Airday 2018

[James Cutting]

Just noticed this update on the Airday facebook page
PARTICIPATION UPDATE
Typhoon FGR4 – Royal Air Force (Flying)...
Always a display worth watching, does anybody know as it the RAF 100years is there any special colour scheme for the display Typhoon?

At this present moment in time, just a RAF100 sticker on each side of the tail...

[Alfie]

Two updates from last week

PARTICIPATION UPDATE
Swordfish I – Royal Navy Historic Flight (Flying)
Swordfish II – Royal Navy Historic Flight (Static)
Nice to see the Stringbag back in the air again.

PARTICIPATION UPDATE
Sea Vixen FAW2 – Naval Aviation Ltd (Static)
F-4K Phantom FG1 – Royal Navy (Static)
Sea Harrier FA2 – Royal Navy (Static

[Flightline UK]

Royal Netherlands Air Force are sending three aircraft for static display:-

McDonnell Douglas KDC-10
Airbus Helicopters AS532U2 Cougar
NH Industries NH90NFH

[MRTT]

https://twitter.com/YeoviltonAirDay/sta ... 0257318912

Appears to be a CM-175 Zephyr, here's hoping the Alize and Paris make the trip as well.

[RubyRoo]

Would be great to see the KDC-10 there, but surely it will cancel before it gets to show time?

[James Cutting]

Why would it cancel? It's already confirmed as static.

[Alfie]

Taken from the RNAS Yeovilton enthusiasts group - Facebook page posted yesterday
For those in the area, this coming Tuesday is media day for this year Yeovilton Air Day.
We believe there will be a small air display from around midday featuring Yeovilton based aircraft, weather permitting.
Although the local weather forecast isn't great.

[RubyRoo]

Why would it cancel? It's already confirmed as static.

Because it has a history of cancelling on airshows in recent years. Just because an aircraft is confirmed, it doesn't mean that it won't cancel again in future. Operational deployments and needs surpass the need to show the aircraft to the public.

[Rotörhead]

Fouga Zephyr and MS Paris both down as flying now

Never even seen a Paris before so that'll be really nice!

[James Cutting]

Today's updates:

Chinook Flying Display

Sea King ASaC7 – Royal Navy (Flying)

MiG-15UTI – Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron (Flying)

Sea Fury T20 – Fly Navy Heritage Trust (Flying)

Sea Fury FB11 – Royal Navy Historic Flight (Static)

Morane-Saulnier Paris - Armor Aéro Passion (Flying)

Fouga Zéphyr - Association Zéphyr 28 (Flying)

What an awesome update!!

[Alfie]

Really good update, good to see the Chinook returning and the two French classic jets.

[peasus911]

Now that's an update.

[peasus911]

USAF C-17A Confirmed Static by the organisers.

[Alfie]

No mention of Yeovilton on the list of displays on the BBMF web site. According to the Yeovilton site there will be two Spitfires and the Dakota displaying. Which is right?

[MRTT]

German Navy P-3C & Royal Norwegian Air Force C-130J confirmed for static.

[tj1978]

From the Yeovilton Air Day Facebook page:

PARTICIPATION UPDATE
E-3A Sentry – NATO (Static)

[peasus911]

Awesome. So its Heavy Heaven this year then......

[edgely66]

cracking day out in the making

[Webby74]

Really looking forward to this. Have booked seats for the Lynx enclosure, has anyone been in here and is it any good for photography?
Cheers

[Del]

I was in the Lynx enclosure lat year - I booked early and had a good seat a couple of rows back on the end of the row. It was pretty good for photography, but you'll get all the big lenses swinging around all over the place, that's just part of it all though, nothing to get up tight about and it really only affects runway shots. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

This year I'm going in the Swordfish enclosure to see what it's like.