Had a great day Friday... was last at RIAT 3/4 years ago.. much more variety this time round. Yeah the cancellations and rain was pants, but got to see lot I've never seen before, so I was still impressed.. French Navy Rafale duo, Swiss F-18 and the Sukoi were top for me.. bit of an observation, an...

I thoroughly Enjoyed it, would agree with the fencing off the of the Static, Did anyone else hear the Danish Pilot get a telling off for going to close to the Display line. (made some great photos tho) Didn’t hear it but I was down the far end near the on-site parking area and when he came in I loo...

I am coming from Paulton which is about 26 miles from Yeovilton and normally the journey takes about 45 minutes so plan to set off at 7:30

Flyboy345 wrote:

Andyperkins wrote:Did the E-3 turn up?

Yep E-3 has arrived

Great to hear, after it cancelled RIAT I had been waiting for it to cancel Yeovilton so very pleased it arrived, static this year is going to be packed.

Did the E-3 turn up?

BrizeWatcher wrote:

Malcolm wrote:15:38 2 x SuperE's and 1xRafale visual OTT Yeovil.

Great to hear that they have arrived, any idea where the other two Rafales are?

Should be 3x Rafales and 3x SuperE's in total so guess the second lot in will be 1x SuperE and 2x Rafale's.

If they manage to set off over the weekend (and that's a big IF) I think the best we can hope for is a flyby as they arrive, they will need 48 hours downtime for maintenance and then they will need to validate their display so while there is still a chance of them displaying at Farnborough there is ...

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United States Air Force
F-15E Strike Eagle - static
KC-135R Stratotanker - static

There does seem to be comments going around that they have been green lit and will be departing tomorrow once the RAF F-35B has joined the USMC one's.

I am going to hold off celebrating until I see a pic/vid of them landing at Fairford as plenty can still happen to prevent them arriving.

If the F-35s do end up cancelling I doubt anything to take their slot, after all the show has already been extended to accommodate the number of displays so I expect they will just end at 5:45pm instead of 6pm.