Yes I know it's only January, but I thought we should start a thread around RIAT 2008...starting of with the first confirmed participants

2 x Alpha Jets of the Asas de Portugal

 

I was looking at Flightline UK the other day and I find that it is pretty accurate for airshows, they have a few others listed already:

Military:

Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor (USAF Demo Team)

Los Halcones - Walter Extra 300L x5 (Chilean Air Force)

Patrouille Suisse - Northrop F-5E Tiger II x6 (Swiss Air Force)

Avro Vulcan B2 (Vulcan to the Sky)

Civilian:

Purple Violet (Ali Ozturk)

Douglas DC-3 Dakota (Air Atlantique Classic Flight) 

 Ali Ozturk in his Pitts thingy confirmed

 Esquadrilha da Fumaça "Smoke Squadron" in Tucanos from Brazil and Los Halcones in Extras from Chile *should* both be at the show.
 

 

Hopefully the Swedish will bring the Gripen, along with their marketing people, who are attending.

The French Air Force apparently have the Mirage 2000 display returning this year, venues unknown at this point, but the UK has been mentioned. Again hopefully this will turn up at RIAT.

Anymore news on RIAT yet?

Not much coming through as yet. Just checked some RAF sites, here's their contribution so far:- 

Hawk and Typhoon (superb last year) have solo displays.

RAF Regiment's Falling Rocks Parachute Team 

RAF Role Demo

 

 

 

Victor:

Anymore news on RIAT yet?

 Its on a Saturday and Sunday in July and its bound to rain at least one day

Be interesting to see whats shared with Farnborough, the F22 has already been mentioned. Nice if a factory Mig rather than the Klimov demo was to show but please send the Klimov girls anyway! Suspect the KC767 or KC330 will make an appearance too?

Unfortunately though this year you can only buy a ticket for either day, so you cant decide at the last minute which day you want to go.(If buying the advanced tickets).

It would be good if the Russians sent in a Bear!

July is a busy month for Airshows with Farnborough, Fairford and Waddington all on! Shame that Farnborough moved from September as it was always something to look forward to later on in the year.

Lets hope that the new Lady Commander at Mildenhall reinstates their airshow in the coming years as she says she intends to! I used to like going to it in May.

Earlybird tickets available until the end of February. They haven't announced the prices for the park and view days as yet. Wish they'd hurry up.

Raptor schedule has been released. Fairford confirmed venue. Looking forward to this display.

Interestingly only scheduled for the Monday at Farnborough.

 

 

 

 It will appear more than once at Farnborough

Good hopefully i will see it fly at one of them then as i missed it at the Nellis Air Show last November as i left too early.

2 more participants:-

Brazilian Air Force C-105A Amazonas (Casa 295) supporting the Tucano display team

And the Breitling Jets with their L-39's - to be confirmed.

Nice additions 

 

 Belgian F-16 display confirmed. Also attending a few more UK airshows.

 

 First official listing update:

ROYAL AIR FORCE  
Hawk T1 (x11) The Red Arrows RAF 90th F
Lancaster B1                    BBMF  RAF 90th F
DC3 Dakota BBMF RAF 90th F
Spitfire BBMF RAF 90th F
Hurricane IIC BBMF RAF 90th F
Typhoon (x2) 29 ® Squadron RAF 90th F
Hawk T1 (x2) 208 ® Squadron RAF 90th F
Tucano T1 (x2) 1 FTS RAF 90th F
Tutor T1 1 EFT RAF 90th F
Vigilant (x3) 612 VGS RAF 90th S
Viking (x2) 621 VGS RAF 90th S


ARMY AIR CORPS
Lynx & Gazelle               The Blue Eagles                  Global Engagement F
Lynx AH7 672 Sqn, 9 Regt Global Engagement S
Lynx AH9 672 Sqn, 9 Regt Global Engagement  S



ROYAL NAVY  
Hawk T1 (x2) NFSF (FW) Global Engagement S



US MILITARY

US AIR COMBAT COMMAND  
F-22A (x2) Raptor East Demo Team Global Engagement F
B-1B *TBC* Global Engagement F
B-1B *TBC* Global Engagement S
B-52H 93 BS, 917th Wing Global Engagement S


US AIR FORCES EUROPE
C-130E    37 AS, 86 AW Global Engagement                        S
F-16 *TBC*          Global Engagement                  S
F-15C 48 FW Global Engagement S
F-15E 48 FW  Global Engagement S
KC-135R 100 ARW Sky Tanker 08 S



USAF RESERVE COMMAND  
KC-135R           756 ARS, 459 ARW Sky Tanker 08           S
KC-10A 79 ARS, 349 AMW Sky Tanker 08 S



US NAVY
F/A-18E/F (x2) Boeing & *TBC* Global Engagement F


OTHER MILITARY

BRAZILIAN AIR FORCES
T-27 Tucano (x7)         Esquadrilha da Fumaca, EDA                          Global Engagement F
C-130H  1o/1o GT Global Engagement SP
C-105A 1o/9o GAv Global Engagement S


CANADIAN FORCES - AIR COMMAND
CF-18 Hornet (x2) Hornet Demo Team Global Engagement F


CHILEAN AIR FORCE
Extra 300L (x4) Escuadrilla de Alta Acrobacia 'Halcones' Global Engagement F
C-130H Grupo de Aviacion No 10 Global Engagement SP


CZECH AIR FORCE
JAS-39C Gripen 211.tl, 21.zTL Global Engagement F
JAS-39C Gripen 211.tl, 21.zTL Global Engagement S
Mi-24V (x2) 231.vrl, 23.zVrl Global Engagement F
L159 ALCA 212.tl, 21zTL Global Engagement S
Mi-171Sh 232.vrl, 23.zVrl Global Engagement S
An-26 241.dsl, 24.zDL Global Engagement SP



FRENCH AIR FORCE
Alpha Jet E (x9)  Patrouille de France  Global Engagement F
Mirage 2000 (x2) *TBC* Global Engagement S


HUNGARIAN AIR FORCE
JAS-39C 1. Vadaszrepulo Szazad 'Puma' Global Engagement *TBC*
MiG29 2. Vadaszrepulo Szazad 'Dongo' Global Engagement *TBC*
An-26 3. Szallito Repulo Szazad 'Teve' Global Engagement *TBC*


PAKISTAN NAVY
P-3C Orion 28 Squadron Global Engagement S


PORTUGUESE AIR FORCE
Alpha Jet A (x2) Asas de Portugal Global Engagement F
C-130H Esq 501 'Bisontes' Global Engagement S


ROYAL DANISH NAVY
Super Lynx Mk90 SHT Global Engagement S


ROYAL JORDANIAN AIR FORCE
C-130H Airlift Wing Global Engagement S


ROYAL NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE  
F-16AM (x2) 132 Luftving Global Engagement S


SWISS AIR FORCE  
F-5E Tiger (x7) Patrouille Suisse Global Engagement F
Ce560XL Lufttransportdienst des Bundes Global Engagement VIP


CIVILIANS
Spitfire PRXIX Rolls-Royce RAF 90th F
L-39C (x8) Brietling Jet Team Global Engagement F
R-44 Alan Smith  SP
KDC-10 Omega Sky Tanker 08 F/S
Extra 300 (x4) Royal Jordanian Falcons Global Engagement F
Jet Provost Mk3A Newcastle Jet Provost Club RAF 90th S
 

Thanks for the update APG.

RIAT's looking very promising this year.

Yet another display team looks to have confirmed.

Should be entertaining.

25.3.08 update.

Army Air Corps - Apache WAH.1 - flying

USAF Air Mobility Command - C-130J - static

USAF Air National Guard - C-130H - static

Belgian Air Component - F-16AM * 2 - flying
                                      SF260M - static
                                      C-130H - static

French Army - TBM700 * 2 - static

Royal Danish Air Force - F-16AM * 2 - static
                                      CL604 - VIP

Turkish Air Force - C-130E - static

Civilians - C-27J Spartan (Alenia) - static
                M311 (Alenia) - static
                M346 (Alenia) - static
                PC-21 (Pilatus) - static
                Rollason Condor - static
                Jet Provost T.5 - static
                Strikemaster - static
                Hunter (Hawker Hunter Avn) - flying
                Lysander (Shuttleworth Collection) - flying
                Hurricane Ia - static
                Chipmunk - static

Charter/Visitors - Aztec (Marshalls) - VIP
                           Citation (Marshalls) - VIP
                           Cessna 172 (Marshalls) - VIP

Additions as of 18.4.08:-

RAF

Chinook HC.2 - Flying
Dominie T.1 - Static
Harrier GR.9 - Static
Hawk T.1 * 2 - Flying
King Air B200 - Flying
Merlin HC.3 - Static
Puma HC.1 - Static
Sentry AEW.1 - Flying
Tornado F.3 * 3 - Flying
Tornado GR.4 * 3 - Flying
Tornado GR.4 - Static
Tristar - Static

RN

Hawk T.1 * 4 - Flying
Merlin HM.1 - Flying
Sea King ASAC.7 - Static

USAF

B-52H - Flying

USAF Special Ops

MC-130H - Static
MC-130P - Static

USAF Air National Guard

KC-135R - Static

USMC

KC-130T - Static

Belgian Air Component

F-16AM - Static
Sea King Mk.48 - Flying

German Army

BO105P1 - Static
CH-53G - Static

German Navy

Sea King Mk.41 - Static

Royal Air Force Of Oman

1-11 - Static

Royal Netherlands Air Force

AS532U2 Cougar - Static
F-16MLU * 4 - 2 Static, 2 Flying
Fokker 50 - Static

Royal Norwegian Air Force

F-16MLU * 2 - Static

Spanish Air Force

C-130H - Static

Swedish Air Force

JAS39B Gripen - Static

Civilian

Diamond DA40 - Static
Diamond DA42 - Static
Falcon 20 FRA * 2 - Flying
Fokker DR.1 Great War Display Team - Flying
Gnat Delta Jets - Static
Hawk Mk.128 - Static
Hunter T.7 * 3 Delta Jets - Static
Jet Provost T.5A Delta Jets - Static
Junkers CL1 * 2 Great War Display Team - Flying
Nieuport 17 Great War Display Team - Flying
Piper Dakota - Static
Piper Warrior * 2 - Static
SE5A * 4 Great War Display Team - Flying
Sopwith Pup Great War Display Team - Flying
Sopwith Triplane Great War Display Team - Flying
Spitfire Mk.XI Hangar 11 - Static
Twin Otter British Antarctic Survey - Static

Charters/Visitors

ATR42 Avanti Air - Charter
Beech C90 - Charter
DO328 Compass Holding AG - Charter
PA-34 - Charter

Updates 09/05/08

RAF:
A109E Power 32 (TR) Squadron RAF 90th S

RN:
Sea King HU5 SAR HMS Gannet SAR Flight Global Engagement S
Lynx HMA8 815 NAS Global Engagement S
Jetstream T2 750 NAS Global Engagement S

FAF:
C-160R Transall TBC Global Engagement SP

GAF:
UH-1D LTG62 Global Engagement S
Tornado RECCE AG51 Global Engagement S
C-160D Transall TBC Global Engagement S
Airbus A-310 FIBschBMVg Global Engagement S
AS 532 Cougar FIBschBMVg Global Engagement S


HAF:
RF-4E Phantom  348 MTA, 110 PM Global Engagement S

Indian AF:
HAL Dhruv x5 Sarang Helicopter Display Team Global Engagement F

Irish AF:
CN-235M 101 Squadron Global Engagement S 

USAFRC:
HC-130P 39 RQS, 920 RQW Global Engagement  S
MC-130E Combat Talon          711 SOS, 919 SOG   Global Engagement         S


KLu:
F-16 MLU (x2) 322 Squadron *TBC* Global Engagement S

Civilians:
Extra 400 Bruno Stocker  S
Embraer Legacy Embraer VIP SP
PC-12 Pilatus Aircraft   SP
DH Vampire T11 Vampire Preservation Group RAF 90th  S

US education and training command:
T-43A Gator      562 FTS                     Global Engagement S

And with RIAT with us next week, here's the full list of expected participants.

The F-22's are apparently due to arrive between 6-7pm Tuesday.

 

Hi

 This is my first message on this forum, to be honest I'm not used to forums at all.

With RIAT 2008 so close now, I just hope we get some good weather for what is a great event and one that we are lucky to have in our own "back yard"

 are there any subscribers who work the met office?

 Shimon

Hi Everyone,

The F-22's arrived today heralding the beginning of RIAT 2008. Here's a photo in the RIAT 2008 gallery of one of the 3 taxiing following landing. Hope everyone who is going to the show will have a good time.

Baron Inchape and myself will be there from tomorrow (in the pouring rain) till Monday.