Royal International Air Tattoo 2017 Discussion Thread

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Hi Timbo69,

This was posted on t'interwebs a few days ago and while I don't know of its source it's been accurate enough for me on Friday and Saturday.




Sunday 16th July

10.00am
Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon Turkish Air Force
Patrouille Suisse – Northrop F-5E Tiger II x6 Swiss Air Force
SAAB JAS-39C Gripen Swedish Air Force

11.00am
Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 RAF
Westland Sea King Mk48 Belgian Air Component
The Royal Jordanian Falcons – Extra EA300L x4
Panavia A-200A Tornado Italian Air Force

11.50pm
The Midnight Hawks – BAE Systems Hawk Mk51 x4 Finnish Air Force
AgustaWestland WAH-64D Apache AH1 Army Air Corps
Couteau Delta – Dassault Mirage 2000D x2 French Air Force
Leonardo C-27J Spartan Italian Air Force

1.00pm
SAAB J105OE Austrian AF
Pilatus PC-9M Slovenian AF
Avro Lancaster B1 and Supermarine Spitfire x4 BBMF

1.45pm
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sally-B
North American P-51D Mustang Hangar 11 Collection

US Air Force 70th Anniversary Flypast:
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules
McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon
Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk
US Air Force Heritage Flight:
North American P-51B Mustang Comanche Fighters
Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor

2.50pm
The Thunderbirds Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon x6
Airbus A400M Airbus Defence & Space

3.50pm
SAAB JAS-39C Gripen Swedish Air Force
Leonardo T-346A Master Italian Air Force
Lockheed Martin F-16A MLU Fighting Falcon Belgian Air Component
McDonnell Douglas EF-18M Hornet Spanish Air Force

4.30pm
The Red Arrows x9 BAE Hawk T1/T1A RAF
Dassault Rafale C French Air Force
Boeing Chinook HC4 RAF
Aero Vodochody L-159 ALCA x2 Czech Air Force

[Alfie]

Timbo wrote:-
So if I want to find out the schedule I have to buy a program? Thats on par with the £10 burgers for extorsion! Ive spent £200 on tickets, the least they could do is publish a schedule?

when you ordered your tickets you were giving the opportunity to pre-purchase a programme at a reduced rate, perhaps you should have took it.



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[Timbo69]

If I go to a motor race I can check the schedule in advance, if I go to a football match I know what time kick off is before I go....at RIAT I have to fork out £12 for this super secret info. That's my issue with it.

[Nighthawke]

I haven't been to an airshow in nearly 20 years and my last Fairford was in 1993. But, if I recall right flying schedules were usually included in the program not given out freely.

Sorry but a football match is no comparison - of course you know what time kick off is similar to gates open or display start time but not individual timings.

Super secret - hardly it is all in the program!

As for extortion I'm sure I was paying a fiver last time I went (see above!). You paid £200 for tickets, your post suggests that you may pay £10 for a burger so £12 for a commemorative program doesn't seem that bad at today's prices - assuming they are on a par with yesteryear's publications.

Failing that why not just sit back and enjoy the surprises

Anyway I hope you enjoy the show

[welshandy]

Timbo wrote:-
So if I want to find out the schedule I have to buy a program? Thats on par with the £10 burgers for extorsion!



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Didn't see the £10 Burgers I only paid I think about £6.50 for a 1/4Ib Cheese Burger. Mind you I wasn't expecting to pay £2.50 to use a Cash Machine( I know it said a nominal charge) but thats over the top

[NutsyDuts1]

Sorry, slightly off topic, and yes I probably could look back through other posts, but what does 'DBH' mean??

[MRTT]

Douglas Bader House.

[Cornish-guy]

Im Really excited about today my first RIAT in over a century and first one with my digi gear, as folk will know I was here for the June deployement and put my pics up, but RIAT is a very different Kettle - Fish.

Bring it on Cant Wait


C.

In over a century! Jesus how old are you chap? I didn't think RIAT existed a 100 years ago?

Well it felt like a century but more like over a decade to be honest


C.

[UKdragon]

Correcting earlier info posted here, the two U-2s are departing on Monday, 1200 and 1300 local.
The one that is currently in the hangar is 067, which used to be the test bird based at Palmdale, and which only rejoined the operational fleet last year.

The Aviation Bookshop (trade stand in the red zone opposite the RAF Typhoon) sold all the first batch of signed copies of my book on Friday morning. I got the aircrew to sign some more and gave them to The Aviation Bookshop to sell. Maybe they will still have a few on Sunday - you would have to check with them.
Chris Pocock, http://www.dragonladytoday.com

[bizfreeq]

Final departures likely to be the bombers, Wed/Thur probably. Monday's departures usually peter out around 6 if I recall form previous years, but most gone by 4-ish.

B1 is departing Tuesday morning according to the crew.

[Blackcat1]

Any idea on departure times on Monday for the Greek F4s, Mirages, Eagles and Italian Tornado please?

Many thanks

[sabrejet]

Any idea on departure times on Monday for the Greek F4s, Mirages, Eagles and Italian Tornado please?

Many thanks

I'd suggest turning up at gates open and enjoying the day.

[welshandy]

Just had a great site of the B2 escorted by 2 x F15's over the Hoburne site in South Cerney

[bizfreeq]

93-1087 'Spirit of Pensylvania' for the B2

[Blackcat1]

Great help lol thanks. But great I got the times for the F4s, Tornado and Mirages! Yay :-)

[Cornish-guy]

Great help lol thanks. But great I got the times for the F4s, Tornado and Mirages! Yay :-)

Yep - there really helpful on here sometimes
Guess some folk can afford to spend evey last moment here including paying to go into the shows.

Obviously some better off than us mate.


C.

[Apache123]

Was a great show saturday. The weather didnt play ball but there was great quality aircraft on show and was one of the better RIAT shows in recent past for me. I was abit disapointed with the usafe fly throughs as thought it might be more of a formation rather than seperate. Overall very pleased with the show and bring on 2018s show

Regards

Apache123

[slogen51]

On Sunday I thought the USAFE displays were quite good , okay they just basically beat up the field but they were fast and loud and the crowd seemed to like them.

[POL]

Really struggled to enjoy RIAT today. The aircraft present were amazing, a really brilliant effort by the team produced some quite rare aircraft, including some first timers.

The static layout seemed great for photography, friendly crews, great flying displays, but it all seemed a bit....dull. Almost as if the fun of the event was gone.

I don't know if it was the fact is done my usual buildup "arrivals" list, so knew exactly what was there; down to the last airframe, or the fact the flying display seemed to be north of the secondary crowds assembled in the various camp sites, or just that after two stunning trips in to Europe for both operational and airshow flying, British shows are just a bit lacklustre?

Now, I'm quite sure I'm the only one who thinks this. I spent the entire two(!!) hour drive from Fairford to Heathrow this evening thinking about it.

I think this may be my last RIAT as a paying visiting. Maybe I'll try a secondary crowd location next time..?

[Nighthawke]

Early mid-life crisis onset?