Dysko Posted July 28, 2013 Posted July 28, 2013 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 3 Quote
KJakker Posted July 28, 2013 Posted July 28, 2013 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. Quote
+russouk2004 Posted July 28, 2013 Posted July 28, 2013 Excellent pictures ...RIAT always does a good show. Quote
+MigBuster Posted July 28, 2013 Posted July 28, 2013 Some fantastic shots there - check out the dedication flying over to the UK as well! Quote
Viggen Posted July 28, 2013 Posted July 28, 2013 Great photos! Were there any F-4s among the visiting aircraft? Quote
Zola25 Posted July 28, 2013 Posted July 28, 2013 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. Quote
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