Middle Wallop Gazelle 50th Anniversary Fly In- 8th April

[peasus911]

I agree this looks like a very nice line up so far. Does anyone know when the organisers will confirm their final listings as we are now only 2 weeks away from Show date.

[POL]

As one of said organisers, there is no "final listing" as such - just a case of what's booked in by the time the flyin starts!

The list on our website is more or less up to date - though we do have some announcements for this afternoon!

Worth making it clear again that this is not an airshow, there are no flying displays, only aircraft arriving before, and departing after, the static park is open to the public.

[Threshold.aero]

Latest participation update with less than two weeks to go now. If you've not bought your tickets, there's no time like the present!

#Gazelle50 weekend participation roundup!

As well as the French Army we announced earlier in the week, a couple more Gazelles have now booked in, namely G-EZZL and G-CTFS (former G-OJCO).

Autogyros G-CBNX and G-MARL, Cabri G-TRDS, and Hughes 500 G-HUEZ have also booked in for the event, bringing the total to 39 aircraft so far.

We're still waiting to hear back regarding Army Air Corps (yes, really!) and QinetiQ participation and of course there may still be more booking in before the event.

If you've not yet booked your tickets, do it now! You won't regret it! http://www.threshold.aero/events/fly-in ... in#tickets

**Gazelles**
G-CBGZ Westland WA.341C Gazelle HT.2 Private
G-CBSK/ZB627 Westland WA.341D Gazelle HT.3 The Gazelle Squadron Display Team
G-CDNO Westland WA.341B Gazelle AH.1 Private
G-CTFS Westland WA.341C Gazelle HT.2 Private
G-EZZL Westland WA.341D Gazelle HT.3 Private
G-GAZA Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle Private
G-VOIP Westland WA.341D Gazelle HT.3 Private
G-ZZLE/XX436 Westland WA.341C Gazelle HT.2 Private
HA-LFH Aerospatiale SA.342J Gazelle Private
N341AS Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle Private
N341GG Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle Private
N505HA Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle Private
N901B Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle Private
YU-HES Aerospatiale SA.342J Gazelle Private
YU-HEY Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle Private
YU-HPZ Aerospatiale SA.342J Gazelle Private
XX392 Westland WA.341B Gazelle AH.1
XZ346 Westland WA.341B Gazelle AH.1
ZA737 Westland WA.341B Gazelle AH.1 Museum of Army Flying
____ Aerospatiale SA.342M Gazelle French Army
____ Aerospatiale SA.342M Gazelle French Army

**History of the Gazelle - former operators and the Army Austers**
GZ100 AgustaWestland AW109
G-AHXE/LB312 Taylorcraft Plus D
G-ANHS/MT197 Taylorcraft Auster AOP.IV
G-ANIE/TW467 Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V
G-APAF/TW511 Auster 5A
G-ASZX/WJ368 Beagle A.61 Terrier 1
G-BJXR/XR267 Auster AOP.9
G-BKVK/WZ662 Auster AOP.9
G-BUDL/NX534 Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III
G-BURR/WZ706 Auster AOP.9
G-CEHR/XP241 Auster AOP.9
G-CIGH Avions Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard

**Visitors and friends**
G-CBNX Bensen B-8MR
G-HUEZ Hughes 369E
G-MARL Rotorsport UK Calidus
G-PERT Eurocopter EC130
G-RAVN Robinson R44
G-TRDS Guimbal Cabri G2
____ Guimbal Cabri G2

Images:
G-EZZL via Flickr/Andrew Morley
G-OJCO via Flickr/Chris Globe
G-CBNX via Flickr/Mike Burdett
G-WEBI via Facebook/heliworldphotography

[MRTT]

Fantastic list, nice work guys!

[peasus911]

Thanks "EGVP", Looking forward to the day, reading your site info today, nice touch that you are thinking about the camera positions.
Hoping for blue skies. Bring it on.

[Threshold.aero]

Three new additions for Saturday's event -

G-ROYM Robinson R44 Private
G-KETH Agusta Bell 206 JetRanger Private
OO-VBA Agusta Bell 206 JetRanger Private

We're still waiting to receive confirmation from QinetiQ and, surprisingly, the AAC. As soon as we receive confirmation from these or any other operators, we will let you know.

Tickets, which can be purchased from the Museum of Army Flying website are now selling very quickly indeed.

[Threshold.aero]

Hugely pleased to announce Army Air Corps will be attending #Gazelle50 this Saturday this a couple of Gazelles

And we'll hopefully have a surprise Gazelle present for you too!

Tickets selling fast, so buy now! http://www.threshold.aero/g50

[peasus911]

Brilliant, all ready to go now. Camera cleaned, batteries charged, tickets found, memory cards emptied. Think the sun has even been reserved.

[MRTT]

Looking forward to it! List looking fantastic.

[Threshold.aero]

Online ticket sales will stop at 3pm today

Tickets will be available in the museum shop until closing time today, and a small number available in the shop tomorrow for on the day sales.

[jingernut]

Hi. I have brought tickets to attend but can't get there till about 12.30. I assume that car parking will be OK at that time?

Thanks,

[MRTT]

I'd suspect so, you'll need the organisers to confirm though.

French have arrived.

[POL]

Yes, that'll be fine!

Chris

[Kevin Brewer]

Just wanted to congratulate everyone involved in staging today's event. The weather obviously played its part, but the entire show was very friendly and relaxed, with an excellent selection of fixed wing and rotorcraft well laid out for photography. Watching all of the participants depart was an added bonus! I also enjoyed the selection of sales stands. All in all, a very fitting and well-priced tribute to the Gazelle, Whilst my interest id primarily military, some of the civilian machines looked very sleek indeed.

Full marks to the ALAT Gazelles for their immaculately timed formation start and then their hover taxi along the crowd line to their (presumably?) overnight parking spot outside the AAC Hangars.

When's your next event chaps?

Kevin

[MRTT]

Echo your comments, Kevin. Fantastic event, very well organised and the museum was also brilliant.

French hover taxi along the crowdline was immense!

Next event for me is Abingdon next month, bit of a break now.

[peasus911]

Can only agree with the other comments. A truly wonderful day. It was a pleasure to walk around the aircraft present with no barriers or rope to foul a photo. French taxi along the crowd line was epic. (most of the cut grass seemed to end up in the tarmac car park outside the museum ). I can't start to imagine the toil and hard work that a lot of people must have put in to make all this happen. A very well deserved pat on the back guys.

[peasus911]

Couple of shots from today.

[NickC]

Congratulations to Threshold.aero and the Museum of Army Flying for an excellent event - we thoroughly enjoyed it.

[MRTT]

For those of you wondering, 17 Gazelle's were present alongside the example in the museum.

[pg1610]

For those of you wondering, 17 Gazelle's were present alongside the example in the museum.

19 if you include the gate guard
Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle N505HA Private
Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle N341AS
Westland WA.341 Gazelle HT.2 G-CDNO
Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle G-GAZA
Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle YU-HEY
Westland WA.341 Gazelle AH.1 XX405 Army Air Corps
Westland WA.341 Gazelle HT2 G-CDNO
Westland WA.341 Gazelle HT2 G-ZZLE Navy Wings Royal Navy Sharks XX436/39
Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle N901B
Aerospatiale SA.341J Gazelle YU-HPZ
Westland WA.341 Gazelle AH.1 XZ320 Army Air Corps
Westland WA.341 Gazelle AH.1 XZ346 Army Air Corps
Westland WA.341 Gazelle AH1 ZA737 Museum of Army Flying
Westland WA.341 Gazelle HT3 G-CBSK Gazelle Squadron Royal Air Force ZB627/A
Westland WA.341 Gazelle HT.2 G-CBGZ
Westland WA.341 Gazelle AH.1 ZB692 Army Air Corps
Westland WA.341 Gazelle HT2 G-SIVJ
Aerospatiale SA.342M Gazelle 4072 French Army GEC
Aerospatiale SA.342L1 Gazelle 4207 French Army GBI