[Technology] RIAT 2023 **Official Thread**

[swindonseagull]

Unfortunatly my flagpole with the BHA flag on snapped in the high winds today.

 

[doogie004]

Comming tomorrow new away shirt on display looking forward to it

 

[AmexRuislip]

If your coming today or Saturday bring a Brolly at the moment there won’t be much flying today, Saturday looks a bit better Sunday is OK

2 good days of arrivals and validating displays weds and thurs.

Is there much to look at, whilst flying is cut back, because of weather.

 

[AmexRuislip]

This looks fantastic

 

[Dr Q]

Anyone going this year?
Highlights will be:

• Spanish Harriers,
• F-15s
• F35B full demo
• lots of F-16s (50th anniversary)
• Nato Flypast
• U2 (thankfully not Bono's lot)

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Anyone going this year?
Highlights will be:

• Spanish Harriers,
• F-15s
• F35B full demo
• lots of F-16s (50th anniversary)
• Nato Flypast
• U2 (thankfully not Bono's lot)

I worked on Sea Harriers. The old school armorers who worked on Bucs and Phantoms referred to the Harrier as the ‘plastic pig’.
Short, squat and f***ing slow.

 

[Frutos]

Anyone going this year?
Highlights will be:

• Spanish Harriers,
• F-15s
• F35B full demo
• lots of F-16s (50th anniversary)
• Nato Flypast
• U2 (thankfully not Bono's lot)

Not this year.

Will watch on PTV and their YouTube arrivals streams starting tomorrow.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Hope the cloud-base doesn't diminish proceedings.

I bloody loved the Harrier, still disappointed the UK dropped them / sold them off.

Everyone going, enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of all the flying beauties ....

 

[mikeyjh]

Got here yesterday, loads of arrivals this morning. Campsite nice at the moment, still a day before most of the 'everything has to be a party tw@ts arrive'

 

[Albion my Albion]

Unfortunatly my flagpole with the BHA flag on snapped in the high winds today.

Last time my flagpole snapped I had to ice it for several days, if you know what I mean. Bedroom stunt accident.

 

[Scappa]

Arrivals and practice/validation day 2

 

[swindonseagull]

Got here yesterday, loads of arrivals this morning. Campsite nice at the moment, still a day before most of the 'everything has to be a party tw@ts arrive'

Been at Totterdown since weds
Been very quiet at night so far all silent by midnight.

Only to be woken at 0330 with an aircraft take off and 0615 with the U2 take off

 

[Scappa]

U2, F16 and Eurofighter all displayed so far