{"id":1877,"date":"2019-05-19T20:08:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T20:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2019-05-19T20:08:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T20:08:57","slug":"air-tattoo-turns-the-sky-red-white-and-green-with-exhilarating-flying-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/air-tattoo-turns-the-sky-red-white-and-green-with-exhilarating-flying-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Tattoo Turns the Sky Red, White and Green with Exhilarating Flying Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/article-images-19\/Tricolori.jpg\" alt=\"Frecce Tricolori\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The skies above the Royal International Air Tattoo in Gloucestershire are set to turn red, white and green as the Italian Air Force returns to delight spectators with exhilarating flying displays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flying on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 July, the Italian Air Force\u2019s Frecce Tricolori Display Team are out to defend their reputation of being one of the most awe-inspiring and enjoyable display teams to watch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also known as the Three-coloured Arrows, the team \u2013 which is made up of ten two-seat fighter Aermacchi MB-339-A\/PANs \u2013 is the largest aerobatic line-up in Europe.<br \/>\nVisitors can also look forward to three further flying displays from the Italian Air Force\u2019s Typhoon, C-27J Spartan transporter and M-346 Jet Trainer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Head of Marketing for the Air Tattoo Helen Webb said: \u201cOur friends from the Italian Air Force are once again showing fantastic support for the show and we are extremely grateful that they are providing four acts for the flying display. Our visitors love the colourful Frecce Tricolori and my personal favourite; the magnificent C-27J display is just jaw dropping!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also in the air visitors can also see the last UK display from the RAF Red Arrows before they head off on their North American tour as well as a special NATO 70th anniversary flypast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the ground, the Air Tattoo boasts an impressive static display including the Austrian C-130K Hercules, two of the Belgian Air Force\u2019s F-16AMs, the Hungarian Air Force\u2019s JAS-39 Gripen and The Royal Canadian Air Force\u2019s CP-140 Aurora and CC-139 Hercules.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elsewhere, Starchaser Industries\u2019 Nova 2 rocket and space technology firm Skyrora\u2019s Black Arrow \u2013 the UK\u2019s only rocket to successfully launch a satellite into orbit, are on display for up-close viewing in the critically-acclaimed TechnoZone\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other showground attractions include the Activity Zone, Vintage Village and RAF Experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tickets for the airshow (19-21 July) which is staged annually in support of the RAF Charitable Trust, can be bought online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airtattoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.airtattoo.com<\/a> or by calling 01285 713456. All accompanied under-18s go free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The skies above the Royal International Air Tattoo in Gloucestershire are set to turn red, white and green as the Italian Air Force returns to delight spectators with exhilarating flying displays. Flying on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 July, the Italian Air Force\u2019s Frecce Tricolori Display Team are out to defend their reputation of being &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/air-tattoo-turns-the-sky-red-white-and-green-with-exhilarating-flying-display\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Air Tattoo Turns the Sky Red, White and Green with Exhilarating Flying Display<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[305,45,10,179],"class_list":["post-1877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-305","tag-may","tag-news","tag-royal-international-air-tattoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1878,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions\/1878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}