We no longer need parking passes for any other day do we? Certainly haven't for the past few shows as far as I can recall. As for Park & View, I assumed on that the clue about parking being a given was in the name...

Hi, I understand where you park on the show days and where the dedicated entry point is for FRIAT, but where do you park and enter on the Thursday and Monday, is it the same? First time in FRIAT and can't seem to find it on the website. We commented the same - all the info for FRIAT is very geared ...

Thanks for giving an idea - that sounds reasonably standard from previous years to me, and yes, RIAT always seems to be a little pricier than elsewhere for some reason!

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Wed Jul 13, 2022 10:40 am

OMG the prices for food here is ridiculous I know it will be expensive but these prices are just over the top.

Come on then - give us all a hint so we can start bracing our wallets...

Red 11 had the spare at Stansted - I presume he lifted with the 8 display jets or immediately after in order to catch the weather gap, then held to rejoin with them to transit back.

Reds display was on time I believe (1705 commencing) and spot on the current standard time of 20 minutes - unusually for me I photographed both the arrival and the vixen break on my phone so I have timings for both. I think you must have misread the time when you saw them Reaper493! Frankly amazed t...

4 + 3 + 3 arrived FFD. Any serial tie ups appreciated. Lee XX245, XX278, XX322, XX311, XX242, XX310 I believe were all present. Can’t be sure of the others but may have photos that confirm. Definitely don’t know which one was retrieved from Scampton after the RTB - he broke and banked very early. A...

Parking restriction signs are in place on Old Fen Lane, Hurnbridge Road and Reedham Lane- all closed 0900 - 2000 as far as I recall, whether that means they will clear out vehicles and people who are already there is another question. O/T for this section also I know but not sure where the idea that...

If there any intel anywhere on when they are likely to be flying can anyone confirm? Fairford isn't *that* far, but it's certainly far enough that I probably don't want to be doing it on spec just to draw a blank...

It is pretty sad all the bad feeling this is causing. It appears the pilot concerned made an error but surely that could have been dealt with by a good 'old fashioned dressing down' or 'toilet cleaning duty' as per old days. As for the poster I can't really believe she did anything wrong by posting...

:) The good news is that a new Winter Training session will begin in a few weeks. :roll: Life cannot be too bad. :D I'm afraid it won't, or not as you know it, anyway....Full current team dep end of this month for a two month tour of India, China & Malaysia... In relation to the earlier question ab...

My 100-400 is currently at Elstree for a repair. It looks rather like as this is a known fault if the lens goes in for another repair which requires disassembly (in my case the IS unit has failed - and it also apparently requires a "Power Diaphragm Unit" - which I'm guessing relates to a failed USM ...

Any hints & tips as to the best places to view at Shawbury please? Debating wandering up tomorrow so any gen on where to go, where to avoid, where there are loo's and the best place to get a cuppa gratefully received!

This really does become something of a no brainer as years slip by. The PDA week consists of a practice day, followed by an actual PDA day, and then a reserve day. I could go back many years but following should be enough :- 2014 - Wednesday/Thursday/Friday - 23/24/25/April 2015 - Wednesday/Thursda...

Hawk eye - Typhoon display is practising most days currently - keep an eye on Mark Long's posts as Typhoon Display Pilot on twitter may be your best way of confirming - and of course as ever it's weather dependant. He dropped to 500' yesterday for the first time though in the work-up ready for PDA.

C24 wrote:Thursday was a fine three practice sorties!

The first sortie, landing on at 1115hrs was only 7 a/c, but I am not certain.

Correct. They had tech issues - it was known the night before that the first slot was likely to run short.

Not going to make this one this year - hope the weather is as good as 2015's for those of you who can!

Ahh he'll have been on the scanner if nothing else then. Yeah bet they did the flat this morning then. :-)

I was hoping you'd say something like that Croaky - well, the "impressive" bit rather than not being allowed to stand on the Mound! ;-) The nice thing last season and this is how much effort has gone in to ensure that the rolling and flat displays are visually appealing, and have some excitement in ...

Access to point K can be had by parking in the viewpoint car park at the junction, walking up the road to the fenceline and then along the low fence. Remember to stand clear of the runway line though as per Red 10's request a few weeks ago! There are a few spots you can leave your car on the road it...