RIAT 2020 Cancelled

[raptor76]

Latest Update - 27 February 2020



This week we received great news from the Royal Navy. They will be sending examples of all their aircraft types for static display at RIAT 2020! Their new Wildcat HM2 solo display will also participate in the weekend flying display.

We have received communication from various squadrons within the US Navy who would like to send aircraft for static display at RIAT 2020. We are establishing formal contact with them and hope they will be present at Fairford in July.

Today our CEO, Operations Director & Head of Air Operations are travelling to Brussels to attend the European Airshow Council Convention. The event brings together delegates from 25 to promote excellence and safety at European Airshows. This year's convention will focus on the sustainability of airshows, in a period where Climate Change is at the forefront of many nations thinking. Our team also be networking with representatives from many European Air Arms and hope to discuss their participation plan for 2020. We therefore hope to bring you good news from EAC in next week's update.

The news on the us navy this looks promising.

[James Cutting]

Wildcat often a good display, and the news about the US Navy is great

[Zonan]

Nice update, for a foreigner like me it's great to see some Royal Navy action as well
And of course the US Navy is nice to see
On their site it's also stated that they are discussing with Sweden, Jordan, Pakistan and the Czech republic, which sounds good

[Campbell89]

This week we received great news from the Royal Navy. They will be sending examples of all their aircraft types for static display at RIAT 2020!

Static F-35B then?

[James Cutting]

Don't think the Royal Navy have any yet...

[raptor76]

Does anyone on here think that dbh will have any special updates this year or will they just announce there updates on Thursday's, I'm mainly asking after the disastrous attempts of those " extra special updates " that weren't on a Thursday which more often than not took away things from the Thursday update?

[Bilvo]

Would be great if the Canadians could get one of their new Casa 295's to make the short trip up from Seville for the weekend.

Steve

Well yes, but they don't belong to them until they've been paid for and handed over....

I would have thought they've already been paid for and like the RNZAF MB.339 that attended Boscombe Down ATI '90 that hadn't been handed over to the RNZ air force and was still owned by the manufacturer at the time. So it is not beyond the realms of possibility

[Campbell89]

Don't think the Royal Navy have any yet...

Ah, my bad. I thought 207 Squadron was a Navy Squadron for some unknown reason!

[tm74sqn]

Any thoughts about whether the coronavirus could be a factor in any airshows, including RIAT, this year?

[James Cutting]

Don't think the Royal Navy have any yet...

Ah, my bad. I thought 207 Squadron was a Navy Squadron for some unknown reason!

No worries, 207SQN is RAF

Any thoughts about whether the coronavirus could be a factor in any airshows, including RIAT, this year?

Could be a chance. Hard to tell at the moment, guess time will tell.

[Alfie]

Little bit underwhelmed by today's announcement, living in Somerset and seeing Wildcats most days flying overhead doesn't make me very excited about a solo Wildcat display also the fact that I have already brought my Yeovilton ticket and if it is anything like last year they will have a pair of Wildcats doing a display including the use of flares.

[James Cutting]

Be surprised if it has flares in the display, pretty sure they can't use them at RAF Fairford. Can't have all the great updates all the time

[bizfreeq]

He meant at Yeovilton James.

Alfie
To those people who don't live in Somerset (Yes we do exist! ) or aren't going to Yeovilton, this could be a good announcement for them! Besides which, this particular one doesn't just involve 'one Wildcat flying' it also tells us of the RN's intention to send at least one of every type they have, so I'd say fair play to the Navy boys for supporting the show.

[Campbell89]

To be fair, the Wildcat display at Southport was a decent display. They used pyrotechnics in their display but not to the extent of the Apache display.

[James Cutting]

He meant at Yeovilton James.

Got you, thanks. Flew a very good display at Sanicole last September

[Alfie]

With respect to bizfreeq the Fleet Air Arm sending one of everything to Fairford is no different to other years, it's what most of us has come to expect from them.

[Steven]

Well, Alfie, if it happens every year they have to announce it at some point! I would say better than no update at all and personally I think a Royal Navy Wildcat display is a welcome addition considering the lack of 'home team' flying display items.

[raptor76]

I remember once seeing a argus at waddo it would be nice to see one at riat.

[Seahornet1]

I remember once seeing a argus at waddo it would be nice to see one at riat.

Fairchild 24...? - Feasible, but unlikely.


Canadair CP107...? - What a glorious bit of fantasy!

[reaper493]

Today we can announce that Austria will return to the Air Tattoo this year with a C-130K Hercules on static display.

Mike