Boscombe Down ATI 1992 Flying Display:Boeing Stearman Wingwalkers - Cadbury's Crunchie Flying CircusWestland Wessex HAR2 Czech Zlin 242 Sud Alouette IIIs - The Grashoppers (RNAF Display Team) BAe Hawk T1A Westland Sea King HC4 - Royal Marines Freefall Parachute Team Belgian Dassault Alpha Jet RNAF F-16A BAe Harrier GR5 Czech L-39 Albatros BBMF - Lancaster, Spitfire, Hurricane + Tornado F3 Panavia Tornado GR1A Avro Vulcan B2 4 Westland Gazelle HT2s - The Sharks (RN Helicopter Display Team) McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 Italian Aermacchi MB.339A Czech Mikoyan MiG-21MF 7 CASA Aviojets - Team Aguilla (Spanish Air Force Display Team) B-N Islander - London Fire Brigade Freefall Parachute Team 5 Saab 105s - Team 60 (Swedish Air Force Display Team) 3 RAF SE5A Replicas - Bustard Flying Club Spanish McDonell Douglas EF-18A Hornet Eighth Air Force Salute P-51D Mustang - Myrick Aviation, Leavesden Mosquito T3 - British Aerospace, Chester Spitfire HFIXc - Dave Pennell, East Midlands B-25D Mitchell - TFC B-17 Flying Fortress - B-17 Preservation, Duxford B-24 Liberator - Confederate Air Force, Texas P-51D Mustang - TFC P-47M Thunderbolt - TFC P-38J Lightning - TFC Boeing B-52G Stratofortress 2 Sukhoi Su-27 - The Test Pilots, CIS Lockheed C-130K Hercules Westland Lynx HAS3 6 Hawker Hunter F-58s - Patrouille Suisse (Swiss Air Force Display Team) 4 Westland Lynx AH1/7 - The Eagles (AAC Helicopter Display Team) French Navy Dassault Super Etendard BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 RNZAF Aermacchi MB.339C BAe Nimrod MR2P Belgian General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon Grumman F-14B Tomcat - VF-74 USS Saratoga, USN Italian Aeritalia/Embraer AMX Norwegion General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon Westand Puma HC1 Czech Mikoyan MiG-29 9 BAe Hawk T1/T1As - Red Arrows BAC Jet Provost T3A (Saturday only) |
Boscombe Down Air Tournament International 1992 took place on a scorching hot 13th-14th June. Admission cost (on the day) was 12 pounds. The International Air Tattoo (IAT) at this time was a biennial event usually held at RAF Fairford but the Air Tournament International (ATI) was held at A&AEE Boscombe Down in the intervening year and was Europe's second largest military airshow, after IAT. Profits from both the IAT and ATI go to the RAF Benevolent Fund. The flying display started at 10am and finished about 6pm. Highlights included the first visit to the UK of Anatoly Kvotchur in his Su-27 Flanker, USN F-14 Tomcat, and a good selection from the Czechoslovakian Air Force which included the following:
An-12 Cub
C-2A Greyhound Avro Vulcan B2 (XH558), the last flying Vulcan in the world, based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire with the Vulcan Display Flight, displayed at Boscombe Down ATI, however this was to be her last year of displays before retirement. The RAF did not have sufficient funds to complete essential work on the world's last airworthy Vulcan.
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