No time to sleep in the following day as we planned to arrive at Fairford in time. After arrival we noticed a small cue already had formed and we joined them. The weather on Sunday was English, but today it was ultra-English: we were treated to overcast, strong winds and horizontal rain. When the fist aircraft started to depart, the weather slowly improved and we even got quite some sun this day! Almost all aircraft went home today, except for the F-35s. Luckily, one of the F-35s made a local flight and could be photographed as well.
Around 1600, after almost all aircraft had departed, we headed for the ferry. Despite a big delay around London we managed to get there in time and were able to drop off everyone at the different cities the following night and day.
Many highlights could be seen this year but the F-35B demonstration was much anticipated. While in the past the Harrier looked always a bit “wobbly” when hovering, the F-35B is completely stable while doing this, almost surreal. Very impressive! The F-22 display was also very nice. Other highlights were the last ever performance of Ramex Delta and the A400. This, combined with a rather exotic static display, containing a Japanese KC-767, an Australian KC-30 and a New Zealand B757, made this edition an excellent one!
Unless very unexpected things happen in the meantime 4Aviation will be travelling to RAF Fairford in 2017 again for the next visit to the Royal International Air Tattoo.
