The 7th Abingdon Fayre Air & Country Show will take place at Abingdon airfield/Dalton Barracks on April 30th.Once again,proceeds from the day will go towards the Helen & Douglas House Hospices in Oxford.
The show opens at 10 a.m and will feature a varied selection of ground attractions.These include steam machinery,vintage/classic motor-bikes and vehicles,a local marching band and a craft marquee.Refreshments will be available,as will a Childrens Amusement area.
The aviation attractions should see up to 80 aircraft flying in for static display and a two and a half hour flying display.Staring at 1400hrs this is expected to include a Hawk jet trainer and Chinook helicopter from the modern day RAF with nostalgia from a 1950s Hawker Hunter and a Hurricane….stalwart of the Battle of Britain.
Entry is via the airfield gates off the Barrow Road to the south of the airfield.
Admission costs are;-
adult £7
OAP £5
Child(10 +) £3
Child(under 10) free
Car parking is also free.
There will be display rehearsals on the afternoon of Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April.
More info can be seen on our regularly up-dated website http://www.abingdonfayre.com
see y’all ther
Colin
By: Arm Waver - 2nd May 2006 at 09:28
Sorry I didn’t get to meet up with anyone really. I did say hello to a couple but as OAG said – I was very busy arm waving.
Nice to see that someone almost got a photo of my fellow marshaller being blown away by the Chinook. – a surreal feeling apparently.
On behalf of the marshalling team I’d like to personally thank Neil for giving us another year of suberb variety. Cheers! I would have stayed for the party but headed back to Norfolk that evening via Daventry.
By: mike currill - 1st May 2006 at 22:12
Couldnt get there 🙁
Beaten back just north of Half Penny Green by a 1200ft cloudbase which was rapidly lowering to meet the rising ground contours, throw in some rain and it was a 180 deg turn for a retreat and divert into Sleap for tears and tea.
Hope Neil will be ok for another attempt next year!
PW
Nice to see you played it safe mate. There’s always another Abingdon Fayre but replacing you would be more of a problem.
I couldn’t get there although I’ve had the weekend off booked for weeks. The other half knew why I was off this weekend but she still insisted we were going to her sister’s for Sunday dinner. I swear I’ll divorce that woman one of these days if I don’t kill her first.
By: DGH - 1st May 2006 at 19:39
A couple of pics of the elusive G-ASML
By: ALBERT ROSS - 1st May 2006 at 19:29
Neil, Colin and all.
Good to meet so many forumites, although I didn’t read this thread in advance and hence missed the gathering at the Pembroke!
Sorry I didn’t get to meet with Albert, nice piccie of the Luton though!! 😀
See you all next year I hope, if not before!!
I didn’t read the forum about the meet by the Pembroke either! Hung around G-ASML to see if said owner returned for ‘duty picnic under wing’, but no sign. Never mind….a minor offence! 😀 Catch you at Keevil maybe?
By: GASML - 1st May 2006 at 19:18
Neil, Colin and all.
Many, many thanks and big respect 😉 for a cracking good day.
Good to meet so many forumites, although I didn’t read this thread in advance and hence missed the gathering at the Pembroke!
Sorry I didn’t get to meet with Albert, nice piccie of the Luton though!! 😀
See you all next year I hope, if not before!!
By: proplover - 1st May 2006 at 17:53
Couldnt get there 🙁
Beaten back just north of Half Penny Green by a 1200ft cloudbase which was rapidly lowering to meet the rising ground contours, throw in some rain and it was a 180 deg turn for a retreat and divert into Sleap for tears and tea.
Hope Neil will be ok for another attempt next year!
PW
By: Stinky Pete - 1st May 2006 at 08:26
17 toilets for 8,000 people (guestimate!) was always going to catch a few people out…………………..
By: stringbag - 30th April 2006 at 23:36
I was there. Great show. My 6.0 rating has to go to the Me.108.
Another aeroplane that should get more bookings.
By: ALBERT ROSS - 30th April 2006 at 22:41
Loos do seem to be a perennial headache for us…..
every year we book extra,but still have the same problems????????????
Another problrem is,even they have to be paid for….any leads on a more cost-effective solution for 2007 gratefully recieved
…the bushes behind the old Control Tower seemed very popular!! 😮
By: DGH - 30th April 2006 at 21:56
Loos do seem to be a perennial headache for us…..
every year we book extra,but still have the same problems????????????
Another problrem is,even they have to be paid for….any leads on a more cost-effective solution for 2007 gratefully recieved
Easiest thing to help cure the que’s to me would be to get at least one of those trailer things in for the gents. The one’s with loads of urinals in, we dont really need a whole loo each! 🙂
By: bentwingbomber - 30th April 2006 at 21:52
Ah,yes
Makes sense now.
By: Yak 11 Fan - 30th April 2006 at 21:43
Maybe that’s why the P40 was at Headcorn last week….
By: bentwingbomber - 30th April 2006 at 21:42
Funny that,i spoke to PK yesterday and he never mentioned it either!
How modest of him.
By: Yak 11 Fan - 30th April 2006 at 21:35
Pete Kinsey’s former TFC P-40 Warhawk arrived from North Weald; .
When did Pete Kinsey acquire the P40? I spoke to Peter Teichman on Saturday and he never mentioned he’d sold it on so soon….
By: oag - 30th April 2006 at 21:35
JCB, 10 yard ditch, a few posts and a big sheet of sacking.
Of course, that would not really do for the ladies. Better plant some bushes for them.
😀 😀
believe it or not…that has been suggested…(or a free shovel with every admission???)
By: Mark9 - 30th April 2006 at 21:29
JCB, 10 yard ditch, a few posts and a big sheet of sacking.
Of course, that would not really do for the ladies. Better plant some bushes for them.
ROFL, make them sweet scented bushes 😀 😀 😀
By: Propstrike - 30th April 2006 at 21:26
JCB, 10 yard ditch, a few posts and a big sheet of sacking.
Of course, that would not really do for the ladies. Better plant some bushes for them.
By: oag - 30th April 2006 at 21:19
Loos do seem to be a perennial headache for us…..
every year we book extra,but still have the same problems????????????
Another problrem is,even they have to be paid for….any leads on a more cost-effective solution for 2007 gratefully recieved
By: Stampe - 30th April 2006 at 21:12
Best bit for me the stunning Chinook display quite outstanding,and the hunter just lovely.More loos perhaps next time??.Great flights to and from if a little chilly on the way in.Thanks to Hairy plane for forcing me to fly his lovely aeroplanes again. 🙂
By: Mark9 - 30th April 2006 at 21:11
By the way more loo’s next year!!! 😀 😀 😀 😉
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