An early start from the Hotel for our first full day at RAF Fairford , We drove into Red car park without any problems and parked up near to the entry into the show. A change from other years as we made our way down to the runway crowd line to set up for the display instead of doing the static as I always miss the pre show arrivals & departures.
Pre – Show day arrivals
G-OCAF : Robinson R44 Cadet – Built 2018. – Arrival.
Breitling Jet Team arrival.
YS-YLN : 1 : Aero L-39C Albartros – Breitling Jet Team.
YS-YLR : 4 : Aero L-39C Albartros – Breitling Jet Team.
YS-TLF : 5 : Aero L-39C Albartros – Breitling Jet Team.
YS-YLI : 2 : Aero L-39C Albartros – Breitling Jet Team.
YS-YLF : 6 : Aero L-39C Albartros – Breitling Jet Team.
YS-YLX : 3 : Aero L-39C Albartros – Breitling Jet Team.
F-GITZ : AA5B Tiger – Arrival.
G-AHAG : DH89A Dragon Rapide – Arrival.
G-CBAN : S.A. Bulldog T1 – Wears XX668/I RAF red & white markings – arrival.
G-SCHI : AS350B2 Ecureuil – arrival.
G-BNOP : Pa-28-161 Warrior II – arrival.
G-BNOJ : Pa-28-161 Warrior II – arrival
Departed for flypast
FA-101 : Special display marks : F-16AM – Departed.
FA-57 : Special 350Sqn marks : F-16AM – Departed
FA-101 : Special 349Sqn marks : F-16AM – Departed.
D-COBI : Cessna 560XL Citation XLS – Departure.
SE-RMT : Bombardier Global 6000-BD-700-1A10 – SAAB – Arrival.
Belgian Air Component – Flypast
FA-101 : Special display marks : F-16AM –
FA-57 : Special 350Sqn marks : F-16AM
FA-101 : Special 349Sqn marks : F-16AM.
Departure
No.125 : XO : ET00.060 : TBM 700A ( F-RAXO)
Display/landed.
FA-101 : Special display marks : F-16AM
FA-57 : Special 350Sqn marks : F-16AM – Landed.
FA-101 : Special 349Sqn marks : F-16AM – Landed.
Patrouille de France – Display cut short – land back after problem with E46/7.
E44/1 : Alpha Jet E
E144/2 : Alpha Jet E
E139/3 : Alpha Jet E
E20/4 : Alpha Jet E
E127/5 : Alpha Jet E
E129/6 : Alpha Jet E
E46/7 : Alpha Jet E – Landed back with a problem.
E113/8 : Alpha Jet E
E87/9 : Alpha Jet E
USAF Viper Demo Team – Display.
96-0080 : SP : 480FS Cag : F-16C
Display & land.
036 : 364 Miro : Beech T-6A Texan II
Display & Land.
.J-5011 : Special Tiger marks : F/A 18C Hornet
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Arrive – display – Depart.
08-0051 : 7SOS : CV-22B Osprey
Red Arrows – Departed to form up on the British Airways Boeing 747-436.
xx323 : Hawk T1A – Red 1
xx177 : Hawk T1 – Red 2
xx244 : Hawk T1 – Red 3
xx232: Hawk T1A – Red 4
xx242: Hawk T1 – Red 5
xx319: Hawk T1A – Red 6
xx245: Hawk T1 – Red 7
xx322 : Hawk T1A -Red 8
xx219 : Hawk T1A -Red 9
XX188 : Hawk T1A – Red 10 – Photo ship.
Display – Land.
39268/268 : F7 : Saab JAS 39C Gripen
Flypast with the Red arrows X2.
G-BVGC Boeing 747-436 BOAC markings
Display – Land.
6824 : Escadrila 861 : MIG 21 Lancer C
Red Arrows x 10 – landed.
xx323 : Hawk T1A – Red 1
xx177 : Hawk T1 – Red 2
xx244 : Hawk T1 – Red 3
xx232: Hawk T1A – Red 4
xx242: Hawk T1 – Red 5
xx319: Hawk T1A – Red 6
xx245: Hawk T1 – Red 7
xx322 : Hawk T1A -Red 8
xx219 : Hawk T1A -Red 9
XX188 : Hawk T1A – Red 10
Blades – Display & Land.
G-ZEXL Blade 1 : Extra 330LP
G-ZEXL Blade 5 : Extra 330LP
G-ZEXL Blade 3 : Extra 330LP
G-ZEXL Blade 4 : Extra 330LP
Display & Land.
ZF264 : 264 : 1FTS : Tucano T1 .
Photo shoot along the crowd line.
G-OCAF : Robinson R44 Cadet .
Departures to form NATO 70th flypast .
ZK342 : 343 : code only II(AC)Sqn : Typhoon FGR4 –
ZK425 : 425 : code only II(AC)Sqn : Typhoon FGR4
ZJ924 : WS-J : IX(B)Sqn : Typhoon FGR4
ET-197 : ESK 730 : F-16BM -Royal Danish Air Force
687 : 331Sqn : F-16BM – Royal Norwegian Air Force.
FA-57 : Special 350Sqn marks : F-16AM – Belgian Air Component.
J-646 : 312Sqn : F-16AM – Royal Netherlands Air Force.
31+44 : TaktLwG 71 : EF 2000 – German Air Force.
Display & land,
MM55213 : 61-06 : RSV : Leonardo T-346A
BBMF Display & land
PZ865 : EG-S : BBMF Hurricane IIc
MK356 : QJ-3 : BBMF : Spitfire LF IXe .
NATO 70th year Flypast & Land * – Flypast only.
ZK342 : 343 : code only II(AC)Sqn : Typhoon FGR4 –
ZK425 : 425 : code only II(AC)Sqn : Typhoon FGR4
ZJ924 : WS-J : IX(B)Sqn : Typhoon FGR4
ET-197 : ESK 730 : F-16BM -Royal Danish Air Force
687 : 331Sqn : F-16BM – Royal Norwegian Air Force.
FA-57 : Special 350Sqn marks : F-16AM – Belgian Air Component.
J-646 : 312Sqn : F-16AM – Royal Netherlands Air Force.
31+44 : TLG 71 : EF 2000 – German Air Force.
475 : 31-CF Boeing KC-135RG – French Air Force. Flypast only*
92- 0364 : LN rd : 48FW : F-15E – USAFE – Flypast only*
91-0324 : LN rd : 48FW : F-15E- USAFE – Flypast only,*
00-3002 : LN rd : 48FW : F-15E- USAFE – Flypast only:*
Frecce Tricolori – Display – Land.
MM54551 : 1 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54518 : 2 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54517 : 3 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54534 : 4 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54059 : 5 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54052 : 6 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54510 : 7 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54539: 8 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54505 : 9 : Aermacchi AT-339A
MM54058 : 11 : Aermacchi AT-339A
British Army – Role demo – Land
ZJ181 : 664Sqn : Westland Apache AH1
Royal Jordanian Falcons Display – Land
RJF01 : Extra EA330LX
RJF02 : Extra EA330LX
RJF03 : Extra EA330LX
RJF04 : Extra EA330LX
Patrouille de France x 9 – Departed to form up with the Red Arrows
E44/1 : Alpha Jet E
E144/2 : Alpha Jet E
E139/3 : Alpha Jet E
E20/4 : Alpha Jet E
E127/5 : Alpha Jet E
E129/6 : Alpha Jet E
E46/7 : Alpha Jet E
E113/8 : Alpha Jet E
Spanish Navy – Display and Landed
VA.1B-24 : 01-914 : ESLLA 009 :EAV-8B + Harrier II – Special marks.
VA.1B-37 : 01-925 : ESLLA 009 :EAV-8B + Harrier II- Special marks.
Red Arrows x 9 Departed to form up with the Patrouille de France
xx323 : Hawk T1A – Red 1
xx177 : Hawk T1 – Red 2
xx244 : Hawk T1 – Red 3
xx232: Hawk T1A – Red 4
xx242: Hawk T1 – Red 5
xx319: Hawk T1A – Red 6
xx245: Hawk T1 – Red 7
xx322 : Hawk T1A -Red 8
xx219 : Hawk T1A -Red 9
Red Arrows & Patrouille de France – Both in Concorde formation flypast x 2
Patrouille de France – Landed.
Red Arrows Display and Landed.
F-35C Lightning II Arrived – two passes , 1 x hover – Departed.
ZM146 : 617Sqn : F-35C Lightning II.
Airbus – – Display & Landed.
EC-400 : Airbus A400M.
Finnish Air Force – – Display & Landed.
HN-406 : HovLLV 31 : F/A -18C Hornet
Ukrainian Air Force – Display & Landed.
39 : 831st Guards TAB : Sukhoi Su-27P1M.
Breitling Jet Team – Display & Landed.
YS-YLN : 1 : Aero L-39C Albartros
YS-YLI : 2 : Aero L-39C Albartros
YS-YLX : 3 : Aero L-39C Albartros
YS-YLR : 4 : Aero L-39C Albartros
YS-TLF : 5 : Aero L-39C Albartros
What a great display , now it was time to do some of the Static Park have a coffee and wait for the traffic to clear.
Static Display
Aviation Village
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Area.
XV784 : Harrier GR3 – Nose section.
XX761 : Jaguar GR1 – Nose section.
Main static
Royal Air Force
G-BYUH : UH : Bristol UAS : Tutor T1.
XX321 : CI : 100Sqn : Hawk T1A
ZK020 : K : IVSqn : Hawk T2. 100 year marks.
ZK027 : R : IVSqn : Hawk T2.
ZJ913 : 913/WS-Y : IX(B)Sqn.
ZF448 : 448 : 1FTS : Tucano T1
ZJ694 : 5Sqn : Sentinel R1.
ZM307 : 3FTS : Grob Prefect T1.
ZM324 : 324 : 4FTS : Beechcraft T-6C Texan.
ZM335 : 45Sqn : Phenom 100 .
ZM500 : 00 : DHFS : Airbus Jupiter HT1
ZM519 : 109 : DHFS : Airbus Juno HT1.
ZZ338 : 10/101Sqn : Airbus Voyager K3.
Belgian Air Component.
CE02 : 21Sqn : ERJ-135R – Special marks.
Royal Canadian armed Forces
130612 : 436Sqn : CC-130J.
Royal Danish Air Force
E-191 : ESK 727 : F-16AM Fighting Falcon – Special marks.
French Army
1219 : DAZ : 3RHC : SA330B Puma.
4053 : GBE : 3RHC : SA342M Gazelle.
German Air Force
43+25 : TLG 51 : Tornado IDS : Special marks.
46+05 : TLG 33 : Tornado IDS.
30+25 : TLG 71 : EF2000 – Special marks.
30+67 : TLG 73 : EF2000T.
54+28 : LTG62 : Airbus A-400M.
Italian Air Force
MM7057 : 6-04 : Stormo 6 : A-200A Tornado.
Royal Netherlands Air Force
D-661 : 298Sqn : CH-47D Chinook.
Royal Norwegian Air Force
691 : 331Sqn : F-16BM Fighting Falcon Specia marks as FN-K with invasion stripes.
Private
XW324 : U : 6FTS : Jet Provest T3 (G-BWSG)
XN637 : Jet Provest T3 (G-BKOU)
G-AMUF : DHC-1 Chipmunk.
XX614 : I : Bulldog T1 ( G-GGRR)
XX636 : Y : Bulldog T1 ( G-CBFP)
ZZ191 : HHA : Hawker Hunter F58.
N650GF : Gulfstream G650ER .
G-ETPB : Pilatus PC21 : QiniteQ .
G-ETPK : Avro 146 -RJ70 ex QQ102.
N610AT : Beechcraft AT-6B Wolverine.
N288DW : Beechcraft King Air 250.
N504EX : Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX.
BAe Chalet area
Typhoon FGR4 – Mock up.
Tempest – Mock up.
MT55232 : Leonardo M346FA.
168808 : NG : Norhrop Grumman MQ-8C.
N326JG : Northrop Grumman Firebird.
