Delta Jets open day Sunday?

Kemble today

Super weather for Delta Jets 10th Anniversary Open Day today. Good to meet several forumites and thought you might like to see a taste of what was there. As you can see, I found the Bristol Aero Collection, now sharing half of an Airbus storage hangar at the extreme south of the airfield.

If anyone’s going, see you there approx 1000 in G-BSEU

Cubes reckons it’ll be a good day, and so far the wx forecast is good

Andy,

I am probably not the only one that is not familiar with the hangar designations at Kemble. Please can you explain where hangar E2 is in relation to the previous hangar that the Bristol Aero Collection was housed in? Hope it is less crowded as photography was almost impossible before?

Thanks

Unfortunately the new location is only part of a hangar, so the exhibits are a bit more crammed in than before. To get to the new hangar – drive into the airfield through the main gate and follow the road round as you did before. To get to the old hangar (A1) you turned right, but for the new hangar you turn left at about the same point. It is the furthest away of the two hangars here, and the entrance is on the right hand side (west). The old hangar was in a great spot next to the runway, this one is quite a bit away to the south.

Andy A.

The Bristol Aero Collection will also be open for the first time this year in its new home, hangar E2 on the Southern edge of Kemble airfield. Admission will be free, and donation boxes will be around the hangar to help make up some of the lost income from being closed during the summer! This was a result of various H&S problems, flooding etc. As a bonus the cockpit of Bolingbroke RCAF 9048 has just been moved up from Filton, and no work has started on it yet. The rest of the aircraft is in storage at Filton pending restoration.

Andy A.

Andy,

I am probably not the only one that is not familiar with the hangar designations at Kemble. Please can you explain where hangar E2 is in relation to the previous hangar that the Bristol Aero Collection was housed in? Hope it is less crowded as photography was almost impossible before?

Thanks

There will also be pleasure flights available on our de Havilland Devon, for just £55 per person, looks like it will be a fabulous day!

The Bristol Aero Collection will also be open for the first time this year in its new home, hangar E2 on the Southern edge of Kemble airfield. Admission will be free, and donation boxes will be around the hangar to help make up some of the lost income from being closed during the summer! This was a result of various H&S problems, flooding etc. As a bonus the cockpit of Bolingbroke RCAF 9048 has just been moved up from Filton, and no work has started on it yet. The rest of the aircraft is in storage at Filton pending restoration.

Andy A.

hmmmmmmmmm….no promises of FOUR Canberras but looks like a good day anyway with plenty of flying from the Delta Jets fleet : get there early!

Peanut

There is no flying display as such, but admission is only £5 on the gate. Should be a good gathering of jet warbirds with FOUR Canberras, lots of Hunters and Jet Provosts lined up + more!

Thanks for that. I should have looked a bit further.
Looks like it could be a good ‘do’, and the weathers supposed to hold too?

I think you will find the event is “Kemble Open Day” details on

http://www.kemble.com/KembleAirServices/Pages/Events/KembleOpenDay.aspx

Yes it is open to the public. Entrance via main gate

Pete