RIAT 2015
My annual trip to RAF Fairford took place in mid July this year. What an excellent show it was this year, easily the stars were the two Kawasaki P.1s of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, not only was this the first visit of this aircraft type to any overseas airshow but the first visit of this air arm to UK shores in over 70 years. Quite a scoop for RIAT. Other static hilights for me were the three Tornados specially decalled with TTTE 35th Anniversary tails, complimented by a very rare public formation of the three European operators who made up TTTE, UK, Germany and Italy. Other flying hilights were the last appearance of Vulcan XH558, superb flying by the Finnish F-18, Airbus A-400 and the RAF BoBMF/Typhoon formation. I hope you enjoy this selection from the nearly 3000 digital images I shot at the show.
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- A-318 G-EUNB BA
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- A-10C (x2) 355 FW
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- A-10C 81-0956-DM 354EFS
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- A-400M EC-406 AIRBUS
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- A-400M EC-406 AIRBUS
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- A-400M EC-406 AIRBUS
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- ATLAS C.1 ZM402 24-70 SQN
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- APACHE AH.1 3 RGT GUNSHIP 1&2
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- AS332M1 SUPER PUMA T-336 LFTSP 3 SWISS AF
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- BLACKHAWK UH-60A+ 87-24614 C-1-214 AVN(AA)
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- Bo-105 P1M 86+95 HFWS-C
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- Bo-105P1 86+49 HFWS-C
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- BLENHEIM 1F L6739 YP-Q 23 SQN (G-BPIV)
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- BLENHEIM 1F L6739 YP-Q 23 SQN (G-BPIV)
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- BUCHON & SPITFIRE BoB FORMATION
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- C-130J 212-MAI QATAR AF
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- CASA 101EB PATRULLA AGUILA
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- CASA 101EB PATRULLA AGUILA
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- CASA 101EB E25-87 -79-29 SPCL PATRULLA AGUILA
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- CHINOOK CH-47F D-890 298 SQN
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- CHINOOK HC.4 ZA675-AE
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- CV-22B OSPREY 08-0050 7 SOS 352 SOG
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- CV-22B OSPREY 11-0058 7 SOS 352 SOG
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- DC.3 HB-IRJ BREITLING
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- EC-135P2+ D-HCDL MFG 5
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- EF-2000A mm7303 4-2 4 ST ITALIAN AF
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- F-16AM FA-123 31 SQN BELG AF 2015 DISPLAY
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- F-16C 523 340-343 MIRA ZEUS
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- F-16C 523 340-343 MIRA ZEUS
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- F-16C 536 340-343 MIRA
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- FA-18C HN-411 FINNISH AF
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- HAWK T.1 & ALPHA JET QINETIQ
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- HAWK T.1 XX232 RED ARROWS
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- HURRICANE IIb BE505 XP-L 174 SQN (G-HHII)
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- HURRICANE X P2921 (AE977) GZ-L 32 SQN (G-CHTK)
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- KDC-10 T-235 334 SQN
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- MERLIN HC.3 ZJ121-E 846 NAS
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- LYNX Mk.88A 83+02 MFG 5
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- LYNX Mk.88A 83+02 MFG 5
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- Me-109G & RAF ENSIGN
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- Me-109G RED 7 & SPITFIRE PR XIX PS853
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- Me-109G RED 7 (D-FWME)
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- METEOR T.7 WA591 FMK-Q 203 AFS (G-BWMF)
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- MiG 29A 40 1 elt POL AF
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- MiG 29A 40 1 elt POL AF
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- MiG 29A 56 1 ELT POL AF
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- MiL 24V 7356 221.vrlt CZECH AF
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- MiL-24V 3370 (311 Sqn Liberator GR Mk. VI, coded EV953 PP-K)
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- MIRAGE 2000N EC 2-4 RAMEX DELTA
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- P.1 5504 51 KOKUTAI JMSDF
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- P.1 5504 51 KOKUTAI JMSDF
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- P.1 5507 51 KOKUTAI JMSDF
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- P-8A 167956-JA VX-1
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- PC-9M L9-62 – 62 SLOV. AF
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- RED ARROWS & VULCAN
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- SCORPION N531TA TEXTRON
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- SEA KING HAR.3A ZH540 22 SQN
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- SF-5M AE.9-18 23-26 Ala-23
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- SF-5M AE.9-27 23-16 Ala-23
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- SF-5M Ala-23 SPAN AF
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- SPITFIRE & TYPHOON 2015 DISPLAY
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- SPITFIRE LF.IXe SL633 JT-10 CZECH AF (N633VS)
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- SPITFIRE PR XIX PS853-C (G-RRGN)
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- VINTAGE PROPS
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- SWISS AF FORMATION PC-7 & AS332
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- TORNADO ECR mm7019 50-05 50 ST
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- TORNADO GR.4 & P.1
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- TORNADO (x3) TTTE 35TH ANN
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- TORNADO 45+71 JBG33 TTTE 35TH
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- TORNADO GR.4 ZA612 TTTE 35TH ANN TAIL
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- TORNADO GR.4 ZA612 TTTE 35TH ANN TAIL
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- TORNADO GR.4 ZA612 TTTE 35TH ANN TAIL
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- TORNADO mm7037 6-16 6 ST TTTE 35TH ANN
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- TYPHOON & SPITFIRE 2015 DISPLAY
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- TYPHOON FGR.4 ZK349 GN-A 249 SQN
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- TYPHOON FGR.4 ZJ925-DXI 11 SQN 100TH ANN
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- TYPHOON FGR.4 ZJ925-DXI 11 SQN 100TH ANN
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- TYPHOON FGR.4 ZK353-BQ 29 SQN 100TH ANN
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- VARIOUS RIAT 20-7-15
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- VULCAN B.2 XH558 (G-VLCN)
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