Latinbear

A great idea and a lovely tribute to a bunch of very brave men.

Fantastic images Andy and some great hauls too! How did you fit all the bags in the van as the shopping accumulated throughout the course of the trip 🤭? I think I need to drop Stefan a message about next year's trip.

Great photos, thank you. Rubbing down and preparing the surface is just the most tedious job when it comes to decorating.

Can't answer your question, sorry. but thank you for posting this great clip! Would love to have seen this for real.

Thanks Andy, much appreciated! It was nice to visit somewhere a bit different and experience a show that we wouldn't ordinarily get to see. How was Japan? I am very envious of some of the model shop and aircraft images that have been posted!

Well, that is something I've not seen before! What an amazing kit and the sound effects are brilliant!

Excellent job!

Superb piece of work!

Very nice, love the paint scheme!

I don't recall seeing a board in front of the helicopter but according to this photographer it's a Westland product. Royal Saudi Air Force Westland WS-61 Sea King-HC.4 120 – v1images Aviation Media

Thank you, it's a Caproni CA-100.

Thank you AD! Suffice to say there was a lot of excitement in the group when it was discovered that the A10C would be displaying! You are indeed correct about the home base for the A10Cs related to the show but the unanswered question was where they were based while on deployment to the Middle East. Questions about the local basing of the F-16C and the UH60 were also met with temporary memory loss! 😁 As you got the home base correct, can you guess the squadron? 😎

Thank you for the kind comments gents - much appreciated!

Thank you for the kind words Mark. It was the prospect of visiting this event in a country that as you rightly observe doesn't figure highly in the aviation enthusiast community that appealed. The Chinese team was a first for me and while I don't know what their normal smoke colours are, the choice of white and green reflected their presence in Saudi Arabia. You may have seen the flags on the side of the aircraft which shows the countries they have displayed in.

Thank you Vulture 1. Yes, it was a very interesting event to attend not least wandering the halls and talking to exhibitors on the various stands. It was also great to be able to wander around the aircraft talking to the crews. I've seen RAF A400M's in the this country at numerous shows and been in the hold but I had to go to Saudi to enable me to climb into the cockpit! (which was powered up too). I decided to emphasise the Chinese team in the images posted as we've had the Hawks and Stars both display in the UK but I felt the Chinese had particular rarity value. Qatar sent an NH90 and Brazil sent a C390 as well.