RIAT 2008 - Friday 11th July

[Oxlade1]

Today was a big day as the Queen was attending to a extremely large parade of the RAF commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the RAF. In the morning we'd seen an excellent rehearsal from the F-16AM which really woke everyone up with its thrilling manouevers, followed by a rehearsal from the "Sarang" disply team keeping a tight formation the whole time. Then a rehearsal from the CF-18 Hornet. There was then a large period of time where everyone was waiting the finish of the RAf's parade and we were allowed to take a look at the Static aircraft, this included some very special aircraft like the new Sentinel R1 and The ETPS SAAB Gripen. At 2:30PM we had seen the Queens flypast which had a large ammount of aircraft flying over followed by the Queen leaving in her chopper. A very good oppurtunity for photos. Then straight after, the Gripen went into a excellent display, always awesome to watch. Then it rained a lot more over and over again. Once again it looked doubtful for the Raptor Display but she did it and it was a unbelievable display that hardly seemed real, this is truly the Fighter of fighters, this could out do the MIG-29OVT quite easily.

[Bon]

You lucky, lucky you.

We used to have a guy on here who flew a Gripen but I can't recall his username right now.

[Oxlade1]

Originally Posted by Bon

You lucky, lucky you.

We used to have a guy on here who flew a Gripen but I can't recall his username right now.

Oh neat, I think the Gripen is a fantastic aircraft, its a regular attender who always puts on an amazing show