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Yeovilton Air Day 2017

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Miket1968
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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Miket1968 » Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:48 pm

Received mine yesterday

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Yunglee
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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Yunglee » Sun Apr 30, 2017 7:46 pm

Got my tickets yesterday along with the child wrist bands...my 15 year old is delighted when I told him he had to wear one!

MRTT
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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Wed May 03, 2017 3:40 pm

Tickets haven't arrived yet.

Update today, not bad.

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NH Industries NH-90NFH (S)

Polish Navy
PZL M-28B Bryza II (S)

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by tj1978 » Wed May 03, 2017 5:03 pm

Some more static participants confirmed today by VLAD, as well as the mentioned Bryza and NH-90.

PARTICIPATION UPDATE:
Auster AOP9 (G-BURR)
L3B Defender (G-BRHP)
Yak 52 (G-YAKX)
Yak 52 (G-YAKH)
Yak 18T (G-YAKJ)

Don't panic just yet MRTT. My tickets haven't arrived either.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Thu May 04, 2017 6:58 pm

Not mentioned on social media but, the following has appeared on the show website.

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Wildcat AH1 (S)
Defender AL2 (S)

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Paul R » Fri May 05, 2017 5:00 pm

French navy rafale duo confirmed and also Atlantique and lynx for static

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by peasus911 » Fri May 05, 2017 5:17 pm

Yeah. :thumbs:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Fri May 05, 2017 5:18 pm

Atlantique and Lynx!? :thumb: :thumbs:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by gibson617 » Fri May 05, 2017 10:35 pm

Got my tickets yesterday :thumb:
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Canon EFS 18-135 f3.5/-5.6 IS
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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by ETUO-09 » Mon May 08, 2017 12:29 pm

Tickets in the house-so life is good :cool: .

The Chinook is mentioned on the flyer coming along with
the tickets - so very much looking forward to that.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Flightline UK » Wed May 17, 2017 3:26 pm

Bumper update today frol the VL Air Day Team:-
Leonardo Wildcat HMA2 x 2 (F) 815/825 NAS
Leonardo Wildcat HMA2 x 2 (S) 815/825 NAS
Leonardo Merlin HM2 (F) RNAS Culdrose
Leonardo Merlin HM2 (S) RNAS Culdrose
Westland Sea King ASac7 (S) RNAS Culdrose
Beechcraft Avenger T1 (S) RNAS Culdrose
McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phamtom FG1 (S) RNAS Yeovilton
BAE Systems Sea Harrier FA2 x 2 (S) RNAS Yeovilton
Westland Sea King HU5 (S) FAAM
Westland Wessex HU5 (S) FAAM
de Havilland Sea Venom FAW21 (S) FAAM
Westland Gazelle HT2 (S) NavyWings
Stinson Reliant 1 (S) NavyWings

And the previously confirmed FN Atlatique will now be part of the flying display
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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Wed May 17, 2017 4:12 pm

Fantastic! Atlantique in the flying display & FAAM Sea Venom are the pick of the bunch! :thumb: :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by peasus911 » Wed May 17, 2017 5:27 pm

Now that's an update. :clap:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Mon May 22, 2017 12:51 pm

Both Martin Baker Meteors confirmed for static. :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Wed May 24, 2017 11:18 am

RAF Typhoon and Tucano confirmed for static. :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Thu May 25, 2017 10:32 am

Whirlwind 'XJ729' confirmed for the flying display. :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Alfie » Thu May 25, 2017 1:23 pm

Whirlwind 'XJ729' really nice addition

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Alfie » Thu May 25, 2017 1:41 pm

RAF Chinook website at last updated with 2017 appearances, sadly no mention of Yeovilton.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Wed May 31, 2017 6:06 pm

Odd, mentioned in the leaflet.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by VLAD » Sun Jun 04, 2017 11:04 am

MRTT wrote:Odd, mentioned in the leaflet.

We were initially allocated the Chinook display but sadly it had to be withdrawn due operational commitments.


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