2006 07 13 RIAT Fairford arrival day 2

Thursday was as expected rather busy. The sad news came in the evening when it became clear that a Harrier GR9 on it's way to RIAT crashed near Oxford Airport. Thankfully the pilot ejected safely. On the plus side however, there have been some truly exciting arrivals and rehearsals today. Stand out arrival and rehearsal of the day must be the MiG-29OVT which quite literally performed manoeuvers that don't belong to the syllabus of a fighterjet. Also highly interesting thanks to the wierdness factor is the MV-22B Osprey which seems to be in a silver finish. While the display isn't that spectacular, the sight of this strange and new form of rotary transport is certainly worth a look. Boeing testpilot Ricardo Traven also arrived with its Super Hornet and his display is just as spectacular as promised. The Pakistan Air Force C-130 finally made it and has some special artwork on the tail for the show.

Canberra PR9  Royal Air Force  XH134

Jaguar GR3A  Royal Air Force  XX752/EK

Tornado F.3  Royal Air Force  ZE342/FG

F-16CJ  USAF  91-0148/SP

F/A-18F  US Navy  166673/NJ

F/A-18F  US Navy  166673/NJ

Mirage 2000B  French Air Force  5-OK/509

Nimrod MR2  Royal Air Force  XV254/54

Yak-40  Polish Air Force  047

Mirage 2000B  French Air Force  5-OP/508

Alpha Jet A  Royal Air Force  ZJ648

MV-22B  US Marines  166391/MV22

F-16AM  Netherlands Air Force  J-867

Hawk T2  Royal Air Force ZK010

F/A-18C  Swiss Air Force  J-5022

Canberra PR9  Royal Air Force  XH134

Fokker 50  Netherlands Air Force  U-05

C.101EB  Spanish Air Force  Patrulla Aguila

F-5E  Swiss Air Force  Patrouille Swiss

Mill Mi-17  Czech Air Force  0835

Hawk T1A  Royal Air Force  XX205

P-51D  The Fighter Collection  G-CBNM

F-15C  USAF  86-0167/LN

P-51D  The Fighter Collection  G-CBNM
F-15C  USAF  86-0167/LN

Tornado GR4  Royal Air Force  ZA393/TG

F-16A  Portuguese Air Force  15112

An-26  Czech Air Force  2409

Falcon 50  Portuguese Air Force  17403

Lynx HMA8DAS  Royal Navy  ZD265/306

Tornado IDS  German Air Force  45+20

MC-130H  USAF  87-0023

MiG-29OVT  Mikoyan   156

MiG-29OVT  Mikoyan   156

MiG-29OVT  Mikoyan   156

Sea King Hc4  Royal Navy  ZF116/WP

Puma HC1  Royal Air Force  ZE449

B-1b  USAF  86-0061/DY