2014(15th Annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show…4th May 2014

Congratulations. Not just for the donations to charity but to the team for putting together such a good show. If a part time team can pull a show like that together it shows up the efforts of some full time organisations.
I attended this year after being unable to fit it in due to other commitments on the previous three years and hope to get back to making it a regular date on my calendar.

Well done Colin to you and all involved regarding the sponsorship money raised and to the team that make this Air Show happen. A truly cracking show which Is pretty much seen now as the commencement of the display season

Very well done, and it was a cracking event this year. I spent a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon there. I’m still gutted I missed the ferret racing though, I must have been distracted by a Canberra or some such!

After a lengthy debrief on the 2014 Abingdon Air & Country show, we
have decided this year in light of a better year (after the essential
bills have been paid) to donate to the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air
Ambulance Trust £10,000 – add on their generated donations via buckets
of £1000 – so a total generated by the show of £11,000 – so thats now
total of £53,388.70 to the Air Ambulance since 2007, a further £14,000
to Douglas House Respice Centre (2001 – 06), £500 to Lily Gulshat
Fund(http://void.printf.net/~heth/gulshatfund/index.shtml)
£500 to Heyford Park community centre, plus a further £1000 from 2014
to the Gabriel Masih fund (has diplegia cerebral palsy and needs a life
changing operationhttps://www.justgiving.com/paula-masih-gill1/ )
and approx (still being verified) £800+ to
localised Air Training Corp units that have helped us over time . Thank
you for your support..

At this point it is worth mentioning that Abingdon Air & Country Show
is NOT run by a full-time Events Management Company,but a 6-person
all-volunteer Organising Committee,led by Neil Porter who put the show
together in their spare time from work(for example we have grounds
maintenance,bus driver and postie among the Organising Committee).We
all sacrifice much time over a 9-month period to bring this show to you
and also sacrifice a weeks Annual Leave to put the showground and
car-park together in the days leading up to the show and return it to a
fit state on the Bank Holiday Monday before handing the airfield back
to the Army on Tuesday after the show
The show is pretty much self-financing costing us in excess of £70k
to
put together and don’t forget that after our bills have been paid and a
little set aside to kick-start next years show,we make a healthy
donation to the local Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust…an
Charity based vital asset to the local emergency services that all-too
often is mentioned in the Press as attending an incident and Heaven
forbid any one of us could need it at any time anywhere in any situation

Publicity & Tickets Co-ordinator
2015 Abingdon Air & Country Show..3rd May 2015
www.abingdonairandcountry.co.uk

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Latest UP-DATE 26/01/2014

Flying Displays Confirmed:
Trig Team aerobatics (2x Pitts Specials)
World War Two P40 Kittyhawk
Jet Provost T5 (Not operating from site)
Breitling Wingwalkers (2x Boeing Stearmans)
Bulldog (ex RAF Trainer)
PBY-5A Catalina (Flying boat – open to the public also)
English Electric Canberra PR9 (Not operating from site)

RAF, Royal Navy, Army Air Corp, Dutch and United States have been invited – awaiting any confirms if successful during Feb / March.

Ground Displays Confirmed:
Tank Rides on the rough terrain course
Ferret Racing
Ex Military Vehicles (Military Vehicle Trust)
Hawkwalk Falconry in the arena
Vale Islanders (Period costume dance group)
Vintage & Classic Vehicles / Motorbikes / Buses
‘Swingtime’ Swing band
Army Careers area including weaponry / vehicle & Army Air Corp.
Bob Tredwell All Ford Rally (vehicles hoped for from 1908 up to 1980 class)
Oxford Drum Troupe
Red Arrows (plus one other) Flight Simulator
Dan Rawle – Singer / Guitarist
US / British Army / Homeguard Soldier Re-Enactors
Punch & Judy show
Trade & Craft Stalls containing various items to view / purchase
Hot Air Balloon

Static Military / Civilian Aircraft Confirmed:
Rockwell OV-10 Bronco (ex German Air Force & first show of this aircraft)
Up to 70 general aviation types in the ‘Fly In’ on the day
EC135 Helicopter of the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust.
2 x Gazelle helicopters (RAF Colours, and Gulf War Colours).

Limited Military / International aircraft (Belgians, Dutch, United States, Polish Navy, RAF & Czech Air Force all been invited – awaiting any confirms if successful during Feb / March)

Kids Amusements Confirmed:
Ghost Train, Crooked Cottage, Mini Wheel, Mirrors, Trampolines, Go-Karts,
Tea Cups, Circus Dome, Pirate Ship

The online ordering facility for Advance Tickets for this May’s
2014(15th Annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show is now “live” and tickets
can be ordered from;-

http://www.abingdonairandcountry.co.uk/shop/

As you will see prices have been held at the 2013 rate to keep this
event as “value-for-money” as we possibly can while still covering
eye-wateringly high costs and donating to the local Thames Valley &
Chiltern Air Ambulance;-

ADULT £15 on the day £12 in advance

OAP £10 on the day £8 in advance

CHILD(5-15yrs) £5 on the day £4 in advance

UNDER-5s FREE

CAR-PARKING FREE

Tickets will also be available over-the-counter at local Information
Centres in Abingdon,Didcot,Oxford,Wallingford,Wantage(within Vale &
Downland Museum) and Witney within the next couple of weeks or so

There will also soon be a Publicity Poster and flyers to help spread
the word…if you can think of anywhere either of these can be
displayed please let me know

Please feel free to pass this message on to as many people as you can
think of by e-Mail or even cut ‘n’ paste it on to your own Facebook
page(if you have one)….in terms of spreading the word and getting
more people through the gates on May 4th,”every little helps” as they
say

cheers
Colin

Publicity & Tickets Co-ordinator
2014 Abingdon Air & Country Show…4th May 2014
www.abingdonairandcountry.co.uk

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I may have to develop an injury this year so I can see the show instead of playing cricket! That weekend we always seem to be playing on the Queens College ground in Oxford, and see everything heading in…

Adrian

I try and get to this show every year, its worth every penny!

Glad you enjoyed your day with us this year Moggy C…hope to see you again in 2014

Colin

I flew into the 2013 show and jolly good it was.

Might well do 2014 also

Moggy