RIAT Memories
Join Date: Jan 2003
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A few pics of the day
http://www.pbase.com/wheresjr/fairford
http://www.pbase.com/wheresjr/fairford
Originally Posted by Smudger
Sunday: No C5 (big open space where it should have been), no SR-71, no F-117, Bone display was one flypast (huh?), too many boring trainers and helis (except for the Blue Eagles Lynx, he was good), and FAR TOO MANY pavilions, tents and other paraphenalia blocking the view (except for those who coughed up yet another twenty quid each for a grandstand seat). If you didn't block the view with sundry temporary buildings you wouldn't need a sodding grandstand!!! Money-making scam? Perish the thought. Some great flying though. Don't think I'll bother again. Oh yes, and it was far too bloody hot.
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Something I have not seen for a while, one chap managed to trade his growbag with a guy from the Polish Navy, then continued on getting rather squiffy 
, good on them 
. Good to see old habits never die...
, good on them . Good to see old habits never die...
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Here's a story for you. RIAT, a number of years ago...
Out on the town (Swindon) with the rest of my crew (4 in total, all of us single I hasten to add) on the Fri night. Nav ends up pulling, but soon leaves like a bat out of hell when he finds out that her ex was a C-130 nav! Rest of crew pull, get back to a/c at 7am, fall asleep inside it.
Jo public wants to look around a/c, engineers say it's closed as crew still still asleep in it, at 11am. Good job there's a toilet block next to it to "freshen up" once we're up!
Sat night, French 707 pilots join us, one of then ends up pulling the same girl that the nav had the night before. Spends all night with her, but doesn't get anywhere. She promises that it will "happen" the next night. He delays their departure on the Sunday by 24hrs pissing off his entire crew. Rest of our crew stagger in when the sun is well up, sleeping again until mid-day.
Three of the girls join us at the airshow, no tickets for the hangar party though. As we're walking past the Aussie 707, large party on the wing (113 to be precise, engineers had to get everyone off as the wing was bending). Lots of shouts of "get them up here." I ask for tickets, girls soon up on the wing with tickets in hand.
Spotters ask to come up on wing, all and sundry tell them to piss off. They point out that the girls are up there. We point out that they have t**s and you don't.
That night (hanger party night), another long evening. French pilot gets blown out, his face was a picture and the rest of his crew was not happy at all. Rest of us end up falling asleep in various places. (Flower bed, taxi, a/c and some of us in warm bed!)
12hrs sleep over three nights! More than worth it! Oh, the flying was good as well!
RIAT... A fabulous airshow, I'd love to go back year after year if I could...
Out on the town (Swindon) with the rest of my crew (4 in total, all of us single I hasten to add) on the Fri night. Nav ends up pulling, but soon leaves like a bat out of hell when he finds out that her ex was a C-130 nav! Rest of crew pull, get back to a/c at 7am, fall asleep inside it.
Jo public wants to look around a/c, engineers say it's closed as crew still still asleep in it, at 11am. Good job there's a toilet block next to it to "freshen up" once we're up!
Sat night, French 707 pilots join us, one of then ends up pulling the same girl that the nav had the night before. Spends all night with her, but doesn't get anywhere. She promises that it will "happen" the next night. He delays their departure on the Sunday by 24hrs pissing off his entire crew. Rest of our crew stagger in when the sun is well up, sleeping again until mid-day.
Three of the girls join us at the airshow, no tickets for the hangar party though. As we're walking past the Aussie 707, large party on the wing (113 to be precise, engineers had to get everyone off as the wing was bending). Lots of shouts of "get them up here." I ask for tickets, girls soon up on the wing with tickets in hand.
Spotters ask to come up on wing, all and sundry tell them to piss off. They point out that the girls are up there. We point out that they have t**s and you don't.
That night (hanger party night), another long evening. French pilot gets blown out, his face was a picture and the rest of his crew was not happy at all. Rest of us end up falling asleep in various places. (Flower bed, taxi, a/c and some of us in warm bed!)
12hrs sleep over three nights! More than worth it! Oh, the flying was good as well!
RIAT... A fabulous airshow, I'd love to go back year after year if I could...
