The Royal International Air Tatoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucester, England  - Present & Past



The 'Stars' of the Royal International Air Tattoo's - Present & Past
One of the world's greatest airshows and held annually at RAF Fairford, Gloucester, England

 

The Lockheed Martin F22 Raptor fighter climns out vertically 

The 2011 French display aircraft - The Dassault Rafale 

The RAF's display Typhoon fighter climbs away after take off 


The star of 2010 - The brand new Airbus military A400M military transport 

 

Another star for 2010 - And a spledid display from a USAF C17 Globemaster 111

One of the 'Stars' of 2009 the RNZAF Boeing B757 

The RNZAF B757 climbing away 

A USAF 'Buff' B52 Stratofortress gets airborne 

The recently refurbished Avro/HS Vulcan XH558 flies through against stormy skies

HS Vulcan B2 XH558 on finals
 

The RAF's new MR variant - The Bae systems Nimrod MR4 - All scrapped in 2011 

An Italian AF Panavia Tornado on finals 

Bae Hawk T1 - The 2011 display aircraft

 Airbus military's new CASA 295 AEW

A soon to be rarity - A Royal Navy Jetstream 

An Airbus military A330 Tanker - First delivery aircraft for the RAF 

An RAF Bae Typhoon fighter 

A USAF LM F22 Raptor fighter 

 

The 2011 French AF Dassault Rafale demonstrator 

A Royal Netherlands AF diplay F16 Fighting Falcon starts off it's display run 

A Swiss AF F18 Hornet and a rarity at 2009 airshows!! - Blue Sky!!  Didn't last long though!! 

 

A wet airshow for 2011 gave some great condensation plumes - A XV sqn Tornado zoom climb 

 

Condensation forms on the USAF A10 demonstrator 

The 2011 Bae Typhoon - A real all-weather fighter 

A high speed reheat pass from the very impressive RAF Typhoon 

 

2010 & the RAF send a new 2-seater Typhoon 

A Swedish AF Saab Grippen fighter climbing in to its display 

 

A Dassualt Mirage 2000 of the French 

The 2011 display aircraft of the RDAF - The F16 Fighting Falcon 

A USAF Republic A10C Thunderbolt 

A definate rarity - A display from a UK Harrier GR7 - All scrapped 2011 

A pair of Royal Navy Bae Hawks get airborne sporting the very smart Navy 100 scheme 

The RAF's solo Hawk display aircraft getting airborne 

An RAF Boeing Chinook heavy lift Helicopter 

An RAF Westland Merlin Helicopter

 
An SAR variant of the Westland Sea King of the Royal Navy
 
 

A Royal Navy 'Commando' variant of the Westland Sea King 

An Aerospatiale Puma of the French Army 

A Royal Navy Westland Lynx helicopter 

 A Boeing AH64 Apache attack helicopter of the R Netherlands AF 

An Aerospatiale Gazelle of the French Army 

The Swiss AF PC7 team getting airborne 

 

A classic Swiss AF formation of PC7's and an F18 Hornet 

Patrouille de France close formation take off 

 

Pat de France high speed cross over 

A formation take off from the Italian AF aerobatic team The Frecce Tricolori

 
Frecce's soloist MB339 
 
 
Frecce's No4 on finals 
 
 
Breitling's 2011 L39 
  
 
The Breitling team getting airborne 

The Breitling solo Aero L39 Albatross

 

The Breitling team cross over 

The Red Arrows Synchro pair 

The RAF's Red Arrows low level run & break 

The Red Arrows 

 

The Red Arrows 

Frecce Tricolori 

Frecce Tricolori 

The Aero L39 Albatross's of the breitling aerobatic team 

A zoom pass from the Typhoon 

The Solo Hawk climbs away 

Wing tip vortex from the solo Hawk 

The Swiss AF display Hornet on a zoom pass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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