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Yeovilton Air Day 2017

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Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by gibson617 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:19 pm

Date announced , 8th July . Clash with Duxford Flying Legends again !
Canon EOS 550D
Canon EFS 18-135 f3.5/-5.6 IS
Canon EF 70-300 f4-5.6 IS USM
Canon EOS 7D Mk 2
Canon EF 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L IS USM Mk 2

MRTT
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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Sat Oct 22, 2016 7:35 am

Damn! Was hoping to do both, don't feel like travelling between Somerset and Cambridgeshire at 8pm on a Saturday night though! :(

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Geoff Hyde » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:38 am

Do they still have the practice on the Friday before the air show. There was always an entry to the static at around 5pm is this still done?

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:52 am

You're able to gain access to the airfield for a period of time on the Friday, don't believe you're still allowed in during the evening.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Geoff Hyde » Mon Jan 16, 2017 9:22 am

Many thanks MRTT

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by ETUO-09 » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:02 pm

Romania looks like an candidate for this years show :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Flightline UK » Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:23 pm

Swiss AF Patrouille Suisse - Northrop F-5E Tiger (F) :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Alfie » Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:39 pm

The Great War Display Team with a full team are listing Yeovilton Air Day in their where to see 2017 section, but have added TBC

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:02 pm

Patrouille Suisse is a fantastic addition! :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by peasus911 » Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:11 pm

Awesome, wonder if they will finish with the mass flare release.... :clap:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:41 pm

Great War Display Team confirmed, not a bad addition! :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:28 pm

Reds confirmed!

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:22 pm

BBMF (Lanc, Spit & Hurri) confirmed.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by peasus911 » Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:51 pm

:clap:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Alfie » Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:53 am

Extra EA300L x 4 – Royal Jordanian Falcons Display Team confirmed on Yeovilton facebook page, so as well as Yeovilton,they will probably stay on the week and do Fairford as well

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:22 pm

Belgian F-16 confirmed, nice to see it back! :thumb:

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by Paul R » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:37 pm

Hope the typhoon gets added at some point , would of thought it would of been added along with the other RAF participants though.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:05 pm

Sadly think they've missed out on the Typhoon this year, shame. :(

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:49 pm

This is where we're at as of 17th March.

Royal Air Force
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight- Supermarine Spitfire (F)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight- Hawker Hurricane (F)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight- Avro Lancaster (F)
The Red Arrows- 9x BAE Systems Hawk T1A (F)

Belgian Air Force
Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon (F)

Czech Air Force
Aero Vodochody L-159A ALCA x2 (F) (TBC- Not confirmed by organisers)
Aero Vodochody L-159A ALCA (S) (TBC- Not confirmed by organisers)
SAAB JAS-39C Gripen (F) (TBC- Not confirmed by organisers)
CASA C-295M (S) (TBC- Not confirmed by organisers)

Swiss Air Force
The Patrouille Suisse- 6x Northrop F-5E Tiger II (F)

Classic Jets & Cold War Era Types
Mikoyan Mig-15UTI (F)- Royal Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron

Warbirds
The Great War Display Team- 1x R.A.F Be2C (F)
The Great War Display Team- 3x R.A.F Se5A (F)
The Great War Display Team- 1x Avro 504K (F)
The Great War Display Team- 1x Sopwith Triplane (F)
The Great War Display Team- 2x Junkers CL.1 (F)
The Great War Display Team- 2x Fokker DR.1 Triplane (F)

Civilian
The Royal Jordanian Falcons- 4x Extra EA.300L (F)
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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 2017

Post by MRTT » Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:23 pm

Norwegian Mig-15 returning! :thumb:

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