RIAT 2015 Discussion Thread

[lambo1784]

Re P-1
Would have been nice to have seen one of them slotted into the Friday flying for those like me who left it too late for tickets on the other days.
Especially for such a rare aircraft to be sitting on the deck with a only short display listed for Friday.
Still,always Farnborough next year when they might come over again especially as they can now be sold outside Japan and the UK and other air arms might show interest.

John in Sussex

[plmc135]

Reported on Scramble that 5504 and 5507 landed at San Diego this morning and are currently Eastbound somewhere over the good old USA.

Paul

[Gary]

At least one of the P-1 are trackable, at 18.00z (19.00 BST) it was on FR24 passing Santa Fe Hex is 87C819

Edit :- Looks to be landing in North Carolina http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airpl ... 4/#6c9265a

Sharers at 22.54 BST has them on the border of North Carolina and Virginia

[plmc135]

Apparently landed at NAS Norfolk, Virginia courtesy Scramble.

Paul

[Gary]

Another cancellation listed on the RIAT site

Royal Navy
Sea King HU.5 771 NAS Helicopter

[lambo1784]

5507 on FR24 at 0725 just crossing Welsh coast.

John in Seaford

[Gary]

Another cancellation listed

Cancellations

Slovak Air Force
Let L-410UVP-T Turbolet 3 Spojovaci letka (TBC) Transport

[Gary]

The HAF F-16 has had a lick of paint



https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hellenic ... 8680719551

[Gary]

A last min additon to the static park

AIRCRAFT UPDATE: We have a last minute addition from the Irish Air Corps - an Airbus CN235 on static! #RIAT15

https://twitter.com/airtattoo

[Gary]

3 more cancellations

Cancellations

German Navy
Sea King Mk.41 MFG-5 Helicopter

Hungarian Air Force
Antonov An-26 59 Wing / 3 Sqn 'Teve' Transport

Royal Air Force
E-3D Sentry AEW.1 8 Squadron Airborne Early Warning Control

[Richard B]

Lets hope the Hungarian transport is not the support for the F16.
otherwise that could be next on the list.

[POL]

Not sure why the Hungarians would be supporting an F-16? They don't have any.

[Trenchard]

Crossed wires maybe? HAF + Hellenic AF and Hungarian AF ??

[welshandy]

3 more cancellations

Cancellations

German Navy
Sea King Mk.41 MFG-5 Helicopter

Hungarian Air Force
Antonov An-26 59 Wing / 3 Sqn 'Teve' Transport

Royal Air Force
E-3D Sentry AEW.1 8 Squadron Airborne Early Warning Control

So no AWACS this year(as I couldn't see even a NATO example on the list)

[rdchawk]

Hungarian transport probably cancelled as no longer any Gripens to support

[F6F RD]

Hi
First time at RIAT P&V tomorrow,
Can anyone advise which end will be the best for P&V tomorrow, given the forecast is for a SE wind?
Thanks
Richard

[POL]

The Hungarian An-26s have been coming long before the Gripens have been! Indeed, it was still scheduled to attend yesterday evening, so something has clearly happened in the last few hours that means it is no longer able to.

[tim_raper]

Hi
First time at RIAT P&V tomorrow,
Can anyone advise which end will be the best for P&V tomorrow, given the forecast is for a SE wind?
Thanks
Richard

just wait and see is best advice, if the tailwind component is negligible they'll probably prefer 27

[F6F RD]

Hi
First time at RIAT P&V tomorrow,
Can anyone advise which end will be the best for P&V tomorrow, given the forecast is for a SE wind?
Thanks
Richard

just wait and see is best advice, if the tailwind component is negligible they'll probably prefer 27

Thanks Tim
Can you move between east and west P&V?

[tim_raper]

I believe so yes, it's a long walk though, best in the car