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Red Arrows 50th Anniversaries
AIR TATTOO 2014 PLANS
Dear Air Tattoo Supporter,
It has been 6 months since the Air Tattoo and in that time we have been busily planning for the 2014 show (which is, yes, you've guessed it, in 6 months from now!).
Our Aircraft Operations team have been enthusiastically working since last July; writing to, talking with and visiting those Air Arms we would like to participate this year to help us celebrate the Red Arrows 50th Display Season. Updates about progress on aircraft have already started (each Thursday at noon) and can been seen here.
In addition to this, we have been reviewing all the feedback we received following the 2013 Air Tattoo and, combined with our observations, are putting in place the plans to make your day out even more enjoyable.
Service Stations
In 2013 we introduced three Service Stations with covered areas consolidating catering, seating, information, free WiFi and cash points and these were well received. This year we are relocating these closer to the flying, between the crowdline and the taxiway, so that you can 'fill up' and return to the flying action as soon as possible!
Toilets
For 2014 we have increased the number of toilet blocks on the showground (from 3 to 6) and increased the number of individual toilets, baby changing and disabled units in each block.
Free Showground Buses
This is a great way to get around the show so we have redesigned the route to add more bus stops situated adjacent to the key attractions.
Viewing Village Enclosure
Additional catering units have been included and these will now be situated behind the Grandstand so you have a clear view of the flying display from all angles. The Grandstand has also been reconfigured into two blocks and the number of seats reduced for easier access. Click here for more information on the Viewing Village.
Themed Zones
The Adrenalin Zone, Techno Zone and Vintage Village were hugely popular and we will ensure they are even better this year although the activities we are selecting will not impact on your enjoyment of the flying display or drown out the glorious aircraft noise!
Red Arrows Pit Area & Village
New for 2014 as part of our big Red Arrows celebrations; the Village will bring together Reds related activities and the Pit Area means that we will be bringing operational aircraft to where you, the visitor, can get close to them. On Friday we will have controlled access to this area when the aircraft are not in use. As well as the Reds there will be up to 4 more international aerobatic teams in this area.
Showground Map
Please find here a simplified plan of the site (obviously not what we use for planning!) just so that you get an idea of the location of the activities and enclosures in relation to the static and flying displays.
Don't forget this year we are open on Friday and hosting the big event for the Red Arrows 50th Display Season over the three days. One day, two day and three day tickets are all still available at Super Earlybird prices until the 31 January (we have given you extra time to enjoy this discount as well this year!).
As part of celebrations marking their 50th anniversary, the Patrouille Suisse aerobatic display team will include a mixed formation flypast with an example of their former mount, the Hunter Mk58in their display routine at RIAT 2014.
The Swiss display team flew Hunters from their formation in 1964 up until 1994, after which they switched to the Northrop F-5E Tiger II.
The flypast will be the first time the Patrouille Suisse has flown in formation with a Swiss Hunter at a UK airshow.
NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control Force, based in Germany, has confirmed that it plans to send a NATO E-3A Sentry for static display. The aircraft, a modified Boeing 707 with a large mushroom-shaped radar dome on its fuselage, provides NATO with crucial battlefield intelligence. The NATO E-3A Sentry, based at Geilenkirchen, is an airborne warning and control system (AWACS), which normally operates at an altitude of 30,000ft. When established at this altitude, a single E-3A can continuously survey the airspace within a radius of more than 400km of the aircraft and, using digital data links, exchange information with ground and sea-based commanders. The aircraft last appeared at the Air Tattoo in 2012.
Both the Brazilian Air Force and the Brazilian Navy have written to say they will not be able to participate in the Royal International Air Tattoo this year, due to the FIFA World Cup 2014.
http://www.airtattoo.com/airshow/visiti ... st-updatesThe Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) has confirmed that it plans to send a Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules to participate in RIAT 2014.
For the past two years, the Arab state has been represented by a Gulfstream G-IV from 4 Squadron.
In 2011, a RAFO C-130H attended along with the commander of the air force.
Participation, it was stated, is dependent on a new airframe being delivered as expected in April.
The Italian Coastguard has declined an invitation to participate in this summer's Air Tattoo due to operational commitments.
Cool US navy hornets @ RiatBoeing will be displaying its multi-role F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter on the Saturday and Sunday of the Royal International Air Tattoo 2014. Company test pilots will fly an example of the combat-proven jet leased from its main operator, the United States Navy. A multiple flying display award-winner on previous Air Tattoo outings, the Super Hornet is sure again to star this year.
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