Saudi Hawks

[reaper493]

Have known about this for some time, but the wave group have posted it so it's out in the open now.

Saudi Hawks will arrive at Waddington early next week, along with a C-130. They will do some practices over Waddington and will also perform at Families day on the 8th July, along with the Reds, Typhoon and hopefully BBMF.

The wave plans to be open from 9.15 on families day.

The Saudis will then move to Fairford as one of the first arrivals on the Wednesday before the show.

A different coloured hawk to look at!

Mike

[Boneyard1]

Thanks,Mike!

[65thAgressor]

Thanks for the heads up Mike. Is the wave open daily and at what time ?

[reaper493]

The WAVE has been open lately from 09.15 and closing any time between 3 and 4 Mon-Fri.
They only open at weekends if they have an event on, they've been granted permission to open on families day.

Possibly traffic regulations coming in to force for Families day.

[65thAgressor]

Thanks for the reply.

[warthog56]

Hoping to finally get some photo's of these flying! Their display at Fairford was cancelled on the Saturday of their last visit due to persistent rain/low cloud and they didn't fly the following week at the Waddington show because of pilot(s) being ill!

[rdchawk]

Is it only Waddington they will be practicing at?

[thevulcan]

They will need to do a practice at fairford as well.

[rdchawk]

They will need to do a practice at fairford as well.

Yeah - was more kind of hoping they would head Coningsby way as I'm up this week and that area

[slogen51]

Heard they were due Tuesday but you would have thought the C-130s would have been noticed by now.

[seancf16]

The Saudi Hawks and there C-130 support left chania this morning I believe they have landed again in Italy

[reaper493]

Hawks plus one Herc due tomorrow.

[reaper493]

RSF1573 1622 seen on ADSB west of Rome in the last hour.

[PSYCHO]

The 8 Hawks and the C130 landed at Nice early afternoon from Lamezia

[reaper493]

Unsure if it's related but a/some Reds are flight planned out to Bordeaux tomorrow morning - escorting them in perhaps?

[PSYCHO]

Hawks routing Nice - Vatry - Waddington ETA Tues 1245L

[reaper493]

Herc should follow around an hour later, with a 2nd expected Thursday.

[PSYCHO]

1622 C130 ETA 1220L - nothing on a second ATM

[reaper493]

According to their Instagram posts they were lining up to depart Nice in the last 5 minutes.....

Be a bit early!

[plmc135]

Support C130 showing as RSF1573 1622 in the climb out of Nice.