{"id":2776,"date":"2024-02-11T14:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T14:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2024-02-11T14:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T14:28:14","slug":"and-were-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/and-were-off\/","title":{"rendered":"And we&#8217;re off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/article-images-24\/RIAT-Harrier.jpg\" alt=\"RIAT Harrier\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every week we will be unveiling new additions to our line-up ahead of this year\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking us off, we have a Spanish Navy Harrier returning to the skies this year after performing its dazzling solo display in 2023. We hope you are as excited as we are to see this incredible piece of aviation history known as the \u2018Matador\u2019, perform in July.<\/p>\n<p>In our first static display update, the Finnish Air Force are providing one of their F\/A-18C Hornets.<br \/>\nAs we celebrate the North Atlantic Treaty Order Organisation (NATO)\u2019s 75th anniversary, we hope to feature a collection of aircraft from NATO nations on the showground, so stay tuned for further announcements.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to our \u2018Pushing the Boundaries in Air and Space\u2019 theme, we have an aircraft with a unique purpose, coming in the form of a Twin Otter, operated by the British Antarctic Survey.<\/p>\n<p>From using skis to land, to operating in incredibly harsh conditions whilst undertaking scientific work, the striking aircraft is a must see this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airtattoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.airtattoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week we will be unveiling new additions to our line-up ahead of this year\u2019s show. Kicking us off, we have a Spanish Navy Harrier returning to the skies this year after performing its dazzling solo display in 2023. We hope you are as excited as we are to see this incredible piece of aviation &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/and-were-off\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">And we&#8217;re off!<\/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":[336,58,10,179],"class_list":["post-2776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-336","tag-february","tag-news","tag-royal-international-air-tattoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776","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=2776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}