Normally only a weekend event, this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo offered a full eight hours of flying on Friday, when I attended. There’s always something new at this show. For RIAT 2018, it was the Patrulla Águila, the Spanish fast jet display team. The organisers had planned a repeat of London’s RAF100 flypast, but this was abandoned due to thunder showers in the afternoon.
RIAT 2018 – my photos
Radio frequencies
The following frequencies were in use:
| Display | 124.8 |
| Fairford Ground | 121.175 |
| Approach (Brize Norton) | 134.55 |
| Brize Traffic (for Reds) | 133.75 |
Orientation
The runway runs east-west, with the crowd facing north. The sun was behind the crowd during the whole flying.