I've been searching Twitter and so far found that it appears the Gripen E from SAAB won the Paul Bowen Trophy (Best Solo Jet Demonstration) and the SK.60 won the King Hussein Memorial Sword (Best Overall Flying Demonstration). Can't find any others though, so far. And these I did find aren't confirm...

Technically, the whole event is a “waste of fuel” but we don’t complain about that do we?

I always like to do my own Awards before the official RIAT awards and mine are taking shape already. I must say, as evidenced by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDCPXNUvTls that the Belgian F-16 display might possibly be the best fast jet demo I've ever seen by any air arm or type. A big...

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Go on Kev's excellent Coningsgby site: http://milky01.co.uk/ and search for the date for the Typhoons

This just dropped in re tomorrow. RIAT23 Saturday July 15th weather update We understand that the weather forecast has caused concern among those who are planning on visiting this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo. Colleagues within our Air Operations team are in constant communication with the...

Interesting proposal from FRIAT to stop the carnage of 100% bag checks You will have hopefully seen the email that came out last week regarding the 100% baggage checks we will be carrying out this year at the Customer Entry gates. To help speed this up the lanes will be marked no luggage - hand lug...

In that case lets hope for an EP-3E!

I think you're both missing the point of the post. What I'm saying is: It's fine to think its a great line-up but it's also fine to think it's a poor line-up! All i'm trying to convey is let people have an opinion either way! Neither view is wrong but let's let people have their opinions without bei...

Err, it hasn't finished yet! Technically anyway-no idea on what weather is up there.. Herc flypast I'm guessing was after the Falcons landed? Which is traditional after a Falcons display. The fact that the Hercules was part of the display was an achievement in itself. Can't remember the last time t...

Excellent photos

Good to see the dittos still in action, Captain! Hope the salmon trousers are back out the wardrobe now we're approaching the summer months!

What an odd thread

An absolute rip-off at that price unless they have a lot up their sleeve over the next couple of weeks

Excellent pictures!

Great log!

This page on Kev's site gives you all the information you are looking for:

http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=20201

Genuine question here: I can remember when me and my dad used to sit and listen to the police radios on whatever radio equipment was available in the early 2000s but then as far as I was aware they moved to frequencies people cannot access on their radios - why don't the military do the same?

With regard to Q1 as far as I'm aware they always use the "live" 2 jets for any scramble and I think I'm right in saying that the crew never know whether it's a practise until they're airborne. It might also be worth knowing that there are usually 4 aircraft allocated immediately to QRA Ops with the...