)

German Army Aviation
• Bolkow Bo105P (F)
• Bolkow Bo105P (S)

German Navy
• Do228 (LM) (S)
• EC-135P2+ (S)
• P-3C Orion (S)

Hellenic Air Force
• Team Zeus - F-16 Demo (F)
• F-4E Phantom x2 (S)

Hungarian Air Force
• JAS-39C/D Gripen (S)
• Antonov An-26

Italian Air Force:
Frecce Tricolori Aerobatic Team (F)
HH-101A Caesar Helicopter (F)
Typhoon F-2000 (F)
Typhoon F-2000 (S)

Army Air Corps
• AAC AH-64D Apache (F)

Royal Air Force
• C-130J Hercules (S)
• Grob Tutor (S)
• Grob Venture T2 (S)
• Grob Vigilant T.1 (S)
• Grob Viking T.1 (S)
• Kirby Cadet (S)
• Slingsby Grasshopper (S)
• Slingsby Sedbergh (S)
• Red Arrows (F)
• F-35B Lightning II (F) TBC
• BBMF Lancaster, Spitfire, Hurricane (F)
• RAF Typhoon FGR4 (F)
• RAF King Air B200 (F)
• RAF Chinook (F)
• Grob Tutor (S)

Royal Navy
• RN Black Cats (F)
• Hawk T.1 (S)
• King Air Avenger (S)

Lithuanian Air Force
C-27J Spartan (S)

Netherlands Coastguard
• Dornier Do228 (S)

Royal Netherlands Air Force
• C-130H Hercules (S)
• CH-47 Chinook (S)
• KDC-10 (S)
• AH-64D Apache solo display (F) TBC

Royal Air Force of Oman
C-295M (S)

Pakistan Air Force
C130E Hercules (S)

Polish Air Force
• F-16 - F-16 Tiger Demo Team (F) - TBC
• Team Orlik (F) - TBC

Polish Navy
• Polish Navy An-28B1R Bryza TBC

Royal Jordanian Air Force
• Royal Jordanian Falcons (F) TBC
• C-130H Hercules (S)

Royal Norwegian Air Force:
Falcon DA20 ECM (S)

Spanish Air Force
• Eurofighter Typhoon (F) TBC

Swedish Air Force
• JAS 39C Gripen (F)
• JAS 39C Gripen (S)

Swiss Air Force
• Patrouille Suisse (F)

Turkish Air Force
• F-16 (SoloTurk) (F)

United States Air Force
• F-22A Raptor (F)
• F-35A Lightning II (F)

US Air Force Special Operations Command
• CV-22B Osprey (F)
• CV-22B Osprey (S)

US Air Forces Europe
• KC-135R (S)

United States Marines Corps
• F-35B Lightning II (F)
• KC-130J Hercules (F)

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JackThrust said:

I'll be there on the Sunday, not been for a couple of years but yeah the lineup looks good this year, looking forward to it!

I've not been on a Sunday before but had to this year as I'm working on the Saturday, does anyone know if i'll miss out on anything by going just on the Sunday?

No you shouldn't do mate, unless something breaks down on the Saturday that is irreparable, or torrential downpour, everything should be relatively the same!

AlexIT said:

Yup, I'll be there on Friday and Saturday with my son.
It's going to be his first airshow (but he doesn't know yet).

What a fantastic airshow to be his first, although might be setting the bar a bit high as everything after this won't be as good

pablo said:

It's a shame the Textron Scorpian isnt flying, would be a great opportunity for them to build on the good test feedback from the UK last year. I think its a brilliant concept and hope it is a success

Strange looking thing that, fingers crossed for next year!

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JeremyH5 said:

Tickets bought for Friday, we'll make a long weekend of it and stay over locally for some sight seeing on Saturday and Sunday.
Be quick! Saturday now sold out, only Friday and Sunday available now.

Bought mine in January

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zsdom said:

I'm there from Weds - Monday, I've booked in at the new RIAT campsite, cant wait!

I dunno why I haven't camped yet, RIAT is probably my favourite event of the entire year, might consider it next year.

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AlexIT said:

unfortunately we don't have many chances -or no chances at all I'd rather say- to see such a show down here. You can get the Frecce Tricolori and maybe the Typhoon or Tornado doing a display, but that's it. There's usually no way to get anywhere near the planes as at RIAT.
As we're doing the trip to UK, it's worth doing it for good

If you can get to see the tornado that's pretty good going! That thing is an extremely rare sight at airshows in the uk these days!

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AlexIT said:

I think the only one still performing in Italy is the one belonging to the Reparto Sperimentale Volo in Pratica di Mare (Rome).
I saw it last time at RIAT2014, last year I didn't go to any airshow. I truly hope it will keep flying.

Saying that, they had 3 tornados do 3 flypasts at RIAT 2015!

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AlexIT said:

But if I'm not mistaken they were 1 for each Country of the consortium. Or were all 3 from Italy?

Yeah, 3 diffident countries

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That sucks. I remember it being quite sunny?


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Today's update:

Netherlands Air Force
AH-64D Apache 301 Squadron Helicopter Flying

Polish Air Force
F-16C 31.BLT Fighter Flying
PZL-130TC-2 Orlik 42.BLSz (Team Orlik) Military Trainer Flying

US Army Europe
AH-64D Apache 1-3rd AVN (ARB) Helicopter Static

Civvy

42B Ikarus RAF Halton Flying Club Trainer Static
DHC-1 Chipmunk Ben Griffiths Trainer Static
DHC-1 Chipmunk David Gillespie Trainer Static
DHC-1 Chipmunk James Lewis Trainer Static
DHC-1 Chipmunk Lindsay Irvine Trainer Static
DHC-1 Chipmunk Mark de Ridder Trainer Static
DHC-1 Chipmunk Paul Green Trainer Static
DHC-1 Chipmunk Roger Chamberlain Trainer Static
EV-97 Eurostar RAF Halton Flying Club Trainer Static
G550 Gulfstream Aerospace VIP Transport Static
Hunter F.58A Hawker Hunter Aviation Fighter Static
TB20 Trinidad Bruno Stocker Touring Static

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fatboy69 said:

I'm going.

Working airside again so, as for the last couple of years, I get an uninterrupted view of the runway.

So I get paid to watch the aircraft arrive on Thursday, display for the three days, leave on Monday & I get to go to the after-show 'hangar party!!!!'.

Can't wait.

You sir, are one lucky SoaB!

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Where do I sign up?!

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US Apache display confirmed.

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ukaskew said:

Two MiG 29s confirmed for flying displays (Polish and Slovakian), what a year!

Bloody fantastic.

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Just a quick updated list of the FLYING display. Excited is an understatement!

Run down of the flying programme at Fairford, holy crap!

Belgian F-16AM
BAC Strikemaster Mk87A- Mark Petrie
The Royal Jordanian Falcons- 4x Extra EA.300L
The Wings of Storm- 9x Pilatus PC-9 Turbotrainer (Croatia)
The Ramex Delta- 2x Dassualt Mirage 2000N (France)
French Dassualt Rafale C
German Army MBB Bo-105P
Hellenic F-16C/D Fighting Falcon 'Zeus'
The Il Frecce Tricolori- 10x Aermachi MB-339PAN (Italy)
Italian F-2000A Typhoon
Italian HH-101A Caesar
Dutch AH-64D Apache
Polish F-16C Fighting Falcon
Polish Mig-29C Fulcrum
The Team Orlik- 6x PZL-130 Turbo Orlik (Poland)
Slovakian Mig-29AS Fulcrum
Swedish JAS-39C Gripen
The Patrouille Suisse- 5x F-5E Tiger (Switzerland)
Turkish F-16C Fighting Falcon 'Solo Turk'
The Red Arrows- 9x Hawk T1A (United Kingdom)
RAF BBMF Hurricane, Spitfire & Lancaster
RAF Typhoon FGR4
The Black Cats- 2x AW159 Wildcat HMA2 (United Kingdom)
USAF F-22A Raptor
USAF F-35A Lightning
USAF CV-22B Osprey
USMC F-35B Lightning
USMC KC-130 Hercules

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Latest update: 16/06/16

Airbus show off their tactical transporter, the A400M in the flying display.

Lakenheath sends a pair of F-15Cs for the static park from the 48th Fighter Wing / 493rd Fighter Squadron and an F-15E from the 492nd Fighter Squadron.

The USAF Special Operations Command provides a static MC-130J Commando II courtesy of 67 SOS.

The French Air Force bring two Alpha Jet E trainers to the static line up.
Carlo Ferrari returns with his Beech 18S

Two trainers from the RAF Flying Clubs' Association and Halton Flying Club in the form of Tecnam's P2002 and P2008 will appear in the static park.

The unique Piaggio R166C returns to the static display.

Tony de Bruyn's OV-10B Bronco and SC-7 Skyvan make a welcome appearance in the static park.

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z06tim said:

Isn't there an F-4E Phantom from Greece coming? Unfortunately only on static display though.

Yeah there is. I'd love to see it come in on arrivals day but too far for me.

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z06tim said:

I'd love to go to Fairford again. Not been since about 1995! I'm not keen on the crowds.

My folks live in a small village that used to see some of the arrivals coming in. Was lucky enough last year to see two B-2s fly over.

It's closed now but there was a farm that people used to watched the show from, a lot less crowded, you've been missing out!

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ukaskew said:

I've been for the past 5 or 6 years and not once encountered any traffic whatsoever. We just make sure to arrive bright and early (around 30 minutes before gates open), drive right in, then normally leave a little while before the end of the displays...drive straight out.

I do the same with the Festival of Speed, lovely and quiet at 7am on a Friday

Ditto. Get there at 7:30. Easy in. Leave at end of displays and it's easy out too. Very well managed.

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"
We are delighted to announce that visitors to the Air Tattoo will be treated to a show stopping joint flypast featuring the F-35B, two RAF Typhoons and the legendary aerobatic display team, the Red Arrows. This unique flypast will take place on all three days of the airshow. "

RIAT just keeps getting better..

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K50 DEL said:

Just discovered that Rhymes is closed this year... that's me not going to RIAT then :-(

What's wrong with GA?