New Typhoon display livery

[Beatts]

Now that is nice!! Finally coating her up.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1080x1773/192229576_4072036549501971_6601119199917656378_n_d3bbde7ffa3 ad55df3e01f9e8d8e5f62a0034b89.jpg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x450/192332828_171704568293596_3058975084136058108_n_5ede3db17f9c e60ae14ea6078295ce7c39b3a0bc.jpg

[NutLoose]

Looks like another budget job that is pretty dull all things considered.

Red Fin, Spine and Canards have been done to death...they really need to get imaginative.
They are calling it a full scheme, but it already was black!

http://thisisflight.net/2021/05/28/raf-typhoon-solo-display-unveils-special-scheme-jet/

[Mogwi]

Looks like another budget job that is pretty dull all things considered.

Call me old-fashioned but I think that fighters should look like warplanes, not dogs' dinners. During a display career lasting more than 40 years, I never flew a tarted-up aircraft and was never asked to; it is to my mind, the flying that enthuses people, not the paint-job.

Mog

[NutLoose]

Agreed, but if you are going to do it, do something with a bit of style and imagination to it.

[ex-fast-jets]

Is BoJo going to fly it?

[Stitchbitch]

Liking the old school XXX markings, just a shame that the fuselage/fin scheme is so conservative compared to GAF, ITAF and RSAF display Typhoons. Missed opportunity?

[Cat Techie]

They could show what the design on the wings is. May improve the concept, but I doubt it. As dire a display scheme as seen in many a season. Nul Pont as far as I am concerned.

[ollie135]

I think I`ve just been sick

[WE992]

Very poor lack lustre effort. Why can't we be more imaginative like the Germans who do brilliant schemes.

[MPN11]

Horrible. 10 characters

[Ninthace]

Is BoJo going to fly it?To fly a display requires careful planning, paying attention to the brief and finely honed skills coupled with good decision making. He would turn up in the wrong aircraft, on the wrong day at the wrong field, fly a wobbly circuit and complete with a wheels up landing. At the subsequent enquiry he would blame the met man and the ground crew. :*

[Hot 'n' High]

Is BoJo going to fly it?

My very first thought!!! :ok:

[NutLoose]

Even this modeller came up with better for the 2018 scheme than the RAF managed

https://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=135005


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x360/20160802_200434_zpsmo8gvhc5_2ab876d6abb097c9251fdd5fe51e6dfe b1a75e22.jpg


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x360/20160802_200359_zpsrwslsftd_33cc8339c1be5916890d9e6e801a8545 dd493669.jpg

[Vonrichthoffen]

Gross, I would think.

[Asturias56]

Yeuueecccchhhhhhhhhhhhh :yuk:

As the number of aircraft decline the flags get bigger...............

[Out Of Trim]

Hmm 🤔, Not much imagination shown there! Rather disjointed and not very impressive…. Rather 🤐 🤮

I would have preferred a theme based on the RAF Ensign using the Ensign blue with a smaller tasteful Union Flag on the tail!

[Bob Viking]

The RAF unveil a new paint scheme and the assembled masses of resident grumpy old men turn out in force to show their disapproval.

Predictable.

BV

[ex-fast-jets]

In the USA, veterans are treated with respect.

In the UK, they are accused of being "grumpy old men".

Predictable.

EFJ

[Jack D]

Very poor lack lustre effort. Why can't we be more imaginative like the Germans who do brilliant schemes.

You mean like the Red Baron for example ?

[artyhug]

In the USA, veterans are treated with respect.

In the UK, they are accused of being "grumpy old men".

Predictable.

EFJ

“In the USA, veterans support those who serve and generally accept that life moves on and that change, whilst not always what they would choose, is unavoidable.

On Pprune they act like spoilt children and are often treated as such by those who are less narrow minded.”

Corrected free of charge, by a veteran, before the faux outrage.

[Video Mixdown]

In the USA, veterans are treated with respect.

In the UK, they are accused of being "grumpy old men".

Predictable.

EFJ
Your service commands respect, but that doesn't give you the right not to be challenged when you fail to show the same respect to those serving now who are just as proud of their service, squadrons and aircraft as you were.

[Timelord]

Looks OK to this GOM. More to the point are there actually any displays planned this summer?

[Planet Basher]

The woke will not be happy.

[dead_pan]

As our global standing declines the flags get bigger...............

There, fixed it for ya.

All its missing is a silhouette of Churchill giving two fingers at those nasty furriners.

[Nige321]

Top n bottom...

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1684x852/screenshot_2021_05_28_at_20_16_42_dc608cc183aad8489cf6d1f10f cc77e8b557660c.jpg

[downsizer]

looks good to me!

[Video Mixdown]

looks good to me!
Agree. The black background sets it off nicely.

[Nige321]

I'm not sure why, but I actually think it looks much better in the air than on the ground!

[Herod]

I'm not sure why, but I actually think it looks much better in the air than on the ground!

Maybe because that's its natural habitat

[Bill Macgillivray]

Is it still an operational aircraft? looks like a good "splash" to me!

Bill

[Finningley Boy]

Yeuueecccchhhhhhhhhhhhh :yuk:

As the number of aircraft decline the flags get bigger...............

Very true Asturia56,

At one time and not too long ago, solo displays by current types provided a show case of RAF capabilities at home and abroad and apart from the odd fin scheme, didn't have gaudy paint work all over them, a travelling merchandise shop and they weren't called display teams. This is another overstatement which, as you indicate, goes hand in hand with contraction and paucity. There doesn't seem to be any distinction inferred from actual display teams, such as the Red Arrows. The more hype and razzamatazz, the less there is to see. But I do like the new scheme, I'm just surprised it got past its woke test, it does look quite patriotic!:ok:

FB

[NutLoose]

Agreed that looks better in the air, on the ground it looks dreadful.....


One of Bobs grumpy old men

[Valiantone]

Well its got a mixed response on the spotter websites/faceache groups....

I assume its likely to be the only Bat Jet that has got/will get that scheme and the plan for more is now out the window due to binning T1 on/by 2025 anyway...?

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Looks great - even better when airborne as you can see the top and bottom paint schemes.

[Lookleft]

When will Airfix release the plastic version?

[TheWestCoast]

Genuinely curious if the pedestrian paint jobs put on British military aircraft are down to lack of budget being made available, or just lack of imagination/talent. This is another tiresome example of a design than serves only to make the jet look plain ugly.

[Jump Complete]

I was spectating on the beach at Lowestoft Air Show when the Harrier went for a swim. The commentator had, moments before, said
“Take a good look at the tail next time he comes past, it is a special paint scheme for this display aircraft.”
We were all then treated to a very good look at the tail paint scheme as it the aircraft slowly sank, nose first, into the North Sea!

[Navaleye]

It looks awful. Hopefully it will get painted over very soon

[falcon900]

Very true Asturia56,

..........I'm just surprised it got past its woke test, it does look quite patriotic!:ok:

FB
What colour is the fuselage......?

[SASless]

I suppose I shall get hammered for saying this....but that design is butt ugly to me.

It is just down right gaudy looking....but to put the flag on an airplane as busy as yours is....is a very difficult task to accomplish.

Flying the flag is right and proper...and if it triggers the "woke"....do it with Reheat in full blast please!

The important thing is doing displays and showing the Flag.....and brings credit to the RAF.


Here is something that has become very popular at our Air Displays.....Legacy Flights combining generations of aircraft together in a single formation.


https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/1604/2503538/1000w_q75.jpg

[Finningley Boy]

What colour is the fuselage......?
I see your point sir, however, all that red, white and blue....

FB

[Finningley Boy]

I suppose I shall get hammered for saying this....but that design is butt ugly to me.

It is just down right gaudy looking....but to put the flag on an airplane as busy as yours is....is a very difficult task to accomplish.

Flying the flag is right and proper...and if it triggers the "woke"....do it with Reheat in full blast please!

The important thing is doing displays and showing the Flag.....and brings credit to the RAF.


Here is something that has become very popular at our Air Displays.....Legacy Flights combining generations of aircraft together in a single formation.


https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/1604/2503538/1000w_q75.jpg
I first saw this type of combination "past and present" formations at Finningley in 1993, Tornado F3 with Sptifire XVI, Buccaneer and Mosquito, GR1 with Blenheim etc.

FB

[SASless]

Duxford Air Displays with the WWII Warbird mix are good too....when I was there with the Huey I was hoping to get into a formation with the B-17 and Mustang....all three being iconic aircraft.

As to the Mosquito....I have a copy of "Terror in the Starboard Seat" on my "favored" Book shelf.

[langleybaston]

To fly a display requires careful planning, paying attention to the brief and finely honed skills coupled with good decision making. He would turn up in the wrong aircraft, on the wrong day at the wrong field, fly a wobbly circuit and complete with a wheels up landing. At the subsequent enquiry he would blame the met man and the ground crew. :*

We have broad shoulders, and a prerequisite at the medical is sufficient skin thickness .........British Standard for a Met Person is Hippopotamus + 50%. I suspect ground crew have to meet similar criteria.

[toratoratora]

Trouble is, the Union flag is just a bit too ‘busy’ to be splashed onto a Typhoon in this fashion, and doesn’t really do much for the aircraft’s beautiful lines. I would have loved to see a design based on the RAF ensign, with the fuselage predominantly in ensign blue.

Tin hat on....

[DaveJ75]

I would have preferred a theme based on the RAF Ensign using the Ensign blue with a smaller tasteful Union Flag on the tail!

To be really honest, I'd prefer a theme in which taxpayers money wasn't spanked on vacuous display schemes at all. Surely there's better things to be spending the defence budget on? As Mogwi says, keep it looking like a warplane and let the flying do the talking. Especially as the Typhoon display is normally brilliant.

[Foghorn Leghorn]

To be really honest, I'd prefer a theme in which taxpayers money wasn't spanked on vacuous display schemes at all. Surely there's better things to be spending the defence budget on? As Mogwi says, keep it looking like a warplane and let the flying do the talking. Especially as the Typhoon display is normally brilliant.

Nah, I’d rather see mine and taxpayers money spanked all over a jet to give it a great display paint scheme.

[Lomon]

That's one of the black IX(B) jets tarted up with a few Union flags and a 29Sqn logo.

[Ridger]

Nah, I’d rather see mine and taxpayers money spanked all over a jet to give it a great display paint scheme.

Looks like your dreams came true!

[Pilot_Divot]

Looks pretty good up there if I dare say so myself. Even the sky is showing its traditional British colours!

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Looks like your dreams came true!

A dream is a stretch, but yes it looks good. Hopefully, the next display jet will receive an even better scheme.

[Radley]

A dream is a stretch, but yes it looks good. Hopefully, the next display jet will receive an even better scheme.
Given the choice I much preferred the BOB paint scheme, looked pretty dam cool.

[Stu666]

It looks awful. Hopefully it will get painted over very soon

Rumour has it the airframe is running out of hours and will most likely be RTP'd in the not too distant future.

[downsizer]

FBPE = Follow back Pro europe. It's a twitter thing.

[SASless]

Had the fuselage been in white...and the upper wing done as the underside had been done....it would have looked a lot better but then the pilot would have had a hard time figuring out where to look for the cockpit entrance.

Sorry.....but that paint scheme as is .....just doesn't "sing".

It does prove innovation is hard to come by in some organizations.

Granted that paint scheme would fit right in at Brighton Beach on a Bank Holiday.

[matkat]

Is BoJo going to fly it?
He will need to change his jacket to Prime Minister Top Gun.

[langleybaston]

FBPE = Follow back Pro europe. It's a twitter thing.

I still need a translation ........ it just reads like b9llocks to me.

[MPN11]

I remain puzzled by the origins of a black painted Typhoon to perpetrate this on ... I thought they were grey.
Are the OCU airframes in “Trainer Black” these days, for Hi-Vis purposes? Or is this a Night Intruder variant?

[langleybaston]

Black Typhoons Matter

[downsizer]

I still need a translation ........ it just reads like b9llocks to me.

It revolves around brexit. I wouldn't worry, it would only send your BP skyward.

[MAINJAFAD]

Black Typhoons Matter

But Black Radomes do not!!! Absolutely rubbish scheme, my 13 year old niece could design a better one (and her other uncle actually has done so). Just like the Union Flag on that Voyager being spaghettified (into a Black hole / down the drain).

Union Flag should be treated with more respect.

[TURIN]

FBPE = Follow back Pro europe. It's a twitter thing.
Ah, right, thanks. I don't do twitter so it means even less now.

[langleybaston]

Ah, right, thanks. I don't do twitter so it means even less now.

Snap!

Nor Farcebook.

[Stu666]

I remain puzzled by the origins of a black painted Typhoon to perpetrate this on ... I thought they were grey.
Are the OCU airframes in “Trainer Black” these days, for Hi-Vis purposes? Or is this a Night Intruder variant?

From Wiki: "No. IX (B) Squadron re-equipped as an aggressor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggressor_squadron) and air defence squadron operating Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon_variants) at 0931hrs GMT on 1 April 2019".

ZJ914 is an IX Squadron airframe and was repainted in black last year, perhaps inspired by the US aggressor schemes. Remains to be seen whether this is a one-off experiment, or if all IX Squadron jets will end up painted black.

[MPN11]

Thank you, Stu666! :ok:

so ... Aggressors have to be highly visible so you can see them coming?

[BEagle]

A pity that a coloured 'display radome' can't be fitted....

[Jhieminga]

They could have done something creative with the grey radome, now it just looks like they had to put on a spare.

[bobward]

Personally, not having seen any fast jet display flying for 18 months, I don't really care what colour it is!

Aged spotter and proud of it!

[207592]

Are there such events as "Airshows" these day? As to military aircraft, personally I preferred then silver!

[MPN11]

Are there such events as "Airshows" these day? As to military aircraft, personally I preferred then silver!
Yes! And with RAFAT!
- Jersey International Air Display – Thursday 9 September

The Red Arrows are due to return to the skies over Jersey in September to headline this iconic local event. The world-renowned aerobatic display team missed the 2017 and 2019 shows, and the 2020 Air Display was cancelled due to pandemic restrictions.

[57mm]

Awesome!!!

[Nick 1]

https://youtu.be/b-DsHJABdyk

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!]

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1684x852/screenshot_2021_05_28_at_20_16_42_dc608cc183aad8489cf6d1f10f cc77e8b557660c.jpg

How come nobody has noticed they got the flag backwards ? :ugh:

Look at Starboard underneath and Port on top

Here's the real thing (well at least until Scotland leaves ;))

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/255px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png


It's a little like those souvenir mugs you can buy in London where they make half a flag for one side, then just reverse the picture on the other side. Maybe it's a cost saving measure

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!]

...as for the very first picture (not that my opinion counts mind) - my first impression was that it looks like it's part of the British Airways fleet

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1080x1773/192229576_4072036549501971_6601119199917656378_n_d3bbde7ffa3 ad55df3e01f9e8d8e5f62a0034b89.jpg


...but one drawback is that because the intake cover is red it no longer stands out, though you'd hope that wouldn't be a problem

[RAFEngO74to09]

You can't beat a full tiger scheme.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1170x710/image_98b85cbadf0fc7566eddfb4e3ba3a8e15efec44e.png


If you can't afford one, this is the next best thing !

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/512x347/image_039ba114cfc6839a93948240a292578a1f442ae3.png
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1600x900/imgp4163_saab_jas_39c_gripen_czech_af_9035_tiger_tail_3037e4 2c656be9ec842fb94bca42d111ef8dc69b.jpg

[TBM-Legend]

How come nobody has noticed they got the flag backwards ? :ugh:

Look at Starboard underneath and Port on top

Here's the real thing (well at least until Scotland leaves ;))

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/255px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png


It's a little like those souvenir mugs you can buy in London where they make half a flag for one side, then just reverse the picture on the other side. Maybe it's a cost saving measure


The Carnaby Street Ancient Design Ltd "registered plane design"!

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

You can't beat a full tiger scheme.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1170x710/image_98b85cbadf0fc7566eddfb4e3ba3a8e15efec44e.png


If you can't afford one, this is the next best thing !




But it's crap because it has a grey radome. LOL

[ShotOne]

Looks fantastic! Don’t people here love a whinge. Be thankful it’s not in “pride” colours!

[Asturias56]

"How come nobody has noticed they got the flag backwards"

I never really understood why the diagonals are off centre - it's no wonder 99% of people get it wrong...............

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

Looks fantastic! Don’t people here love a whinge. Be thankful it’s not in “pride” colours!
...and if it was, would you whinge?

New Diversity Chief was seen in B&Q buying some bright paint and a stack of brushes.

[Cat Techie]

The RAF unveil a new paint scheme and the assembled masses of resident grumpy old men turn out in force to show their disapproval.

Predictable.

BV

Because it has the finess of a steamroller. It is rubbish. It defaces the Union Flag. It is Nul Pont to other display kites of other nations. The Rafale of the the AdA is selling the AdA. The other nations don't need to sell their countries flag, they sell their service or their units history. Alas the RAF rules to QRs on schemes are not to have any fun. John Sullivan wanted a design as you know. I was pushing for a design that was RAF based. I got it in the end with the crests. My addition to it was the Union flag. No BA bull s*** . As it is laid flat. Not defaced or as my brother has stated, dragged into a black hole.

[Cat Techie]

...as for the very first picture (not that my opinion counts mind) - my first impression was that it looks like it's part of the British Airways fleet

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1080x1773/192229576_4072036549501971_6601119199917656378_n_d3bbde7ffa3 ad55df3e01f9e8d8e5f62a0034b89.jpg


...but one drawback is that because the intake cover is red it no longer stands out, though you'd hope that wouldn't be a problem
Is Bungle still on that unit? Worse rigger ever!

[POBJOY]

Given the choice I much preferred the BOB paint scheme, looked pretty dam cool.

I am with you there, simple and effective, and makes up for the lack of an 80th anniversary reminder. Update later with White bands for D day. (even the name fits the occasion)

[Bob Viking]

As you know it is hard to compete with the design you mention. I just don't think this one is worth getting upset about. Some people have taken a pretty decent amount of time and worked within the constraints given them (not everyone can get sponsorship money!) and come up with something that is striking even if not to everyone's taste.

Maybe I'm easily pleased but I think any special design is better than nothing.

BV

[Jhieminga]

I wish they would fix this bloody site to prevent it duplicating each image uploaded, gggrrrrrr
That's due to the site being too smart. The trick is not to use the Embed or BBCode code from Flickr, just use the Share option so that you get a single link. The forum software will automatically create the needed code to display the image. The Flickr Embed code actually has two links in it, one to display the image and one to click on should you wish to do so, and the forum software treats both the same and ignores the HTML code surrounding them. It may be a nuisance, but should also help with avoiding nasty HTML code used by spammers and such.

https://flic.kr/p/2kVTTxL
(random image for testing purposes)

[622]

Blimey, even the Eurofighter has to wear a face mask! :cool:

[dfv8]

...and what's with the wavy edges on the canards but straight edges on the wings?:yuk:

[Davef68]

'Anarchy 1' is an interesting call sign

[FinelyChopped]

🎵I wanna be anarchy!
The only way to be!🎵