Royal International Air Tattoo 2011, RAF Fairford - 16th-17th July - Thursday Arrivals

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Happily, Thursday has seen good weather throughout the day which hasn't ahmpered arrivals or the rehearsals at all. Early risers would have caught the US Navy P-3C Orion, US ANG KC-135R and US Navy E-6B. It was also good to finally see the B-52H Stratofortress arrive - a show at RAF Fairford would not be complete without one!

Stars of day however were the pair of Ukrainian Air Force aircraft. The Su-27UB Flanker looked absolutely immaculate in it's blue and grey camoflage. It's support Il-76 also looks stunning parked up close to the ANG KC-135R and pair of F-16CJ Fighting Falcons.
There were also quite a few rehearsals today. Both the Turkish Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon and BAE Systems Typhoon displayed twice while further rehearsals were conducted by the SAAB 105OE and Team Viper alongside the Swiss Tiger Hunter T68 and Jonathon Whaley's stunning F58a Miss Demeanour.

There were plenty of other interesting arrivals include the French Air Force Rafale C demo team, a very sporting arrival by the Luftwaffe Airbus A310MRTT as well as rare appearances by a French Mirage 2000N, Italian RSV duo of C-27J Spartan and Tornado IDS, German Army CH-53. Tomorrow looks set fair too so there is plenty more action to come!

Todays Arrivals (Upto 1700)

• USN P-3 Orion
• USN E-6B Mercury
• USANG KC-135R Stratotanker
• Belgian Embraer ERJ-145 (Departed)
• USAF B-52H Stratofortress
• FAF Rafale C x 2
• RAF Tornado GR4 x 2 (Static)
• Beech 18
• RNethAF F-16AM Fighting Falcon (Display)
• Grob Vigilant x 3
• Spanish AF CASA CN235 (departed)
• RAF Red Arrows (Deisplayed at Shrivenham)
• Austrian AF SAAB 105OE x 2
• HHA Hawker Hunter F58 x 2
• Italian AF Tornado IDS
• Hawker Hunter Miss Demeanour
• Luftwaffe A310MRTT
• Breitling Jet Team
• C-47 Skytrain (Aces High)
• Maule
• French AF Mirage 2000N
• Belgian AF F-16AM Fighting Falcon (Tiger)
• Belgian AF F-16AM Fighting Falcon (Display)
• BAC Jet Provost T3 x 2
• BAC Jet Provost T5
• AW Meteor NF11
• Gloster Meteor T7
• Patrulla Aguila
• Italian AF C-27J Spartan
• Grob 120TP
• RAF Hawk T2 x 2
• OV-10B Bronco
• Team Viper
• Aermacchi M346
• Ukrainian AF Su-27UB Flanker
• Ukrainian AF Iluyshin Il-76
• Hawker Hunter T68 (Tiger Scheme)
• French AF CASA CN235 (departed)
• RAF Shorts Tucano T1 x 2 (2 x Display inc Spare, 1 x static)
• Pilatus P3 x 5
• RAF Chinook HC2 (display)
• German Army CH-53GS
• Army Air Corps Lynx AH7 x 3
• Danish CL601 Challenger
• Frecce Tricolori
• Italian AF C-130J Hercules II (Departed)
• Italian AF P180 Avanti
• De Havilland Venom
• French AF Squirrel
• RAF Squirrel
• RNethAF AH-64D Apache
• Army Air Corps WAH-64D Apache AH1

Still due: CN235 AEW French Army Puma and Gazelle rescheduled for tomorrow

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• Wednesday Arrivals
• Thursday Arrivals
• Friday Arrivals

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