Cosford Air Show 2016

[WZ744]

IMMSC at RIAT a few years back the B52 did a fly past, another aircraft did a display, then the buff came through again. This may have happened a third time, but I've been to bed a few times since then.

Wasn't it the Vulcan that took off and displayed before the B52 returned? I seem to remember the B52 overflying the Vulcan on the 24 threshold.

Going down to Cosford shortly for more arrivals, yesterday was quite nice with the Typhoon and Belgian 109 entertaining us
Colin.

[rdchawk]

Cosford being streamed live http://planestv.com/live

[Blue Diamond]

IMMSC at RIAT a few years back the B52 did a fly past, another aircraft did a display, then the buff came through again. This may have happened a third time, but I've been to bed a few times since then.

Wasn't it the Vulcan that took off and displayed before the B52 returned? I seem to remember the B52 overflying the Vulcan on the 24 threshold.

Going down to Cosford shortly for more arrivals, yesterday was quite nice with the Typhoon and Belgian 109 entertaining us
Colin.

I think you may be right. Somewhere I've got a pic of XH558 on the ground and a couple of Buffs on the way in.

[beefsteak]

That's it, IMMSC I've got a shot of both of them trailing 'chutes (Only 1 buff though).....................

[Mike]

As far as I know there's never been 2 B52s in a RIAT flying display, both the Vulcan and a B52 were airborne at the same time in 2010 though.

[John flightpath]

Has anyone got a display frequency for Cosford ?

Cheers
John 'flightpath'.

[wave scanner]

Try these?

Approach
135.875 / 376.425
Tower
378.65 / 128.650
Ground
241.4

Common Air Display Frequencies:
121.175, 130.675, 132.90, 130.50, 130.625, 134.55

[Apollo]

Cosford being streamed live http://planestv.com/live

[MRTT]

Gnat Team and Foxy Lady have both scrubbed!

[John flightpath]

B-52 no show, ( although I could have sworn I heard it fly over the top !!)
A400 M No show.

Sad to say it was not a great show this year

Regards
John 'flightpath'.

[ChrisGilligan]

The A400 did show..albeit earlier than the scheduled start to the flying display. It certainly crept up on us and I only just caught it myself.

[John flightpath]

In that case I stand corrected Chris. I must have been going through the hangars at the time

Cheers
John 'flightpath'.

[POL]

The B-52 showed up too. Just that unless you were looking in the right place at the right time, you wouldn't have seen it. I think it was out of cloud for half a second.

[John flightpath]

The B-52 showed up too. Just that unless you were looking in the right place at the right time, you wouldn't have seen it. I think it was out of cloud for half a second.

Well that was a lot of use. I thought i'd heard it fly over. Must have been a 'stealth' move.

Cheers for the info.
John 'flightpath'.

[ChrisGilligan]

In that case I stand corrected Chris. I must have been going through the hangars at the time

Cheers
John 'flightpath'.

To be fair you didn't miss a great deal! Just one level pass never to be seen again.

[KC135R]

Could anyone confirm the registrations of the Red Arrows aircraft, and the aircraft used in the "Great War" display, please? They are the only holes in my log from today

Cheers,
Tom

[rh226]

Red Arrows courtesy of SWAG.

Parked on Golf are Red Arrows Hawk T.1/As XX177, XX232, XX244, XX245, XX278, XX310, XX311, XX319, XX322 ..departed at 11:17 to Cosford as "Red Arrows"

[KC135R]

Thank you very much, most useful!

Tom

[martmpf]

The B-52 showed up too. Just that unless you were looking in the right place at the right time, you wouldn't have seen it. I think it was out of cloud for half a second.

Well that was a lot of use. I thought i'd heard it fly over. Must have been a 'stealth' move.

Cheers for the info.
John 'flightpath'.

To be fair, the commentator on "PlanesTV" stated that the lowest the B-52 was permitted to overfly was 1,000FT and the cloud base was lower, or at least the pilot could not see enough to run in. He/She did try!

[mark.alan.barnes]

Well, it's always good for a day out but:

Cancelled, unable to display, technical problem:

Falcon's Display Team (40 mins of attempting to get in but a bit dull waiting, imvho).
Hangar 11 Mustang (I was looking forward to seeing that one!)
Gnat Display Team (Didn't even hear an announcement but did spend most of the afternoon glued to my scanner)
Sea Vixen (as above)
B52 (Heard it and was listening to comm's)

What I did like:

BBMF, Hurricane especially, very good.
Typhoon - Wow!
Chinook - Why was that a LOT quieter than when they fly near my house? Is it a newer model/rotors or something?
RAFAT: Flat display so cross that off the things to see. Love the 'Swan' formation and liked the King Air flypast too.
Chipmunk: What a display! Best of the day, for me, lost on the masses, I fear!

What I didn't like:

Some right, bell end selfish people attempting to leave the show and driving down the parking positions and pushing in. Top full on knobs include a '12' plate white Range Rover Sport and a Red Kia Sedona. A Toyota taxi also involved. Traffic marshaling could be improved. These poor excuses for humanity should be thrown to the bears for the entertainment of those of us with some degree of manners and decorum.

Pity about the weather and the near three hour drive back to Rugby (via Wolves, Walsall, Great Barr then M6) but I'll be back next year.