emzd953

Hello all just a heads up for the up and coming,
RAF Waddington airshow on June 30th-1st June 2007.

Here is a list of what should be appearing:

High lighted in purple are what i would call the star exhibits

Flying Displays

The Red Arrows - The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Display Team
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Lancaster, Spitfire & Hurricane
The RAF Falcons - The RAF Parachute Display Team
The Black Cats - The Royal Navy Lynx Display Team
The Blue Eagles - Army Air Corps Helicopter Display Team
E-3D Sentry - 8/23/54(R) Sqns
Nimrod R Mk 1 - 51 Sqn
Sentinel R Mk 1 - 5(AC) Sqn (The Sentinel will also flypast with the Red Arrows)
Hawk T Mk 1 - 208 Sqn
Tornado GR4 -
Tucano T Mk 1 - 72(R) Sqn RAF Linton on Ouse
Chinook - 18 Sqn RAF Odiham
Typhoon - 29(R) Sqn RAF Coningsby
Grob Tutor G115E - 1 Sqn EFTS RAF Cranwell
THE RAF's NEW MULTI-ROLE DEMOS - The demonstrations will last approximately 45 minutes, including departures and recoveries, and will show real RAF air-power in action. For more information see News item on home page.
The Waddington ISTAR 3-Ship - The Sentry, Sentinel and Nimrod R in formation
In-Flight Refuelling Demo(Simulated) - Fly-through by Indian Air Force IL-78 Tanker with 2 Su-30 Fighter
Civilian Aircraft - Flying
Hawker Hunter - Private
Red Bull Matadors - 2 x Su-36 Aerobatic Display Team
Canberra B2/6(Mod) WK163 - This aircraft gained the World Altitude Record 70,310 ft 50 years ago on 28 August 1957 (Stewart Ross)
Extra 300 - Ultimate High (aerobatics)
The Blades - 2 Excel ( 4 x Extra 300)
Spitfire T9 (twin seat) - East Kirkby - Paul Day
Goodyear Extra 300 - Denny Dobson (aerobatics)
JetRanger & LongRanger - Pleasure Flights all day with Dragon helicopetrs
Team Condor - Glider Pair
Dasault Falcons - FR Aviation
Avro Vulcan XH558 - Vulcan Operating Company (Subject to the Restoration remaining on schedule)

Static Displays

Tornado IDS - TR51 Immelman Luftwaffe
IL-76 Candid - Indian Air Force
Lynx Mk8 - 815 NAS - RNAS Yeovilton
Jetstream T Mk2 - 750 NAS - RNAS Culdrose
Tornado GR-4 - 2 Sqn RAF Marham
E-3D Sentry - 8/23/54(R) Sqns RAF Waddington
Nimrod R1 - 51 Sqn RAF Waddington
Sentinel R1 - 5(AC) Sqn RAF Waddington
E-3A Sentry - E-3A Component NATO AEW Force Geilenkirchen
2 x F-16 - 322 (RF) Sqn Leeuwarden RNLAF
2 x F-16 - 132 Air Wg RNoAF
Merlin - 28 Sqn RAF Benson
Seaking - 846 NAS - RNAS Yeovilton
Lynx - 4 Regt AAC Wattisham
Puma - 33 Sqn RAF Benson
Puma - 230 Sqn RAF Aldergrove
Chinook - 27 Sqn RAF Odiham
2 x SU-30 - Indian Air Force
De Havilland Chipmunk - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (black livery)
Fokker 50 - RNLAF
AH-64D Apache - RNLAF
2 x Tornado F3 - 41 Sqn RAF Coningsby
Tucano T Mk 1 - 72 Sqn RAF Linton on Ouse
F4 Phantom - 338 Sqn 117CW Hellenic Air Force
Nimrod MR2 - RAF Kinloss
Hercules C130J - 24 Sqn RAF Lyneham
Tornado GR4 - 41 Sqn OEU RAF Coningsby
Harrier GR9 - 41 Sqn OEU RAF Coningsby
Dominie T Mk 1 - 55(R) Sqn RAF Cranwell
Boeing 707 TCA - NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen
Tornado F3 - 25 Sqn RAF Leeming
Hawk - 100 Sqn RAF Leeming
Kingair B200 - 45(R) Sqn RAF Cranwell
2 x Firefly - Barkston Heath
Grob G115E Tutor - 1 EFTS RAF Cranwell
Tornado F3 - 25 Sqn RAF Leeming
Griffin - 60 Sqn RAF Shawbury
Isaacs Fury - Private
Hawker Hunter T2 - Private
Seaking - 849 NAS - RNAS Culdrose
Typhoon - 17 Sqn RAF Coningsby
KC-135 - RAF Mildenhall
Tornado F3 - 111 Sqn RAF Leuchars
Civilian Aircraft - Static
Herti UAV - BAE Systems
Bulldog - Ultimate High
2 x De Havilland Chipmunks - Private
Breighton VP-1 - Private
Up to 13 Austers (Various Mks) - International Auster Group
Dassault Falcons - FR Aviation
Jet Provost T Mk 3A - Newcastle JP Group
SA Bulldog T Mk 1 - Private
Venture T2 Motorised Glider - Buckminster GC
Sweitzer 300 - Private
Hughes 300 Cbi - Private
Bell 47 - Private
Robinson 44 - Private
Cessna 150 - Loughborough Students Flying Club
Cessna 182 - Loughborough Students Flying Club
Gliders - Trent Valley Gliding Club
Jabiru 450 Microlight - Private
Luscombe 8A - Private
2 x Microlight - Fly 365
2 x Strikemasters - Private
Jet Provost Mk5 - Private
Hunter T Mk 7 - Private
L-39 Albatross - Private
Isaacs Fury II - Private
5 x Light Aircraft - Lincoln Aero Club
8 x Light Aircraft - RAF Waddington Flying Club
Antonov AN-2 - Private
Watchkeeper UAV - Thales Group UK
Yak-52 - Private
Zlin-226T - Private
Alcyon - Private
Slingsby T67M - Private
Focke Wulf 149 - Private

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Thanks for that! Did Cosford yesterday and saw a few of the above air displays. Not as good as previous years though, I heard they're due to close down the base(?). Waddington is on the list as is Fairford!