RIAT Patches

[Gary]

Friday patches so far at 10.30

Israeli didn't bring any
U-2 sold out by 9am, coins £10 each, 3 different designs
48th FW £15 to £20
480th FS - £10
Belgian display £6 cloth, £7 PVC
Greek £6
Belgian 1 and 31- £6
Mildenhall £7
Ozzie £5
French Alpha £6
Corteau Delta £7 I think
37th BS - B-1 - £8
100 Sqn - £5- 6, coins £5
VP-16 - have patches not seen how much

[MRTT]

Managed to pick one up from the Midnight Hawks as well.

[MRTT]

RSV are selling.

[Flour Power]

Manages to pick one up from the Midnight Hawks as well.

I couldn't find a Midnight Hawks stand. Would anyone please point me in the right direction for tomorrow?

I only hope they have some patches left!

[MRTT]

Should have pointed out, they didn't have a stand. The crew came into the FRIAT Enclosure and were handing out patches.

[Flour Power]

Ah, thanks for that. Had I have seen them, I would have bitten off my (or their) hand to have got hold of one. I'm just going into a quiet corner for a cry...

[MRTT]

No worries, sorry to hear you didn't manage to catch them!

B-52 & B-1 crews were selling today, though.

[roughcutter]

Are the Japanese selling? I suggested to one of the aircrew last year that they bring some on their next visit over here. I'm surmising that he agreed with me - well he was smiling, nodding and bowing a lot...

[MRTT]

Jap '767 is down in Green, weren't able to access that area today.

[Flour Power]

Thanks.

I picked some up from the Aussies, US Navy Poseidon, Soloturk, HAF, B-52 and the Belgians. I refuse to pay the kind of money that the Lakenheath folks were charging.

If you see the Midnight Hawks handing out patches again (unlikely, I know), please direct them to the 6' 6" bearded and sad looking bloke on the grass in the RIAT enclosure. :-)

Cheers.


Mike

[MRTT]

Sounds like a decent day!

Will do, haha! Enjoy the rest of the show.

[Flour Power]

I've only just started collecting so every day I get a new patch is a good day. 11 is a new daily record. Just please don't tell Mrs Flour!

Thanks, you too!

[Flour Power]

Happy days; I managed both a Midnight Hawks patch (that really made my day) and got a Ukrainian AF Solo Display Team patch off of one of the team members flight suit.

Happy boy.

[SamP]

You'll have to share some images of what you've picked up this year!

[MRTT]

I'll post a couple tonight!

[Gary]

Can't believe the Midnight Hawks were giving patches and remove before flight tags away in FRIAT well done for them not charging silly prices. Didn't want a donation either, would quite happily of paid

[ashamim]

My haul from RIAT 17

[Tronk 11]

It seems like a few units are favouring the PVC patches just like the old Italian air force ones. At least you aren't getting any dodgey fakes being made, however Lakenheath charging £15-£20 for each patch seems a tad excessive. What were the Belgium display patches selling for if I could ask?
There's some nice patches there.

[ashamim]

It seems like a few units are favouring the PVC patches just like the old Italian air force ones. At least you aren't getting any dodgey fakes being made, however Lakenheath charging £15-£20 for each patch seems a tad excessive. What were the Belgium display patches selling for if I could ask?
There's some nice patches there.

Belgians were asking £7 for PVC and £6 for the cloth. Cut my teeth in the hobby on the older italian patches

[Tronk 11]

That seems a bit more reasonable £7 v £15. You don't see many old PVC Italian patches around anymore. Thanks for sharing the information.