RIAT 2011

vulcan57

For any of those of you that maybe interested, RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo) 2011, the worlds largest military airshow, is on 16th-17th July.

The line up so far is :


PARTICIPATION LIST 2011 (As of 19/04/11):

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ROYAL AIR FORCE

Red Arrows - BAE Systems Hawk T1 x 9 (F)
BAE Systems Hawk T1 (F) 208(R) Squadron
Shorts Tucano T1 (F) 72(R) Squadron
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight - Douglas Dakota (S)
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight - De Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10 (F)
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight - AVRO Lancaster B1 (F)
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight - Hawker Hurricane (F)
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight - Supermarine Spitfire PRXIX (F)
Sea King HAR3 203 (R) Squadron (S)
Sea King HAR3 22 Squadron (S)
Spitfire PRXIX (PM631) (F)
Tucano T1 (x2) (F)
Tutor T1 1 EFTS (F)
Vigilant T Mk1 x3 612 Squadron (S)
Hawk T1 (x2) 4FTS (F)

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ROYAL NAVY

Royal Navy Historic Flight - Fairey Swordfish (F)
Westland Lynx HMA8 (S)
Westland Merlin HM1 (S)
Westland Sea King ASaC7 (S)

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIR COMBAT COMMAND

Fairchild A-10A/C Thunderbolt II (F) A-10 West Costs Display Team

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AUSTRIAN AIR FORCE

SAAB 105OE (F)
SAAB 105OE (SP)

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BELGIAN AIR COMPONENT (COMPOPSAIR)

Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon (F)
Agusta A109BA (S)

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FRENCH AIR FORCE

Dassault Rafale (F)

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GERMAN NAVY (MARINEFLIEGER)

Lockheed P-3C-II Orion (S)
Westland Lynx Mk88A Super Lynx (S)

GERMAN ARMY AVIATION

CH-53 MTHR15 (S)

GERMAN AIR FORCE

C160 Transall LTG 61/62 (S)
Tornado x 2 (S)

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ITALIAN AIR FORCE

Frecce Tricalori - Aermacchi MB339PAN x 10 (F)

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ROYAL DANISH AIR FORCE

F16 (F)
Canadair Challenger (S)

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ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE

Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon (F)
Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon x 2 (S)
Boeing AH-64D Apache (F)
Boeing AH-64D Apache (S)
Boeing CH-47D Chinook (S)

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ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

Boeing 757-200 (F)

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ROYAL NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE

Lockheed Martin F-16Am Fighting Falcon x 2 (F)
De Havilland Vampire T55 x 2 (F)

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SPANISH AIR FORCE

Patrulla Aguila - CASA C101 Aviojet x 7 (F)

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SWEDISH AIR FORCE

SaaB Jas 39 Gripen (F)
SaaB Jas 39 Gripen (S)

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TURKISH AIR FORCE

Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon (F)

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AIRBUS MILITARY

Airbus A400M (F)

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CLASSIC JETS & COLD WAR ERA AIRCRAFT

Team Viper - Hawker Hunter x 5 (F)
North American OV-10B Bronco (S)

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WARBIRDS

Supermarine Spitfire IX (F)
North American P-51D Mustang (F)

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CIVILIAN

Breitling Wingwalkers - Boeing Stearman x 4 (F)
Breitling Jet Team - Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatross x 7 (F)

iPlop

We need a good air show here again.The one at baldonnell in 2000 was class.It's a pity you have to travel to the UK to see one.

David086

The Incredible Fridge wrote: »

We need a good air show here again.The one at baldonnell in 2000 was class.It's a pity you have to travel to the UK to see one.

I was at that one too, i seem to have some recollection of an accident at that air show? Was there a fire or something? Maybe it could be something else

BEASTERLY

David086 wrote: »

I was at that one too, i seem to have some recollection of an accident at that air show? Was there a fire or something? Maybe it could be something else

I was at it too. I think you might be referring to a chipvan going on fire. Now that i think about it, that could have been at RIAT '03.

iPlop

David086 wrote: »

I was at that one too, i seem to have some recollection of an accident at that air show? Was there a fire or something? Maybe it could be something else

The memory of that event was the tornado that came in from the Wicklow mountains and set off all the car alarms in the parking area, then he shot past the tower and they announced he was in a rush to another air show in wales.

johnny_doyle

later than usual but tickets for RIAT booked.

Welshman666

I'm very tempted to go again (I was at it last year). Was very enjoyable, and the F-22 was simply awesome

Wouldn't mind seeing the A-10's

westdub

I'll be there too....If you get the chance go early and catch the Thursday and Friday arrival days . They are as good if not better than the show days with the practice and you get to see most of the static stuff arriving...;)

Sterling Archer

Lads around how much would it be to go to this, I figure you could make it a one day trip but I'd prefer if I did it right a little more relaxed.

Cheers

vulcan57

westdub wrote: »

I'll be there too....If you get the chance go early and catch the Thursday and Friday arrival days . They are as good if not better than the show days with the practice and you get to see most of the static stuff arriving...;)

Apparently so, although I have never been to them. You need your own transport or be staying pretty close to do the other day

vulcan57

Shane_ef wrote: »

Lads around how much would it be to go to this, I figure you could make it a one day trip but I'd prefer if I did it right a little more relaxed.

Cheers

A one day trip from Ireland ? Not so sure. The flying display is from around 9.30 am till around 5.30 pm so a full day. Acommadation at this late stage in that area or Swindon will be hard to find. You could always stay in Bath or even Bristol and get the train to Swindon then the shuttle bus. We are staying in a B&B at £60 per night for a twin room in Swindon. nfo on show tickets can be got here http://www.airtattoo.com/airshow/Airshow-Tickets

Hope this is of some help.

westdub

Shane_ef wrote: »

Lads around how much would it be to go to this, I figure you could make it a one day trip but I'd prefer if I did it right a little more relaxed.

Cheers

There is no way you could do it as a day trip from Ireland unless you got up at 1am and arrived home at 6am the next day....
As Vulcan has already said the flying display starts early and finishes around 5.30-6 pm..

If you want a good spot on the crowd line it means being in the queue about 7am and then when the show is over it can take a few hours to get away if your in a hurry leaving...
As Vulcan has also mentioned the accommodation near the show sells out months in advance and also increases in price...

I'm lucky as my Sister lives 25 mins from Fairford so I head over on the ferry on the Wednesday before the show ,drive down and stay until the following Monday ...

typera12

Sure you could do it in a day i done it last year with a few mates ,got the first flight out at 6.30 flew into Birmingham and hired a car its an hours drive from birmingham got there in plenty of time,heading home we got the last flight out from birmingham.Didn't cost that much either if you book ur flights early

vulcan57

Ukranian SU-27 Flanker and IL-76 added to the static display Great addition since the Ukranians haven't been in the UK for the last 12 years.

jimbis

I worked it out roughly €150 to fly to bristol, train to swindon, show tickets, train back, fly home that night. On the saturday i think. Obviously you'll spend more but i'll be doing it on a tiny budget .

vulcan57

Line up so far... Pretty impressive I think.


Army Air Corps

Apache AH1 (F)
Auster AOP9 (S)
Beaver AL1 (S)
Chipmunk T10 (S)
Lynx AH7 (S)
Lynx AH7 (S)
Scout AH1 (S)
Sioux AH1 (S)

Royal Air Force

C-17A (S)
Chinook HC3 (F)
Chipmunk (S)
Dakota (S)
Grob Viking T Mk1 (S)
Hawk T1 (x10)The Red Arrows (F)
Hawk T1 (x2) (F)
Hurricane iiC (F)
King Air (S)
Lancaster (F)
Sea King HAR3 (S)
Sea King HAR3 (SP)
Spitfire PRXIX (PM631) (F)
Squirrel HT3 (S)
Tornado GR4 (S)
Tornado GR4 (x2) (F)
Tucano T1 (x2) (F)
Tutor T11 (F)
Vigilant T Mk1 x3 (S)

Royal Navy

Fairey Swordfish Mk.II (F)
Lynx HMA8 (S)
Merlin HM1 (S)
Sea King AsaC7 (S)

US Air Combat Command

A-10West Coast Demo Team (F)
RC-135V/W Rivet Joint (S)

US Air Force Global Strike Command

B-52H Stratofortress (S)

US Air Force Reserve Command

C-5B Galaxy (S)
MC-130E Combat Talon (S)

US Air Force Special Operations Command

MC-130H Combat Talon II (S)
MC-130P Combat Shadow (S)

US Air Forces Europe

C-130J Hercules (S)
F-15C/E (x2) (S)
F-16CJ (x2) (S)
HH-60G (S)

US Air National Guard

KC-135R (S)

US Marine Corps

KC-130T Hercules (S)

US Navy

Mercury E-6B (S)
P-3C (S)

Austrian Air Force

Saab J105 O (SP)
Saab J105 OE (F)

Belgian Air Component

A109BA (S)
F-16AM (S)
F-16AM (x2) (F)
SF260 (x2) (F)

French Air Force

EC725RC (S)
Mirage 2000D (S)
Mirage 2000N (S)
Mirage 2000RDI (x2) (S)
Rafale B (x2) (F)

German Air Force

C160 Transall (S)
Tornado ECR (S)
Tornado IDS (S)

German Army Aviation

CH-53 (S)

German Navy

Mk88A Super Sea Lynx (S)
P-3C Orion (S)

Italian Air Force

C-27J Spartan (F)
MB339 PAN (x11) Frecce Tricolori (F)
Tornado IDS (F)

NATO

E-3A Sentry (S)

Royal Air Force of Oman

C-130H Hercules (S)


Royal Danish Air Force

CL604 Challenger (S)
F-16 x 2 (F)

Royal Jordanian Air Force

C-130H Hercules (S)

Royal Netherlands Air Force

AH-64D Apache (S)
AH-64D Apache (F)
CH-47D Chinook (S)
F-16 (X2) (F)

Royal Saudi Air Force

C-130H (S)
Hawk Mk65 (x8) Saudi Hawks (F)

Spanish Air Force

CASA 101 (x8) Patrulla Aguila (F)

Swedish Air Force

JAS 39C Gripen x 2 (F)
JAS 39D Gripen (F)

Turkish Air Force

C-130E Hercules (SP)
F-16 (x2) (F)

Ukranian Air Force

SU-27 Flanker (S)
IL-76 (S)

Civilian

A330 MRTT (S)
A400M (F)
Aermacchi M311 (S)
Aermacchi M346 (S)
Beech 18 (S)
Beechcraft AT-6 (S)
Boeing Stearman (x4) (F)
Bronco OV-10B (S)
Cessna 172 (V)
Cessna Citation (V)
Embraer 195 (F)
Extra 300L (x4)Royal Jordanian Falcons (F)
Gnat (x2) (S)
Grob 120TP (S)
Hawker Hunter (x3) (S)
Hawker Hunter (x5) (F)
Hunter Mk58 (F)
Hunter Mk68 (F)
King Air 350L (S)
L-39C Albatross (x6) Breitling Jet Team (F)
Mantis UAV (S)
Meteor T7 (x2) (S)
P-51D Mustang (F)
PA28 Warrior (V)
PA28R Arrow (S)
PA34 Seneca II (S)
PC-12Swiss Hunter Team (SP)
Pilatus PC-21 (S)
Piper Aztec (V)
Robinson R44 (SP)
Skyraider (S)
Spitfire Mk9 (MH434) (F)
T.61 T2DC (S)
Alpha Jet (S)
Andover (S)
Harvard (S)

roadmaster

Lads i am wondering are the displays the same on the two days or is one day better to go to then the other?

vulcan57

roadmaster wrote: »

Lads i am wondering are the displays the same on the two days or is one day better to go to then the other?

Pretty much, although aircraft maybe on at different times. They have changed acts before, but when there have been so many that they couldn't fit all acts in on one day. doubt if that is going to happen this year though.

Additions from an update today.

Jet Provost Mk3
Jet Provost Mk5
Strikemaster
Gloster E28
Meteor (x2)
Vampire + Venom
Bulldog
Dragon Rapide
Chipmunk
P3 Flyers (x5)
Chinook HC3
Griffin
Tornado
Herc (Italian)
2nd Herc (Saudi)
MB 339 (x2)
USN C 26
KC-135R
All Static

Vulcan (F)

Cancellations

Mirage 2000RDI (x2) EC 01.012 Tiger 50
P-3C Orion MFG3 Star 11

johnny_doyle

just a short hop from RIAT, it's the Cotswold Air Show this weekend :

http://www.cotswoldairshow.com/

Vulcan will be flying. 60th year of the Hunter is the focus this year.

Weather not looking good at the moment for this sadly.


Additionally, my local free paper is carrying an advert that says RIAT tickets bought this weekend get a free ticket for Dad for 2012. Promotion code IAT058 to be used when buying ticket. Applies to tickets bought from 00:01am on Sat 18th June thru to 11:59pm Sunday 19th June.

d2carazy

im going to this, my first time , i was at baldonnell in 2000 and never missed a show in salthill (pity its got cancelled:mad:) we're driving over, getting the ferry Thursday Morning and arriving there for around 4pm, we're camping on a campsite that over looks the runway, so we should see a good few coming in for the static display , cant wait :cool:

Any tips or hints for the event? we have tickets for the saturday show.

vulcan57

d2carazy wrote: »

im going to this, my first time , i was at baldonnell in 2000 and never missed a show in salthill (pity its got cancelled:mad:) we're driving over, getting the ferry Thursday Morning and arriving there for around 4pm, we're camping on a campsite that over looks the runway, so we should see a good few coming in for the static display , cant wait :cool:

Any tips or hints for the event? we have tickets for the saturday show.

Just enjoy it, is the best tip. You'll there for a lot of the arrivals and the practice day on Friday. Have fun.

roadmaster

can anyone tell me how long it took from purchsing your tickets online untill they came in your letterbox?

johnny_doyle

ticket took a couple of weeks for me. Quicker than I expected. Post to Ireland might be a bit longer.

roadmaster

this will be my first visit to the riat, i am just wondering the site looks massive, do you need to plan where your going or will you be able to see the flying displays as you snoop around the static dislays or will you have to choose one or the other?

westdub

roadmaster wrote: »

this will be my first visit to the riat, i am just wondering the site looks massive, do you need to plan where your going or will you be able to see the flying displays as you snoop around the static dislays or will you have to choose one or the other?

The size of the show is the reason I go on both days ,to see the display from a good spot means arriving early 07.00 and then when the flying ends 18.00 approx I wander around half the static until the throw me out at 20.30.

I'm not sure you would get a good view of the flying from the static areas as there would be a lot of people to get in your way....

johnny_doyle

some of the stands block your view if you're trotting around the static displays. It is worthwhile checking the timetable and noting anything that you really want to watch and making sure you're in a good spot.

Many people take loads of stuff - picnic blankets, chairs, etc and set themselves up in good viewing locations with one or more keeping sketch on the gear while others go for a wander. Personally, I like to wander around.

roadmaster

thanks for the advice lads, wonce i get to see the flanker ill be happy enoght

vulcan57

really nice addition to the static today. CASA 295 AEW. Only one in the world, launched on 7th june and made first public appearance at paris air show last week.

westdub

roadmaster wrote: »

Lads i am wondering are the displays the same on the two days or is one day better to go to then the other?

Looking at the latest forecast its looking like Sunday will be the best of the show days....
http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Swindon-UKXX0147

Good job I'm there from Wednesday ....:cool:

Welshman666

aw, im there Saturday, let's hope the weather forecast changes for both days to be nice

johnny_doyle

forecast seems to be getting worse.:(

Cloudbase today just under 4000ft; grey but dry.

http://www.kingsdownschool.co.uk/weather.asp

johnny_doyle

what started off as a wet and miserable day has brightened into a nice afternoon.

Just had the Lancaster and 2 Spitfires overfly my house a couple of times. Fab.

vulcan57

johnny_doyle wrote: »

what started off as a wet and miserable day has brightened into a nice afternoon.

Just had the Lancaster and 2 Spitfires overfly my house a couple of times. Fab.

Yeah Saturday morning was horrendous and the flying didn't start till about 12.30, but the afternoon was really very pleasant. Sunday was pretty damp as well in the morning. Had a greta show though despite all the all the wet stuff. Will chuck up a few pics here when I sort some of them out.

Welshman666

I was there Saturday. The rain in the morning was a bummer, but it cleared up nicely for the afternoon

I have pictures in the Picture thread for anyone interested.

Vulcan, have you any idea why the A10 had to finish it's display early on the Saturday? I couldn't really hear the speakers properly

vulcan57

Welshman666 wrote: »

I was there Saturday. The rain in the morning was a bummer, but it cleared up nicely for the afternoon

I have pictures in the Picture thread for anyone interested.

Vulcan, have you any idea why the A10 had to finish it's display early on the Saturday? I couldn't really hear the speakers properly

No, they didn't really say, or if they did I didn't hear it. He did the full display on Sunday and it was awesome.

vulcan57

Just a few pics to start, have loads more but it will take a while to go through them.

















To watch these guys barrel role and loop this Spartan on the Sunday was incredible !

vulcan57

Few more

newcavanman

The A-10 was supposed to have thrown a blade on saturday . Just home, spent the day on the pan in Fairford, weather today was not much beter than yesterday . Got some nice fotos ill try to post them soon but ill b up to my tits with work this week .

westdub

I was listening to the scanner during the show and the A-10 said he had a electrical problem, he even offered to do some fly-bys to fill the display slot but the tower told him to land as the next act was ready to start....

A few of my pics from the show....


RIAT 2011 427 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


RIAT 2011 480 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


RIAT 2011 396 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


RIAT 2011 312 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


RIAT 2011 138 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


RIAT 2011 730 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr

dell1211

@westdub great pics.

What time were the red arrows up at? Was there on sunday but must have missed them. Were they better than the saudis?

N7777G

Well worth the trip - even the weather behaved itself!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/sets/72157627106876309/detail/

vulcan57

Couple more pics.

johnny_doyle

some very nice photos there. Thanks for posting them.

The A10, Spitfire and Hurricane remain my favourites but amazing what you can do with an Apache, a Chinook and a "mini-me" Hercules

A very good day out on Sunday in spite of the rain.

Next year RIAT is a bit earlier in the month.

vulcan57

johnny_doyle wrote: »

some very nice photos there. Thanks for posting them.

The A10, Spitfire and Hurricane remain my favourites but amazing what you can do with an Apache, a Chinook and a "mini-me" Hercules

A very good day out on Sunday in spite of the rain.

Next year RIAT is a bit earlier in the month.

Yeah, it's a week earlier, the weekend of 7th / 8th July, something to do with restricted air space around the London area during the run up to the olympics I believe.

vulcan57

newcavanman

A few from the weekend

newcavanman

and some more

N7777G

I've added more photos to my set at the departures day - if you've never been I'd highly recommend a trip.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/sets/72157627106876309/

vulcan57