I note that this year marks the 40th Anniversary of Fairford's RIAT. How time flies! I remember the '85 one like it was yesterday. However for this post I'd like to go back even further to those held @ Greenham Common, of which I attended four between '77 and '83. NATO's Tiger Meet was the theme of ...

The recent Twente (sic) post evoked memories of an all too brief visit I made back in April '82 during a rest stop on a journey to visit family in what was then West Germany. On a sunny Spring weekday the base was very busy with all the F-5s I saw being from 313 Sqn. the OCU for the type As we were ...

Thanks for the info Paul which would seem to clinch it being 852 as defo had RWR. That's a great shot of it BTW!

Seeking to establish serial of one of the pair of Phantoms that opened the Flying Display. It was one of the unmarked pair based @ HOSM and would have been either XT852 or 853 but the serial no. is impossible to discern on the single pic of it I got.

The Yorkshire Air Museum's 1991 Open Day was selected for the roll out of Tony Agar's Mosquito NFII NJ711 and hence designated Mosquito Day. The date of 15 May was relevant being the 50th Anniversary of the first flight of the Mosquito NF prototype and it was arranged for BAe's Mosquito RR299 to vis...

Wednesday 25 March '92 was the occasion of a unique event as it was not only a celebration of the Golden Jubilee of RAF Elvington but also marked its closure as a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Church Fenton's 7FTS, the closure of which would soon follow. The airfield had an interesting history being...

V. nice Arnold. A truly eclectic set, with some real rarities. Particularly liking the Harrier GR1s and Tooms!

Thanks eLaRef but these are nt really suitable as the only YAM replica depicted is the BE2 in the b/ground of the 1st pic. As I believe the Museum sent down a ground crew I'm sure they'll have some pics of the event.

As this year marks the 40 th Ann. of Yorkshire Air Museum I'm putting together a pictorial history and wonder whether anyone out there has any pics of the trio of YAM replicas (Wright Flyer, Avro 504, & BE2) which featured in 100 Yrs of Powered Flight static display @ RIAT '03. Ideally one showing t...

Me too. Sadly not likely to happen. Nearest these days is every November/December when the Swiss AF F-18s rock up for the annual Yorknite Ex.

Clearest image I've seen Tom. Many thanks. Do you know if it was by the same artist who did the ones in theatre as the style looks different?

Thanks guys. Much appreciated. You've just made my day!

Bit of a long shot but was wondering whether anyone out there has a close up of the nose art on 'Dirty Harriet' the Bucc which had been prepared as a replacement for the Det out in the Gulf when the War ended leaving her surplus to requirements. I caught her performing a flypast @ the '91 Yorkshire ...

Already done guys. Defo the 511th known as The Vultures. Don't know where I got Ravens from. Probably a NFL telecast! Anyway found the 81 TFW website with all the patches which resolves the issue. Thanks for the help.

Three of the WR Sqns. were named after birds. 91st - Vultures, 510th - Buzzards and 511th - Ravens and I must say that the cartoon bird depicted looks more like a Vulture than anything else to me rather than a Raven which is all black. Does anyone have this patch in their collection?

Pl. can anyone identify the squadron whose patch is seen on this recently scanned pic of an A-10 pilot? From my ornithological knowledge am thinking 91 TFS 'Vultures' but verification required. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54236198778_ca4bb7ad4d_h.jpg A-10 pilot by Michael Britton , on Flickr

Amazing selection as usual Arnold. Particularly appreciating the RAF Germany a/c.

Thanks Darren. Great card! But where's his sack of presents?

To you all.

YAM Spitfire in the snow - Winter '96 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

Inspired by the recent post in Current Military of Hawg action Stateside I decided to delve into my archive for memories of when they were based over here. There were six Sqns based at Woodbridge/Bentwaters from the late 70s which were trimmed down to two which transferred to Alconbury at the end of...