Which RIAT was it?
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I have it on video somewhere (no doubt poor quality now) but am trying to find a few videos that might be online. Particularly of the Crusader display.
It was a BBC covered event, from what I can remember.
It included Ivo Nutarelli doing his solo routine with the Frecce Tricolore (so pre-Ramstein Aug 1988)
French Navy Crusader display
Lightning display
Massed Hercules fly by.
King Hussein of Jordan flying his own Tristar in as patron of RIAT (he was from 83-89)
But was that 1987? or 1986?
It was a BBC covered event, from what I can remember.
It included Ivo Nutarelli doing his solo routine with the Frecce Tricolore (so pre-Ramstein Aug 1988)
French Navy Crusader display
Lightning display
Massed Hercules fly by.
King Hussein of Jordan flying his own Tristar in as patron of RIAT (he was from 83-89)
But was that 1987? or 1986?
Eric Mc said:
In have it on VHS.
When did the BBC last cover an airshow properly (and I won't include their useless coverage of the RAF 90 Year Royal Flypast held on the Friday of Fairford 2008 (the year the show proper was cancelled).
at a guess it would have been farnborough in the early 90s, if by properly you mean an hour on a sunday night on bbc2.When did the BBC last cover an airshow properly (and I won't include their useless coverage of the RAF 90 Year Royal Flypast held on the Friday of Fairford 2008 (the year the show proper was cancelled).
pablo said:
Eric Mc said:
In have it on VHS.
When did the BBC last cover an airshow properly (and I won't include their useless coverage of the RAF 90 Year Royal Flypast held on the Friday of Fairford 2008 (the year the show proper was cancelled).
at a guess it would have been farnborough in the early 90s, if by properly you mean an hour on a sunday night on bbc2.When did the BBC last cover an airshow properly (and I won't include their useless coverage of the RAF 90 Year Royal Flypast held on the Friday of Fairford 2008 (the year the show proper was cancelled).
Despite their sometimes negative press, both Noel Edmunds and Mike Smith were fairly up to speed on aircraft and usually had a good team of proper propellor heads (John Hutchinson, Julian Tutt) to asssist them when they hosted any airshow events.
Dr Jekyll said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Raymond Baxter, a WWI flying veteran
WWII surely?As in 3 different people, Raymond Baxter, a WWI pilot and John Hutchinson.
The WWI pilot was talking about flying in Fe2b pusher biplanes, dropping bombs by hand and shooting those nasty Fokkers.
FourWheelDrift said:
Dr Jekyll said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Raymond Baxter, a WWI flying veteran
WWII surely?As in 3 different people, Raymond Baxter, a WWI pilot and John Hutchinson.
The WWI pilot was talking about flying in Fe2b pusher biplanes, dropping bombs by hand and shooting those nasty Fokkers.
Taking of shooting Fokkers. There is a story about Douglas Bader making a speech at a girls school about his exploits and causing so much amusement that the headmistress found it necessary to point out to the girls that "the Focke is a type of German aeroplane".
"That's true" said Bader, "but these fellows were flying Messerschmitts".
Eric Mc said:
pablo said:
Eric Mc said:
In have it on VHS.
When did the BBC last cover an airshow properly (and I won't include their useless coverage of the RAF 90 Year Royal Flypast held on the Friday of Fairford 2008 (the year the show proper was cancelled).
at a guess it would have been farnborough in the early 90s, if by properly you mean an hour on a sunday night on bbc2.When did the BBC last cover an airshow properly (and I won't include their useless coverage of the RAF 90 Year Royal Flypast held on the Friday of Fairford 2008 (the year the show proper was cancelled).
Despite their sometimes negative press, both Noel Edmunds and Mike Smith were fairly up to speed on aircraft and usually had a good team of proper propellor heads (John Hutchinson, Julian Tutt) to asssist them when they hosted any airshow events.
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