Royal International Air Tattoo 2013 [90 pics!]

[Dysko 93]

Last week I've been at the RIAT with Spillone104 and 2 other spotters. It was a really wonderful airshow, lots of planes 

 

both on flying and static display etc.

Here are the photos.

 

Taking off from Milan Malpensa, en route to London Gatwick

 

Belgian Air Component's F-16 solo

 

 

 

RAF's Short Tucano, winner of the Steedman Display Sword for the best flying demonstration by a UK participant

 

Italian Air Force's Alenia C-27J Spartan from the Reparto Sperimentale Volo (RSV for short, Test Flight Wing), winner of 

 

the As The Crow Flies Trophy for the best overall flying demonstration chosen by the Friends of RIAT

 

 

 

 

British Army's Westland Lynx

 

 

Italian Air Force's Boeing KC-767A simulating an air refueling with an Italian and a RAF Typhoon

 

 

 

 

Hungarian Air Force's SAAB JAS 39 Gripen

 

 

 

Breitling Wingwalkers on Stearman biplanes

 

 

Avro Vulcan XH558

 

 

 

Typhoon, No 29 Squadron, winner of the Paul Bowen Trophy for the best solo jet demonstration

 

 

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Sally B" (the one used for the "Memphis Belle" movie of 1990)

 

 

Flyby of British Airways' Airbus A380 with the Red Arrows (the following day the Reds flew in formation with the A400M, 

 

but I was visiting the VC-10 cabin)

 

 

Red Arrows

 

 

 

Italian Air Force's Typhoon from the RSV

 

 

RAF's Chinook, winner of the Sir Douglas Bader Trophy for the best individual flying demonstration

 

 

 

Finnish NH-90

 

 

RAF's Lockheed L-1011 Tristar

 

Patrouille de France

 

Consolidated Catalina

 

 

Red Bull's North American B-25 Mitchell and Vought F4U Corsair

 

 

 

Estonian Air Force's Aero L-39 Albatros

 

 

Gloster Meteor

 

 

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

 

 

 

 

Panavia Tornado from No 617 "Dambusters" squadron, special livery for the 70th anniversary of Operation Chastise

 

 

Airbus A400M Atlas, winner of the Lockheed Martin Cannestra for the best flying demonstration by an overseas participant

 

 

French Air Force's Dassault Rafale

 

 

Swiss Air Force's PC-7 Team, winner of the King Hussein Memorial Sword for the best overall flying demonstration

 

 

Belgian Air Component's Agusta A109

 

Royal Jordanian Falcons

 

Polish Air Force's Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum

 

 

Royal Dutch Air Force's AH-64 Apache

 

Royal Dutch Air Force's F-16

 

The Dutch Apache and F-16 flying together

 

Frecce Tricolori

 

Departures day:

Breitling's Lockheed Constellation

 

Westland Sea King

 

Bell 205/UH-1 Huey

 

Some shots from the static display:

Vickers VC-10

 

 

Dutch Douglas KDC-10

 

Greek Air Force Embraer ERJ-145 AEW

 

Typhoon lineup, 2 from the Italian Air Force and 5 from the RAF

 

Hungarian Air Force Antonov An-26

 

Luftwaffe Tornado, winner of the "concourse d'elegance" for the best livery chosen by the Friend of RIAT

 

RAF's Boeing C-17 Globemaster

 

Folland Gnat

 

Royal Air Force's C-130 Hercules, special colour dedicated to Petra, the "pink city"

 

BAe Jetstream used for the ASTRAEA project, for an unmanned airliner

 

Irish Air Corp Airtech CN235

 

Marineflieger's Lockheed P-3 Orion, 100th anniversary special colour

 

Luftwaffe Airbus A310

 

Polish Navy PZL M-28

 

English Electric Canberra PR.9

 

Dutch F-16 special colour

[KJakker 901]

Great set of pictures! Makes me wish the Downloads section of up so I could get the aircraft I don't have to play with.

[+russouk2004 6,958]

Excellent pictures ...RIAT always does a good show.

[MigBuster 2,884]

Some fantastic shots there - check out the dedication flying over to the UK as well!

[Viggen 644]

Great photos! Were there any F-4s among the visiting aircraft?

[+daddyairplanes 10,243]

awesome pics! thank you for sharing!

[Zola25 3]

Great photos! Were there any F-4s among the visiting aircraft?

Sadly no F-4s this year.  I attended both days, and despite being less varied than recent years due to various cutbacks, it was still a great weekend.

[+starfighter2 117]

Awesome pics 

[+Sundowner 4,831]

Excellent set m8.....

[Derk 265]

Thx guys, nice memories !!

[+sophocles 1,345]

Excellent!! Thanks for sharing!

[soldado 2]

Nice pics, thanks, love the ERJ-145 AEW.