Enjoy a tight relationship with the late 41st already RIAT Fairford . In this year due to the Olympics demonstrations were held abnormally in the first weekend of July . The theme of the event was the ” Skylift ” or anything related to air transport. On this occasion no tarmac reappeared after 5 years of absence Lockheed C -5B Galaxy , but only as a static display … but he too is an additional feature of the shelter przeciwdeszczowego 😉 Another guest this time was flying MV- 22B Osprey U.S. Marine Corps , who is also back after a 6 year hiatus . Debut has made Japanese Air Defence Force which presented the KC- 767J . During demonstrations, the official name of the Airbus A400M obtained will henceforth be known as the “Atlas” . These machines have participated in the group passing freighters in the company of the C- 130, VC -10 , C -17. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Elizabeth II took place BAE Hawk flight 27 s in the formation of E II R. One of the rarest visitors on static display was the Northrop B -2A Spirit which appeared after almost 10 years of absence .
Aerobatic teams represented Al fursan ” Knights ” of the United Arab Emirates flying the Italian Aermacchi MB- 339NAT , Korean ” Black Eagles ” on KIA T -50B , the Swiss Patrouille Suisse on its Northrop F -5E Tiger II . There were also , of course, the Red Arrows in the reduced composed of seven aircraft .
One of the planes in the air were shown Polish Migi -29 with the emblem of 303 Squadron in Minsk Mazowiecki and Malbork and were as stated by leading the most smoky ( smoky ) air demonstrations throughout the weekend. In addition to the Mig – s , Poland sent to England as a helicopter Mi -14 in commemorative painting of hard work on both sides, presented at the static display . In addition to Polish accents were also regulars of the Eurofighter Typhoon demonstrations , the French Rafale and the Swedish Gripen at the helm. A pair of tornadoes presented a simulated attack ground targets . There were also old-timers represented by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
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Jarosław Zbieg

Foto Poork’s English correspondent. He usually attends most of the British Air Shows during the year, sometimes also visiting the airports of London, in order to take some pictures. He is also into scale modelling, and his collection is really impressive.