This is a heads-up for the new Easter event at Chetton near Bridgnorth, which replaces the Halfpenny Green event. It will take place on 27th and 28th March on Lower Cockshutts Farm which just happens to possess a taxiing Harrier. There will be the usual mix of attractions, but it will not be a Fly-in. It is only a 350m strip, and tricky, with limited parking, so only pre-booked and invited aircraft will be allowed to land.
By: Rob68 - 8th February 2016 at 23:15
Had to explain to my mother, after she had read the article in the express and star that it was impossible for a Harrier to take visitors for a ride up and down the grass strip as it only has one seat……..never let the facts get in the way of a good news story eh?
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th February 2016 at 20:15
Sorry to hear that, Wulfie. Was just starting to get warmed up about a nice new venue too! It’ll be the Nimby’s worrying about a Shoreham-style disaster who’ve objected.
Anon.
By: Nige - 8th February 2016 at 11:31
Looks like it just hit the papes again… http://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/2016/02/08/wings-and-wheels-in-doubt-after-village-uproar/
By: Wulfie - 7th February 2016 at 23:50
Owing to the local papers describing it erroneously as an ‘Air Show’ and the local people quite naturally reacting in horror, this event has had to be cancelled. It was never going to be an Air Show, not even a Fly-in, it was more on the scale of a large village fete, with a Harrier.
By: Wulfie - 2nd February 2016 at 16:22
It’s a farm, there are any number of fields for overflow parking, I’m about to find out just how many on Thursday. Small side-bar I’ve just found out there was an RAF bombing range at Chetton during the War, administered by Halfpenny Green and Wheaton Aston. Their Ansons and Oxfords would drop practice bombs and there were 2 buildings on the ground from where the flash, and smoke would be plotted. It was an adjacent farm, not the one we’re on, so you needn’t worry about stepping on unexploded ordnance.
By: Rob68 - 1st February 2016 at 21:42
excellent, enough car parking?
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