families day

[Lewis_jennoo]

does anyone know what flew today

[CJW74]

Irish Air Corps PC-9.
Texan II / Strikemaster Flypast plus individual displays.
Hawk T2 three ship role demo.
Hunter Flypast
Jupiter role demo.
Grab Tutor display
P-8 Flypast
F-35 Flypast
Harvard departure
Typhoon x2 departure
French PC-21 X1 arrival plus 2 already in static.
RAF Falcons
L-39 display
Swordfish display
Spitfire display.

Plenty in static including 2x Belgium F-16

Typhoon and Chinook displays cancelled.

[roughcutter]

Decent line up

[johnwickenden]

Can anyone provide a list of serials of what attended? Sorry to be a pain, would like to see what was there

[MADWOP]

Here's some I have gleaned from friends photos (I couldn't attend this year)
Typhoons :-
ZK330
ZK429

F35:-
ZM152

Strikemaster:-
G-SOAF

Also tracked on ADS-B so take with a pinch of salt
FAF PC21 x 4:-
709FC
709FD
709FG (not sure about this none doing this from memory - will try and rack any departures today)
709FJ
Again from memory two routed through Boscombe Down on Wednesday and two through Mildenhall yesterday - but as they say don't quote me.

BAF F16
FA-72 (ADS-B)
FA-83(also ADS-B, took off with 72 but froze over Belgium so this one is a big assumption).

Hope this helps, many apologies for any inaccuracies


Mike.

[MADWOP]

Re above:-
FAF PC21's
709FC, 709FD, 709FJ AND 709FF have all departed RAF Valley.
Delete709FG
Again on ADS-B so beware.

[zero_gravity]

Seems to be an increase in traffic this morning heading towards the NWMTA , much of it Mode A only [this is in addition to the FAF chaps ]
Mode A are identifying as fast jets.
Possibly families day related

[CJW74]

BAF F16
FA-72 (ADS-B)
FA-83(also ADS-B, took off with 72 but froze over Belgium so this one is a big assumption).

I can confirm the F-16’s are correct.

[TAFFEVANS]

The F-35B was ZM166:032 ‘Ghost11’
Poseidon MRA1 ZP804 ‘Guernsey01’
Hunter F58 ZZ190 ‘Javelin92’
PC-9M 263 ‘IRL263’
Tutor T1 G-BYXH
Prefect ZM308

[kylejones67]

Does anyone know what will be attending 2024 families day, I understand we have F16s, Typhoon display, red arrows and the raf falcons

[Harkins]

Apparently the weather forecast is looking rough, so 350 squadron BAF won’t be attending now, according to their Facebook account

https://m.facebook.com/350sqn/

[Mike]

Does anyone know what will be attending 2024 families day, I understand we have F16s, Typhoon display, red arrows and the raf falcons

A new thread for Families Day 2024 would have been good.

[Llew]

Is family day likely to go ahead with the weather this week
Was planning on watching arrivals

[Colin]

VAS Facebook page has posted that the Flying display on Thursday has been cancelled due to the weather

[Llew]

VAS Facebook page has posted that the Flying display on Thursday has been cancelled due to the weather

Do you know if there will still likely to be statics ?

[Bluerigger1]

Word is that there will be no flying or static displays. No official announcement yet though.

[Bluerigger1]

Official announced that the flying display element of Families Day has been cancelled due to the predicted bad weather. The organisers are still planning for activities on the ground to go ahead, including a display of static aircraft, cars and food vendors

[MADWOP]

Just checked the Red arrows schedule.
Still timed to arrive at Valley at 11:26 and depart to Odiham at 17:40 tomorrow (Thursday).
The schedule has been updated overnight with Sunday's timings added and no change for tomorrow.
I really expected them to fly directly to Odiham - things can still change of course.

[reaper493]

Reds transit to Valley has been pulled.

First one that's showing now is Odiham to Blackpool on Friday, presumably a new route for Waddington to Odiham will appear soon.

[Rick]

One Red is now showing on Valley approach on ADSB