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Some of the participants of the Tiger Meet held at RIAT 1997.Never noticed the B.1 was a Tiger Meet aircraft until I noticed the tail markings. A great show with sunshine!

B. 1B USAF Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Puma HC.1 RAF Tiger Meet RIAT 197 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

RF-4 Luftwaffe Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

F-15 USAF Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Tornado GR.1 RAF Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

J-004 F-16 RNAF Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Fiat G.91 Portuguese AF Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

J-012 F-16 RNAF Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Magister French AF Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

F-104 Italian AF Tiger Meet RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Tornado German AF RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Mirage 2000 French AF RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

F-16 USAF RIAT 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Alpha Jet Portuesese AF RIAT by Andy Bird, on Flickr

F-5 Norwegian AF RIAT by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Saab 105 Austrian AF RIAT by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Good memories! 1997 was for me one of the best RIATs I ever attended. Also for the celebration of 50 years USAF

Thanks for posting.

Some lovely schemes here - love the Bone. There were 4 at that show!

I’m pretty certain quite a few of these are from the 1991 Tiger Meet. The Portuguese Gina, Tiger F-15C from Bitburg, Italian Starfighter and French AF Magister for example.

Hi Dan, yes both 1991 and 1997 RIATs - the dates are becoming more vague as I get older! I should have guessed there was more than one RIAT involved as the following pic from 1991 was mixed up with my Tiger shots.

Buccaneer S.2 A&AEE RIAT 1991 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

I might be wrong but ive got a strong feeling the blue tiger tailed Dutch F-16's are from before 1997. I made a model of one too and it was way before that i think.

Stroudy wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:25 am

I might be wrong but ive got a strong feeling the blue tiger tailed Dutch F-16's are from before 1997. I made a model of one too and it was way before that i think.

They don't appear in Scramble's list for '97, but do for the '91 Tiger Meet
https://www.scramble.nl/?option=com_sho ... GB&id=1291

One of the best RIATs ever

Hi Andy

IAT or RIAT, 1991 or 1997, I luv 'em

Has to be the Norse F5 for me

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

mancman wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:07 pm

Some of the participants of the Tiger Meet held at RIAT 1997.Never noticed the B.1 was a Tiger Meet aircraft until I noticed the tail markings. A great show with sunshine!

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Must have been the 1991 TigerMeet. J-012 crashed 10-07-1996....

That Norwegian F-5 looks great! Cracking selection, many thanks for posting.

Best RIAT ever? 1977!!!!

Great set. 97 was a very good show.. As well as the mini tiger meet wasn't there a 'fighter meet' too where a couple of the highlights being the F-100 in the flying display, as well as the Ukrainian and Russian flankers displaying 'head to head'... or am i mistaken?

Ridge Runner wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 23, 2021 8:41 am

Best RIAT ever? 1977!!!!

This one but it was an IAT no Royal approval back then

https://pbase.com/usnavypatchman/gc1977

Cheers

Paul

Whatever … still the best

Great photos. One of my favourite RIAT's over all the years. The weather and the particpants made it stand out for me. Thanks for posting.