RIAT 2017 Arrivals

[brizewatcher]

Thought I'd start the thread, not long now! Feel free to update the thread if you've got any information.

Friday 7th July
(Time N/A- ARRIVAL) The 'Thunderbirds' Demonstration Team, 8x F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, United States Air Force (91-0392, 91-0413, 91-0479, 92-3880, 92-3881, 92-3888, 92-3896 & 92-3898)

Monday 10th July
(12.01LT- Departure) The Thunderbirds Demonstration Team, 7x F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, United States Air Force
(15.16LT- Arrival) The Thunderbirds Demonstration Team- 7x F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, United States Air Force

Tuesday 11th July
(10.15LT- Arrival) Lockheed U-2S 'Dragon Lady', United States Air Force (DRAGON88- 80-1083)
(17.21LT- Arrival) Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, United States Air Force (RCH361- 09-9212)
(20.09LT- Arrival) Lockheed F-22A Raptor x2, United States Air Force (TABOR31/32- 09-4180 & 08-4163)

Wednesday 12th July
(08.07LT- Arrival) Boeing B-52H Stratofortress- United States Air Force (DEUCE03- 60-0022)
(08.56LT- Arrival) Embraer Phenom- Affinity Flight Services (PRPHK- PR-PHK)
(08.58LT- Arrival) Textron Air Land Scorpion- Textron Aviation (N531TA- N531TA)
(09.30LT- Arrival) Gulfstream Aerospace G.550- Gulfstream (N550GU- N550GU)
(09.44LT- Arrival) Rockwell International B-1B Lancer- United States Air Force (RAZOR69- 85-0060)
(09.49LT- Arrival) Dassualt Rafale C- French Air Force (FAF7410A- 133)
(09.49LT- Arrival) Dassualt Rafale C- French Air Force (FAF7410B- 122)
(09.59LT- Arrival) Lockheed C-130H Hercules- Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJZ344- 344)
(11.08LT- Arrival) Lockheed C-130H (Tp84) Hercules- Swedish Air Force (SVF642- 84006)
(11.11LT- Arrival) Lockheed C-130E Hercules- Pakistan Air Force (PAAF496- 4153)
(11.21LT- Arrival) Aero Vodochody L-159A ALCA- Czech Air Force (CEF370- 6060)
(11.21LT- Arrival) SAAB JAS-39C Gripen- Czech Air Force (CEF370- 9244)
(11.22LT- Arrival) Aero Vodochody L-159A ALCA- Czech Air Force (CEF370- 6054)
(11.22LT- Arrival) Aero Vodochody L-159A ALCA- Czech Air Force (CEF370- 6053)
(11.25LT- Arrival) CASA C-295M- Spanish Air Force (AME3584- T.21-13)
(11.33LT- Arrival) Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker- United States Air Force (QUID45- 58-0100)
(11.39LT- Arrival) Mc Donnell Douglas EF.18M Hornet- Spanish Air Force (AME1518- C.15-14)
(11.39LT- Arrival) Mc Donnell Douglas EF.18M Hornet- Spanish Air Force (AME1518- C.15-39)
(11.40LT- Arrival) The Royal Jordanian Falcons- 4x Extra EA.300L (JY-RFB, JY-RFC, JY-RFD, JY-RFE)
(12.00LT- Arrival) The Red Arrows- 9x BAE Systems Hawk T1A (XX204, XX219, XX227, XX232, XX242, XX244, XX278, XX310, XX311)
(12.10LT- Arrival) BAE Systems Hawk T.1A (RED10- XX177)
(12.10LT- Arrival) BAE Systems Hawk T.1A (RED10- XX322)
(12.35LT- Departure) Lockheed C-130H (Tp84) Hercules- Swedish Air Force (SVF642- 84006)
(12.39LT- Arrival) Alenia C-27J Spartan- Italian Air Force (IAM0103- CSX62219)
(12.41LT- Arrival) Hawker Beechcraft T-6C Texan II- Affinity Flight Services (N2824- N2824B/ZM323)
(12.53LT- Arrival) SAAB JAS-39C Gripen- Swedish Air Force (SVF53- 39215)
(12.53LT- Arrival) SAAB JAS-39C Gripen- Swedish Air Force (SVF55- 39226)
(12.53LT- Arrival) SAAB JAS-39D Gripen- Swedish Air Force (SVF53- 39827)
(12.56LT- Arrival) Beech King Air B.200GT- Royal Air Force (Camel2- ZK460)
(13.04LT- Arrival) Grob G.120TP Prefect- Affinity Flight Services (GMFTS- G-MFTS)
(13.55LT- Arrival) Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker- Turkish Air Force (TURAF11- 60-0325)
(13.57LT- Departure) CASA C-295M- Spanish Air Force (AME3584- T.21-13)
(14.01LT- Arrival) Dassualt Mirage 2000D- French Air Force (FAF7261- 602)
(14.01LT- Arrival) Dassualt Mirage 2000D- French Air Force (FAF7261- 618)
(14.01LT- Arrival) Dassualt Mirage 2000D- French Air Force (FAF7261- 652)
(14.18LT- Arrival) Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon- Turkish Air Force (HVK26- 88-0029)
(14.18LT- Arrival) Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon- Turkish Air Force (HVK26- 88-0032)
(14.21LT- Arrival) Cessna C.208 Grand Caravan EX- Textron Aviation (N867EX- N867EX)
(14.28LT- Arrival) Panavia A-200 Tornado- Italian Air Force (IAM0101- CSX7041)
(14.30LT- Arrival) Leonardo T-346A Master- Italian Air Force (IAM0102- MM55220)
(14.50LT- Arrival) Extra EA.400- Bruno Stocker (DEXLH- D-EXLH)
(14.56LT- Arrival) SOCATA TB.20 Trinidad- Bruno Stocker (HBKAB- HB-KAB)
(15.28LT- Arrival) Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady- United States Air Force (DRAGON31- 80-1067)
(15.55LT- Arrival) Mc Donnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II- Hellenic Air Force (HAF338A- 01508)
(15.55LT- Arrival) Mc Donnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II- Hellenic Air Force (HAF338B- 01618)
(15.59LT- Arrival) Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules- Qatar Emiri Air Force (Dema123- 213)
(16.53LT- Arrival) Airbus Military A400M- German Air Force (GAF186- 54+06)
(17.00LT- Arrival) Bombardier Global 5000- Royal Jet (RoyalJet22- A6-RJC)
(17.17LT- Arrival) Diamond DA.40 Diamond Star- Bruno Stocker (HBSPK- HB-SPK)

Thursday 13th July
(08.12LT- Arrival) Boeing 737-700BBJ- Boeing (N835BA- N835BA)
(08.36LT- Arrival) Westland Puma HC.2- Royal Air Force (Vortex007- ZJ956)
(09.22LT- Departure) Boeing 737-700BBJ- Boeing (N835BA- N385BA)
(09.35LT- Arrival) Airbus Military A.400M Atlas C1- Royal Air Force (Ascot478- ZM406)
(09.47LT- Arrival) Lockheed Martin F-16CJ Fighting Falcon- United States Air Force (WARDOG48- 90-0813)
(09.47LT- Arrival) Lockheed Martin F-16CJ Fighting Falcon- United States Air Force (WARDOG49- 91-0412)
(09.53LT- Arrival) Mc Donnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle- United States Air Force (PANTHER21- 91-0335)
(09.53LT- Arrival) Mc Donnell Douglas F-15C Eagle- United States Air Force (BULLET11- 84-0027)
(09.53LT- Arrival) Mc Donnell Douglas F-15C Eagle- United States Air Force (BULLET12- 86-0156)
(10.23LT- Arrival) Airbus Military A.400M Atlas C1- Royal Air Force (Ascot400- ZM401)
(11.08LT- Arrival) Evektor EV-97 Team Eurostar- RAF Halton Microlight Club (GHMCH- G-HMCH)
(11.08LT- Arrival) Evektor EV-97 Eurostar SL- RAF Halton Microlight Club (GHMCA- G-HMCA)
(11.50LT- Arrival) Agusta A.109E- QinetiQ (Tester73- ZE416)
(11.59LT- Arrival) Gates C-21A- United States Air Force (VALOR?- 84-0126)
(12.03LT- Arrival) LET L.410UVP Turbolet- Slovenian Air Force (LSV401- L4-01)
(12.12LT- Arrival) Britten Norman BN-2T Islander- Britten Norman (GDLRA- G-DLRA)
(12.12LT- Arrival) Britten Norman BN-2T Islander- Britten Norman (GWPNS- G-WPNS)
(12.15LT- Arrival) Avro RJ.70- QinetiQ (Gauntlet11- QQ102)
(12.17LT- Departure) Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker- Turkish Air Force (TURAF11- 60-0325)
(12.24LT- Arrival) Grob G.120TP- Affinity Flight Services (DETPX- D-ETPX)
(12.26LT- Arrival) Lockheed MC-130J Commando II- United States Air Force (ISLE41- 11-5731)
(12.30LT- Arrival) RANS S6 Coyote- Georgia Williams Trust (GGWFT- G-GWFT)

(12.31LT- Arrival) BAE Systems Hawk T.2- Royal Air Force (VYT92- ZK021)
(12.33LT- Arrival) Piper PA.28R Cherokee Arrow- Professional Flight Training (GBOYH- G-BOYH)
(12.35LT- Arrival) Piper PA.28-180 Cherokee- Professional Flight Training (GBABG- G-BABG)
(12.53LT- Arrival) Eurofighter EF.2000T Typhoon- German Air Force (Callsign N/A- 30+59)
(12.59LT- Arrival) BAC Jet Provost T.5- Jeff Bell (JetPro- G-BWSG)
(13.00LT- Arrival) Leonardo M-346- Leonardo (India5219- MM55219)
(13.02LT- Arrival) Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1- Pitbull (G-GGRR- G-GGRR)
(13.06LT- Arrival) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4- Royal Air Force (Vega11- ZJ950)
(13.07LT- Arrival) Eurocopter Squirrel HT.1- Royal Air Force (Shawbury74- ZJ265)
(13.09LT- Arrival) Westland Sea Lynx Mk.88- German Navy (GNY4680- 83+25)
(13.10LT- Arrival) Boeing Chinook HC.4- Royal Air Force (Vortex568- ZA720)
(13.16LT- Arrival) Sukhoi Su-27P Flanker- Ukrainian Air Force (Callsign N/A- 58 Blue)
(13.16LT- Arrival) Sukhoi Su-27UB Flanker- Ukrainian Air Force (Callsign N/A- 71 Blue)
(13.22LT- Arrival) Ilyushin Il-76- Ukrainian Air Force (78820- 78820)
(13.26LT- Arrival) Beechcraft Avenger T1- Royal Navy (Callsign N/A- ZZ503)
(13.28LT- Arrival) The Patrouille Suisse- 6x Northrop F-5E Tiger II (SUI506- J-3082/J-3084/J-3085/J-3087/J-3088/J-3089/J-3091)
(13.45LT- Arrival) Westland Merlin HM2- Royal Navy (Callsign N/A- ZH854)
(13.48LT- Arrival) Airbus Military A.400M- Airbus Military (EC404- EC-404)
(13.52LT- Arrival) Beech 1900D- Swiss Air Force (SUI435- T-729)
(13.56LT- Arrival) Pilatus PC-9M- Slovenian Air Force (LSV961- L9-69)
(14.16LT- Arrival) Tecnam P.2002-JF Sierra- RAF Halton Aeroplane Club (GHACS- G-HACS)
(14.17LT- Arrival) Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules- Israeli Air Force (Callsign N/A- 667)
(14.20LT- Arrival) BAC Strikemaster Mk.82A- NWMAS/Mark Petrie (Strike- G-SOAF)
(14.23LT- Arrival) Grob G.115E Tutor T1- Royal Air Force (Wildboar1/2- G-BYUV/G-BYWW)
(14.25LT- Arrival) De Haviland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk- Redhill Tailwheel Flying Club (GAMUF- G-AMUF)
(14.31LT- Arrival) Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey- United States Air Force (SNOWY71- 11-0057)
(14.33LT- Arrival) Panavia Tornado IDS- German Air Force (German Air Force M52- 46+54)
(14.36LT- Arrival) Panavia Tornado GR.4- Royal Air Force (Marham50- ZG750)
(14.38LT- Arrival) Beech 18S- Carlo Ferrari (N45CF- N45CF)
(14.42LT- Arrival) Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk- United States Air Force (JOLLY61- 89-26212)
(14.43LT- Arrival) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4- Royal Air Force (Triplex01- ZK352/ZK354)
(14.47LT- Arrival) Hawker Hurricane Mk.1- James Brown (Hurricane- G-HUPW/R4118)
(15.01LT- Arrival) Fouga CM.170 Magister- Habib Boukharouba (Mamba62- F-AZLV)
(15.06LT- Departure) Beech 1900D- Swiss Air Force (SUI435- T-729)
(15.56LT- Arrival) Eurocopter EC.135- German Navy (GNY4910- D-HDDL)
(15.59LT- Arrival) Agusta Westland Merlin HC3i- Royal Navy (COMMANDO556- ZJ136)
(15.59LT- Arrival) Westland Sea King Mk.41- German Navy (GNY4810- 89+70)
(16.11LT- Arrival) Pilatus PC-9M- Irish Air Corps (Irish262- 267)
(16.56LT- Arrival) Dassualt Alpha Jet E- French Air Force (FAF6441/2- E115/E???)
(16.59LT- Arrival) VFW C-160D Transall- German Air Force (German Air Force 476- 51+01)
(17.06LT- Arrival) Antonov An-28B1R- Polish Navy (PNY585- 1017)
(17.12LT- Arrival) Lockheed C-130H Hercules- Royal Netherlands Air Force (Callsign N/A- G-273)
(17.18LT- Arrival) Boeing P-8A Poseidon- United States Navy (TALON44- 168440)
(17.21LT- Arrival) BAE Systems Hawk T.1A- Royal Navy (KRAKEN42- XX205)
(17.23LT- Arrival) Piper PA.18-150 Super Cub- Pete Kynsey (GBROZ- G-BROZ)
(17.25LT- Arrival) North American P-51D Mustang- Commanche Fighters (Heritage Mustang- N357FG)
(17.27LT- Arrival) Shorts Tucano T.1- Royal Air Force (LOP23- ZF378)
(17.50LT- Arrival) Shorts SC.7 Skyvan- Eureka Aviation (GBEOL- G-BEOL)
(17.51LT- Arrival) North American OV-10B Bronco- Eureka Aviation (GONAA- G-ONAA)
(17.54LT- Arrival) Agusta Westland AW.159 Wildcat HMA2- Royal Navy (SKUA342- ZZ529)
(17.56LT- Arrival) BAE Systems Hawk T.1A- Royal Air Force (Callsign N/A- XX191)
(18.02LT- Arrival) Airbus A.330MRTT Voyager KC2/3- Royal Air Force (Ascot9233- ZZ334)
(18.38LT- Departure) Piper PA.18-150 Super Cub- Pete Kynsey (GBROZ- G-BROZ)
(18.42LT- Arrival) Airbus H.145M Jupiter HT.1- Royal Air Force (Callsign N/A- ZM502)
(18.42LT- Arrival) Airbus H.135M Juno HT.1- Royal Air Force (Callsign N/A- ZM509)
(18.44LT- Arrival) Percival Provost T.1- The Shuttleworth Collection (Provost- G-KAPW/XF603)
(18.47LT- Arrival) C.42B Ikarus- AirBourne Aviation (GCCYR- G-CCYR)
(18.49LT- Arrival) C.42B Ikarus- AirBourne Aviation (GCDRO- G-CDRO)
(18.50LT- Arrival) Diamond DA.20 Katana- AirBourne Aviation (GBXTS- G-BXTS)
(18.52LT- Arrival) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4- Royal Air Force (Vega12- ZJ934)

Friday 14th July

Saturday 15th July

Sunday 17th July

Monday 18th July

[bizfreeq]

Thunderbirds have already arrived so they could do with being on here! 😉
Cheers
Mark

[brizewatcher]

Oops, cheers Mark.

[rh226]

Think you will find that the Thunderbirds have returned to Fairford after their "Round Britain" tour today. 6 x F-16Cs and they also had the F-16D with them as a camera ship..

Raptors due tomorrow 11th (ALTRV posted). Guesstimated arrival about 19.00BST give or take a bit.

[brizewatcher]

Cheers Bob!

[lynothehammer]

Feels strange, this is the first year in a many that i've not done arrivals. Kind of wished i'd booked a couple of days now...

[rh226]

"DRAGON88" U-2S 80-1083 arrived 10.15-10.20 today (11th).

Should see the B-52 tomorrow (12th) fairly early - Nova Scotia NOTAM posted

Credit FC

[dave]

the Ukrainians are confirmed by DBH...........

[brizewatcher]

Thanks for the updates guys.

Believe the Flankers are due on Thursday.

[rh226]

Raptors arrived somewhere around 20.10.  Serials were 09-4180 "Tabor 31" and 08-4163 "Tabor 32".

The JASDF KC-767 87-3601 and Jordanian C-130H 347 (again...groan!!) have arrived at Brize Norton and will transfer across to Fairford.

Credit FC.

[rh226]

Jul 11, 2017 10:03:58 GMT rh226 said:

"DRAGON88" U-2S 80-1083 arrived 10.15-10.20 today (11th).

Should see the B-52 tomorrow (12th) fairly early - Nova Scotia NOTAM posted

Credit FC

Wednesday 12th

U-2 was not for RIAT.  Departed out East.  Should be the returning one that is for RIAT.

"DEUCE03" B-52H 60-0022/LA named "Deuces Wild" arrived just after 08.00

"RAZOR69" B-1B 85-0060/EL arrived after 09.00

"PAAF496" C-130E 4153 arrived around 10.45.

Credit FC.

[rh226]

Chris Globe is running his usual "checklist", but this year it is under the "Threshold.Aero" banner.

www.threshold.aero/data/riat-2017-live-arrivals

[brizewatcher]

Thanks for the updates Bob, I'll get the list updated.

[graham]

The Raptors went blasting over Devizes this morning inbound RIAT

[rugbyref]

Be aware, you cannot walk to the static at the west end of the runway, you have to catch the free shuttle to the Green Zone.

[brizewatcher]

You're able to walk the full length of the airfield on both Saturday and Sunday. Friday is restricted to Blue & Red to allow late arrivals for the static park.

[keefyboy]

I reckon Tom and his team at RIAT Air Ops deserve a big thank you from all of us at AFA for getting it right on the day. Cheers Tom

[rh226]

One (or more, possibly) of the quoted Thunderbird serial may be incorrect.

En route to the Bastille Day flypast today, it has been reported that "TBIRD2" passed his tail number to "QUID51" as being 908. This would be a Thunderbird machine (92-3908) , but not one of those quoted.

[brizewatcher]

A USAF bomber, quite possibly a B-2, is on a GPM tomorrow.

[rugbyref]

92-3908 is indeed one of the 8 serials shown on the RIAT checklist for today. 7 departed for the Bastille Day flypast, one stayed at FFD, while 1 of the 7 returned early.

[rh226]

Would you post the serials shown on the checklist, please....pretty please.

[dave]

hi,
91-0392 5
91-0413
91-0479
92-3881 1
92-3888 3
92-3896
92-3898 6
92-3908 2

as requested, I did notice Friday that when the taxied out for their display, 4 went on the runway and 2 waited just off the 4 went and 1 of the 2 went on but the second one had to be towed back to the parking area it had 5 on upside down so them 2 must have been the 2 separate display a/c...obvious now I've typed it.

regards,
dave...

[billsamuels]

Jul 14, 2017 19:50:15 GMT rugbyref said:

92-3908 is indeed one of the 8 serials shown on the RIAT checklist for today. 7 departed for the Bastille Day flypast, one stayed at FFD, while 1 of the 7 returned early.

Hi Guys,

The singleton that returned alone was #7. Couldn't positively ID the full serial...

Cheers.

Bill

[rh226]

Bill,

Serials as passed to "QUID51" are:-

1 - (92-)388(1)
2 - (92-3)908
3 - not heard on the A/A frequency
4 - (91-0)413
5 - (91-0)392
6 - (92-3)898
7 - (92-3)896

Cheers,

Bob

EDIT:- Today (Saturday) one T-bird was in the RH B-2 hangar - doors open and nose visible.

[davebasing]

Jul 15, 2017 20:52:39 GMT rh226 said:

Bill,

Serials as passed to "QUID51" are:-

1 - (92-)388(1)
2 - (92-3)908
3 - not heard on the A/A frequency
4 - (91-0)413
5 - (91-0)392
6 - (92-3)898
7 - (92-3)896

Cheers,

Bob

EDIT:- Today (Saturday) one T-bird was in the RH B-2 hangar - doors open and nose visible.

[davebasing]

Oops pressed the wrong button. The serials passed to Quid 51 were supposedly while en route to Bastille Day in Paris where I was (photos to follow). No 7 did not appear, having been the air spare but No 3 was there. Its worth remembering that Thunderbird call signs are allocated to the pilot in that position and not to the code on the aircraft he is in. These will usually be the same unless there has been a last minute aircraft swap with no time to re-decal the aircraft (its a quick and often used process). We know that there have already been 2 different No 4s at Fairford, as one was a two seat and one a single, as its normal when the 2 seat is required to fly to re-number this in the No 4 position. If the aircraft its replacing is not the one already decalled as No 4 then both the two seat and the original No 4 both have to be re-decalled. At the Tyndall show I attended, the two seater was required as was re-decalled from 7 to 4 but the seat cover remained showing No 7. I also have a picture at a Beale show I attended showing 2 aircraft both as No 8. In the Bastille flypast the No 3 showed some cleaning around the code which might suggest that this one had also recently been re-decalled (at Fairford?). The only certain way of identifying a particular Thunderbird aircraft at a given time is to read the last three when the panel on the port side is open. But of course if there are 8 of them at Fairford and you see 8 then you are home and dry (except I've also seen an alternative serial for one of them from that on the list). Confused - you will be!

[Jeff]

I took lots of pics throughout friday of the TBs, would it be useful if I posted them on here?

[dave]

Jul 16, 2017 11:35:22 GMT Jeff said:

I took lots of pics throughout friday of the TBs, would it be useful if I posted them on here?


hi Jeff,
          go on jump into the muddy water...
regards,
                 dave...