USAF Thunderbirds Arriving RAF Fairford

[TJF1]

Thunderbirds Arriving Fairford 10-7-17

No1Thunderbirds Arriving RAF Fairford. by Chris, on Flickr

No2"ThunderBirds Are Go" by Chris, on Flickr

No3"ThunderBird 1" by Chris, on Flickr

No4"Thunderbird 2" by Chris, on Flickr

No5"Thunderbird 3" by Chris, on Flickr

No6"Thunderbird 4 by Chris, on Flickr

No7"Thunderbird 5" by Chris, on Flickr

No8"Thunderbird 6" by Chris, on Flickr

No9"Thunderbird 7" by Chris, on Flickr

[paddyboy]

Great shots, Chris

Seacat: you're in for a treat

The commentary and ground show are equally worthy

Cheers

Paddyboy

[Geoff]

Great shots, you should be proud of them, is number 5 number upside down for a reason? maybe for the mirror formation

[TJF1]

Thanks SeaCat, Paddyboy and Geoff for looking and your comments. They are much appreciated. To be honest I am not sure why the No5 is on upside down. Sorry.

Chris

[adimale1981]

5 is upside down because he flies upside down most of the display, it also adds to the mirror formation they perform.

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[TJF1]

Thank you for that, adimale1981 I did think that was the reason. Once again thanks for the information.

Chris

[The Aging Hippy]

Great Photographs of the arrivals.

I saw them on the Saturday, which I think the team leader erred on the crowd side of caution. Big thanks for that!

Tired on washed out airshows. There have been so many in the last ten years or so, where the weather hasn't come through.

On the pictures I have of the F-16D on departures day and the great pic above it was wearing number 7.
My pictures on Saturday show it wearing No. 4, the official checklist agrees with this.

Does this mean that the numbers are simply transfers and can change at a moments notice?

[Knife 04]

Nice shots

Does this mean that the numbers are simply transfers and can change at a moments notice?

Spot on! For example if Thunderbird 1 goes tech during the warm up / crewing up phase of the display by the time he steps to the air spare it will have his number '1' on it and also his name on the jet

[The Aging Hippy]

Thanks for confirming that Knife 04 Good information, just disillusioned about identification.

[Geoff]

Thanks Adimale1981. thought that may have been the reason for the number 5 upside down, thanks for clarifying