Abingdon Air Fayre

Excellent event – gets better each year! Love the ‘period shot’ of the Dragon TMN, incidently which was due to me that it attended! Here is a line-up of visitors.

and while I am nursing a sunburnt face and arms, and are afraid to go out for fear of people pointing and laughing, I may as well post a few more shots.
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Was my first time at the Fayre also, and have to say I was very impressed.
Pity about the food stalls, so had to eat Chocolate eclairs to keep me going 😉
Great show, thanks to all concerened 🙂
A few pics.

So very, very glad that today went so well for you all. Kept my fingers crossed all day that the weather would hold as its been a very mixed afair up here in deepest North Wales.

Paul

Lovely day 😉 Denny Dobson and the Chinook stole the show, despite a little blunder with the rear wheel on the chinook 😉 Denny just gets better!!! Only real blunders!! The catering!! Bad lack of forward planning, underestimating possible turnout!!!! 😉 😉 Anna :rolleyes: 😉

A Great Day

Today was my first visit to Abingdon….. but it won’t be my last! 🙂

Wonderful weather, great flying and a well presented static park, together with a nice relaxed atmosphere.

A brilliant start to the year, well done to all concerned.

Cheers
Kilvy

Not sure about the bloke singing next to the arena though! :diablo:

what was the registration of the Tripacer(s)?

What I saw looked very good. However, I had to leave before the flying display because I didn’t feel too well. A good meal and a rest and I’m ok again now.

Like the informal atmosphere and the closeness to the statics. Took a few photos which are attached. A very pleasant morning well spent.

Regards,

kev35

Abingdon Air Fayre

Well done yet again to everyone concerned! Great all round entertainment and lets hope you can better yourselves next year (CAA permitting of course)
Great idea with the petition lets hope they take notice. All on the hottest day of the year so far too. Hope the Chinook gets better soon.

Here are a few pics from today including the 3 wheeler chinook.

Yep even though the chinook lost a rear wheel during it’s display. Anna and i thought that Denny Dobson did a great display. Looking forward to seeing Damien B’s pics as we spotted him walking around with mrs B. Saw Janie’s shiny chipmunk also.

Albert, seeing your photo struck a chord for me: in my case it was Filton, and the date on the back of the print is 9 July 1960, so they were doing this routine regularly, it seems!
Sorry about the “quality” but I think I had a little cheap Kodak, and they were rather high . . .

…and creme de la creme – flypast by a KB-50J refuelling a F-101C Voodoo, RB-66 Destroyer and F-100 Super Sabre.:cool:

Abingdon nostalgia

Thought you might like to see some of my oldest Abingdon slides, taken by my grandfather there at ‘At Home Day, September 1963

20th TFW T-33A

Heres a link to a forthcoming article i have produced on Abingdon:

http://www.airsceneuk.force9.co.uk/Hangar/2004/abingdon/abingdon.htm

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Ah…
You have my sympathies…
Still it was worth a try…:D 😀
OAW

Originally posted by Arm Waver
Convince her to come too.
Loads of stuff for those not aero interested to do… (looks at flyer and notes…)
“Arena Demonstrations, Craft Marquee, Dog agility team, Island farm donkey sanctuary, Kennington Brass band (after 12:30), US 19th Century Settlement village, tade & Charity stands & more!!!”
edited to remove the non-aero or bloke stuff…;)
worth a try???
OAW

I still doubt I’ll manage to persuade her as it’s not “real shopping”

My report on last year’s event was published in Aircraft Illustrated, so you can read how good it was! 😉 Lovely weather and a great variety of civil and military, vintage and modern…even a RAF Merlin! Let’s hope for more of the same and give him all your support.

Convince her to come too.
Loads of stuff for those not aero interested to do… (looks at flyer and notes…)
“Arena Demonstrations, Craft Marquee, Dog agility team, Island farm donkey sanctuary, Kennington Brass band (after 12:30), US 19th Century Settlement village, tade & Charity stands & more!!!”
edited to remove the non-aero or bloke stuff…;)
worth a try???
OAW

I may be able to attend as I am on holiday that week but it depends on what punishment duties the other half finds for me. Guaranteed she’ll find something to stop me from getting there