Royal International Air Tattoo 2023 General Discussion Thread

[Campbell89]

It’ll be the Royal Jordanian Falcons announced tomorrow…

[seven]

RJF, my thoughts exactly

[Gary]

Update has started, with the invited countries list now starting to appear

Already declined
Bangladesh Air Force, Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Egyptian Air Force

[AMG_1969]

Finnish F18 Hornet confirmed to be doing a flying display

[Gary]

Welcome to the first weekly update from the Air Operations Department as we look ahead to the Royal International Air Tattoo 2023!

We're pleased to announce this week the first confirmed aircraft for both the flying and static displays at RIAT 2023, both coming from the Finnish Air Force. Firstly, we're pleased to welcome their F/A-18C Hornet which will be performing in the flying display. Their solo display of the Hornet is often regarded as one of the best fast jet demonstrations across Europe, and a previous winner of various flying display awards at RIAT. In addition, they will also be sending a Hawk for static display, planned to be HW.340 in the spectacular Finnish flag colour scheme, after it was unable to attend last year.


Despite it being early in the year, we are already in communication with a number of Air Forces who plan to send aircraft to RIAT 2023, including a number of air to air refuelling aircraft for our SKYTANKER23 theme, and a wide array of other military and civilian aircraft types. However, there are also a number of nations who due to operational commitments or budgetary constraints, are sadly unable to participate at RIAT 2023. These are all available to view using our 'traffic light' system on this page.
We are working hard behind the scenes planning the next instalment of the Royal International Air Tattoo. Stay tuned for updates!

Always make you laugh when they mention specific airframes with 5 months to go although would be nice to see HW-340

[Discodaz]

great update as far as Im concerned. we was only discussing the finnish f18 display the other day.



Daz

[seven]

I'd agree with that, good start. Spesh as the Hornets days are numbered!

[jasonT1981]

No Swiss PC7 either for RIAT

https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2023/02/ai ... dule-2023/

[Gary]

Todays update

Latest Update - 16th February

We're pleased this week to receive confirmation from the German Army, as they return with a pair of NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopters! As per their attendance last year, they will bring one helicopter to perform in the flying display, and another for static display.

Last week the Spanish Air Force notified us they plan to participate in the Flying Display. We hope to receive formal confirmation of what we can expect to see at RIAT 2023 in the coming weeks.

We are already in communications with a number of Air Refueling Wings from across the United States Air Force, who have an ambition to bring their aircraft to RIAT 2023 as part of our SKYTANKER23 theme. We are now working with them and the relevant offices in the US Military over the next few months to secure approval for their participationat RIAT 2023.

GERMANY - GERMAN ARMY AVIATION
NH90 TTH TrspHubschrRgt 10 Flying NEW
NH90 TTH TrspHubschrRgt 10 Static NEW


Hopefully mean Patrulla Águila will come over

[Ollie]

German Navy showing as not participating, as well as the Chilean Navy

[James Cutting]

Nice update, NH90 is always a great display, glad it's only one displaying, wouldn't want too many blades in the show

[peasus911]

Spanish Navy is flashing, could we hope for Harriers this year.

[POL]

Spanish Navy is flashing, could we hope for Harriers this year.

Eslla 006's H369Ms would be a far, far more interesting addition to the lineup!

[PeteHemsley]

Spanish Navy is flashing, could we hope for Harriers this year.

X 2.

[jasonT1981]

I wasn't a big fan of the NH90 but a German display in the flying is a very rare thing now a days so a nice pull again by DBH.

Harrier would be amazing.. 2 would be better lol.

I am hoping to see the Spanish Display team as Spanish Air Force also flashing and I've never seen them before

[Gary]

Slovakian Air Force is also flashing on going, guessing that will be a C-27J then

[Flightline UK]

We have now sold out of advanced Park & View tickets for Monday 17th July. There will be a limited number available on the day on a first come, first served basis.

We have seen an increase in people attempting to sell fake tickets & recommend only purchasing directly from us.

https://twitter.com/airtattoo/status/16 ... 8602165249

[FlyingFairy]

RIAT Air Ops (Peter) has been posting the following on both social media and also on UKAR, where I’ve copied this from.

Evening All,

Can I take this opportunity to repeat a plea from my predecessor in this role, and his predecessor, regarding contacting aircraft operators:

Can I please ask you (the aviation enthusiast community) to not contact military squadrons with "Please can you bring your aircraft to RIAT" type messages please?
It is often counter productive and makes the lives of me and my team much harder. We have already seen this year, it can be viewed as an attempt to circumvent the official diplomatic channels we follow by the representative Air Arm, and derail a participant we were on course to welcome to the show.

Rest assured, my Air Operations department are always working hard to secure as many exciting aircraft from around the globe as we can, particularly those in special colour schemes.

Cheers,
Peter

[James Cutting]

Sad to think that people actually do that, and unsurprising it ruins possible participants.

[Discodaz]

agreed James.do they honestly expect the operators to reply "as its you..go on then, we will".I mean, seriously, what extra clout does the enthusiast have that the organisers don't?
staggering really.

Daz