点评:I've been going to this air show since 1976. Quite simply, it's the best there is in the UK. I'll agree that, some years, the content can vary, yet overall I never cease to be impressed at what I see. Of late my wife and I go on the Friday. This tends to be less crowded, although the air show isn't so long, and one par of the static park is closed off as aircraft are still arriving. That said, I still feel that I get value for money, especially as I buy my tickets for the next show as soon as they go on sale.
I've been a confirmed military spotter for over 50 years. This show set the gold standard almost from the off, although the shows lately are smaller that the glory days of the '70's and '80's. However, air forces across the world are shrinking, along with the numbers of types available to display. This year's RIAT will go down as a classic show, celebrating 50 years of the F16 and Tornado, along with 100 years of the Canadian air force. The weather was superb, unlike the continuous rain of 2023. The shortened flying display was very good, especially the flypast to celebrate 75 years of NATO, which was a Friday only event.
I appreciate that others may have a different view, when I see reports of poor toilet facilities and massive queues. Like any big event getting 75,000 people in and out is going to be interesting. However, readers need to remember that the vast majority of the staff on site are volunteers who giev up their free time to run what is, inmy opinion, the best military air show in the world.
翻译:我从 1976 年就开始观看这个航展了。简单来说,这是英国最好的航展。我同意,有些年份的内容可能会有所不同,但总的来说,我对所见所闻印象深刻。最近我和妻子都是周五去看的。虽然航展时间不长,但人流较少,而且由于飞机仍在抵达,静态公园的一部分被关闭。话虽如此,我仍然觉得物有所值,尤其是我一开售就买了下一场航展的门票。
我已经做了 50 多年的军事观察员。这个航展几乎从一开始就树立了黄金标准,尽管最近的航展规模比 70 年代和 80 年代的辉煌时期要小。然而,世界各地的空军正在缩减,可供展示的机型数量也在减少。今年的 RIAT 将成为一场经典的表演,庆祝 F16 和龙卷风战机诞生 50 周年,以及加拿大空军成立 100 周年。天气非常好,不像 2023 年的连绵降雨。缩短的飞行表演非常好,尤其是庆祝北约成立 75 周年的飞行表演,这是仅在周五举行的活动。
当我看到有关厕所设施差和排队人数众多的报道时,我理解其他人可能会有不同的看法。就像任何大型活动一样,有 75,000 人进出会很有趣。然而,读者需要记住,现场绝大多数工作人员都是志愿者,他们放弃了自己的空闲时间来举办这场在我看来是世界上最好的军事航空展。