If this glorious weather continues until Sunday this could be one of the great Abingdon Air & Country Shows.
Flying Displays:
* DC3 Dakota
* P51 Mustang (Hangar 11′s)
* Gnat
* RV8tors display team (2x RV8)
* Bulldog
* Silence Twister solo
* Breitling Wingwalkers x2
* Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial * Flight Avro Lancaster
* North American T28 Fennec
* Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance EC-135 * Helicopter Flythru.
* Army Air Corp Lynx
* Hurricane Mk1 (Peter Vachers)
* Royal Air Force Tristar tanker (216sqn, RAF * Brize Norton)
* Harvard
* Jet Provost T5
Ground Displays:
* Farms2Ewe (includes an assortment of animals!)
* Tank Rides on the rough terrain course
* Williams Formula One FW35 Showcar (non runner)
* Hawkwalk Falconry (static and demonstration of various English birds)
* Dogs Trust ‘Dogmobile’ (with 2 Dogs to view from the Hampstead Marshal rehoming centre )
* Ex Military Vehicles (Military Vehicle Trust)
* Avon Valley Ferrets
* RAF Tornado Flight Simulator (RAFA Experience)
* Kennesaw Confederates” 1860s re-enactment group
* Abingdon Town Crier Peter Green (ex Vulcan aircrew!)
* Viv O Gara Irish Dancers
* English School of Falconry static display (from * Owls to the Bald Eagle!)
* Abbey Brass Band
* Reptiles & Creepy Crawlies Stall.
* Red Arrows Flight Simulator
* Heyford Park Playbus
* Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team (selection of static model boats)
* US / British Army / Homeguard Soldier Re-Enactors
* Spitfire to sit in the cockpit (Spit4hire)
* Skyangels International Rescue attending with a King Air aircraft (or similar type) kitted out as a hospital, & / or an Air Ambulance helicopter, & support Vehicles & crews
* Vale Islanders Medieval Dancers
* National Sports Association mini air rifle range
* Trade Stalls containing various items to view / purchase
* Vintage Vehicles (includes: Jaguar E Types, Morgan 4/4, MGs, Morris Minors, 1964 Ford F100, 1941 Bedford MW, Triumphs, Landrover 101/109, Ford Mustangs, Minis, 1949 Dodge Coronet to name a few).
* Steam Engines – 4″ / 5″ scale Foster Engines, 4″ scale Hind Steam Engine.
* Royal Air Force 4624 Auxillary Sqn (from RAF Brize Norton)
* Army Air Corp Apache Helicopter Flight
They just go on and on.
abingdonairandcountry.co.uk to see more.
£15 on the day or £12 if you get an advance ticket locally. It is already too late to purchase on line.
Sponsored by local businesses. Chancellors for example have distributed 10,000 leaflets to promote the air show and displayed promotional boards throughout the local area.
Profits go to Air Ambulance.