Round 1 The Flying Displays/Landings @ RIAT 2010

Steyr

Hi all, so this is my first "MEGATHREAD" Covering most of RIAT 2010's Displays and Formations and Aircraft on the Runway, I will be adding two more threads which will cover the Static Displays and most of the Aircraft that took part in the Display itself.

Anyway on with the show i hope you enjoy, C&C Welcome,

A USAF C-17A Air Drops Special Forces Troops onto RAF Fairford


A USAF Special Forces Hercules Lands to recover Special Forces Troops




A USAF Air Education And Training Command C-17A "00-0172" From the 58THAS/97TH AMW Starts her Routine




Tactical Landing and Reverse


RAF 2010 Display Hawk T1 XX263 208(R) Squadron Flyover in "Dirty" Configuration


Swedish Air Force/Flygvapnet 39204 JAS39C Gripen F7 Squadron


United States Navy 166923 F/A-18F Super Hornet belonging to Boeing Military Aircraft




Belgium Air Component/Luchtcomponent FA-110 F-16AM Fighting Falcon 349 Squadron


ZJ810/BI RAF Typhoon T1 29(R) Squardon


More to follow..

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EC-402 Airbus A400M Airbus Military, 1st ever Public Display










Royal Air Force ZD574/DB ChinookHC2 From 18/27 Squadron performing her Role Demo




















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I-7736/1, I-8382/3, I-8942/4 Texan550 LSA's "We Fly" Civillian Disabled Display Team




RAF Lakenheath Based F-15c Eagle gets Airborne


Flight of RAF Hawk Aircraft run n' break to land


Selcetion of WW2 Warbirds




















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Royal New Zealand Air Force NZ7572/72 Boeing7572K2 From 40 Squardon Gets Airborne in a dramatic style




Something never really seen this side of the Equator, RNZAF 757 Flanked by 2 RAF Lakenheath based F-15C Eagles




French Air Force Mirage2000B 528/115-KS From EC02.005 in Formation with two Belgium Air Component F-16AM Fighting Falcons ( FA-110, FA-103 ) From 349 Squadron




One New RAF Hawk leads a Flight of "old" RAF Hawks followed by an RAF Tornado F3


Lancaster Bomber Does her routine






RAF HarrierGR9 ZG858 From 4(R) Squadron does a brilliant routine




And bows to the crowd


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RAF Lakenheath based F-15C's Recover




French Air Force Mirage 2000B Recovers


Belgium Air Component F-16AM Recovers


Royal New Zealand 757 Recovers


Royal Air Force Beech B200 KingAir ZK452/L From 45(R) Squadron throttles up


French Air Force AplhaJet E's of the Patroille de France perform their routine










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United States Air Force Air Combat Command 06-4126/AK F-22A Raptor of the Raptor Demo Team steals the show at RIAT






And recovers


The mighty BUFF from the USAF's Global Strike Command 61-0339/MT B-52H Stratofortress of the 69th BS/5th BW lifts from RAF Fairford


High Speed FlyBy


Recovers with Chute Deployed


Special Formation FlyBy from the Royal Netherlands Air Force Demo Teams
J-015 F-16AM Fighting Falcon of 323Squadron and Q-19 AH-64DN Apache of 301Squadron


Apache Puts on a show


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XH558 ( G-VLCN ) Avro Vulcan B2 literally screams for the Sky and puts on a spirited performance.








And recovers to RAF Fairford


And finally 2 15(R) Squadron RAF Tornado GR4A's recover after demonstrating their role demo

concussion

Top notch stuff as always Steyr. It's great to see the Vulcan flying, such an iconic a/c. Much appreciated, looking forward to the rest.

Wicklowrider

Great photos thanks. I particularly like the Lancaster. My uncle disappeared in a lancaster over osnabruck, 50 SQD. Took off Swinderby and never returned (17/18 Aug 1942). We have his log book. He was 20 years old. My father has been in touch with the RAF lately and has been offered a taxi down the runway in a restored lancaster - most probably the one in your picture as far as I know there is only one still flying.

Morpheus

Lancaster Flying:
Theres also one in canada i believe.... I read it somewhere but for the life of me cant remember where.

Wicklowrider

Morphéus wrote: »

Lancaster Flying:
Theres also one in canada i believe.... I read it somewhere but for the life of me cant remember where.

Think maybe the candian one is grounded:(
" The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Ontario has been forced to keep its Avro Lancaster FM213 on the deck after discovering corrosion on the propeller blades."

http://bit.ly/cYAQuz

Morpheus

hopefully its fixable, these birds are getting long in the tooth but the uk only refurbished theirs (in 2008 over 8 months) so hopefully it'll go on flying for a long time yet in memory of those who gave so much for us.