Fairford Airshow - A380?
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I imagine it'll be there one year - but Fairford isn't typically known for a/c used on domestic routes. Usually BA fly one of their a/c in, and I think I saw a KLM of some sort there last year, but typically I'd say it's more military.
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UPSAirOps says
I'm nominating you as the Pprune Master Of Understatement. RIAT is, in fact, the world’s largest military airshow.
Airbus will have a very heavy flight-test programme underway for the A380 by July (and, incidentally, I'm assuming a typo in your reference to "a/c used on domestic routes" - A380 is about the last aircraft anyone (except the Japanese) would ever dream of using on "domestic routes"), but I agree with the sentiment of the thread - there is a lot of kudos to be gained by a flypast at RIAT. But inconceivable, I would have thought, that they'd deploy there for the show, even if they were welcome so to do, which I would doubt.
but typically I'd say it's more military
Airbus will have a very heavy flight-test programme underway for the A380 by July (and, incidentally, I'm assuming a typo in your reference to "a/c used on domestic routes" - A380 is about the last aircraft anyone (except the Japanese) would ever dream of using on "domestic routes"), but I agree with the sentiment of the thread - there is a lot of kudos to be gained by a flypast at RIAT. But inconceivable, I would have thought, that they'd deploy there for the show, even if they were welcome so to do, which I would doubt.
