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2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by oagey » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:19 am

Morning! After last nights first meeting for the 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show on Sunday 14th May,we can tell you the admission prices for the show will remain at 2016 prices as follows:

Adult £17.50 on the gate (in advance £12), OAP £12 on the gate (in advance £8), Child 5-15yrs £6 on the gate (in advance £4).

A family ticket of 2 Adult & up to 3 children being offerred for 2017 will cost £29.50 in Advance only and this ticket only purchased from the website for a limited period.

Military personnel can on production of ID get in on Advance rate.

Carer / Disabled person - The disabled person will need to pay however the carer will get a free ticket on production of ID to prove this.

Coach Partys - interested coach companys persons will have to purchase tickets in advance and possibly the coach booking fee (subject to any coach companys discretion).

Free Car Parking.

We are looking at a couple of online ticketing companys again to produce our Advance tickets and this will be known and sorted by the New Year.
Also, the same Tourist Information Centres etc we used for Advance tickets maywell also be selling - to be confirmed in the New Year.

Trade Stall / Crafts forms will see a small increase in fees to help cover our overheads. Ex Military / Steam / Classic Vehicle forms will still carry the charity £5 per entry charge, and likewise with Traders / Crafts, any person helping in all catergories of forms after driver & one passenger will need to purchase consessionary rate tickets of £8 per adult / £4 per child as before.

Programs - a minimum of a 20 page A5 colour program as before will see an increase in price from the present £1 to at least £1.50 per program.
We are pleased to announce too work is progessing on looking at a new show orientation onto the East / West runway, and a hard fence segregating the showground to the Car Parks making it more difficult to gain access so without a ticket your out of luck!.
We have also onboard a new Security Company "Topher" who are mainly ex Gurkha soldiers to patrol / paygate staff.

There will be the popular photo nightshoot again on Saturday 13th May in the evening, more details to be released about two months prior to the show.

More updates as we go along and soon can announce the first couple of ground and aerial performers. Keep updated via our twitter page / facebook pages / website.

And of course we will be carrying on supporting the Thames Valley Air Ambulance Trust.
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2013 Abingdon Charity Air & Country Show 5th May 2013...(supporting Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Amblance)
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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by gibson617 » Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:23 pm

Looks like the show has been moved forward . Unfortunately I shall be on holiday and will miss what is always a great season opener !
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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by oagey » Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:33 pm

We have moved the show date-wise but put it two weeks BACK rather than forwards..14th May 2017
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Post by MRTT » Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:37 pm

Looking forward to it, always an excellent show!

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Mon Sep 19, 2016 8:32 pm

First two participants confirmed, brilliant way to start! :Wow:

Westland Wasp HAS1 XT787 (F)- Terry Martin
CAC Boomerang (F)- Private Owner (Holland)

Both excellent! :thumb:

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Post by lynothehammer » Tue Sep 20, 2016 3:41 pm

MRTT wrote:First two participants confirmed, brilliant way to start! :Wow:

Westland Wasp HAS1 XT787 (F)- Terry Martin
CAC Boomerang (F)- Private Owner (Holland)

Both excellent! :thumb:
Looking forward to seeing the Boomerang, a first for me and certainly a nice little coupe for Abingdon... :D

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by oagey » Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:22 pm

OK,a bit of an early heads-up but the Publicity Stall for next years 18th annual Abingdon Air and Country show will be attending the Didcot Xmas Street Fayre on Thursday Nov 24 and the Abingdon Christmas Extravaganza on Sunday Nov 26....not too sure of our exact location at either event but please do pop along and say "Hi" and hear all the latest news about the show(tickets available now from the website www.abingdonairandcountry co.uk)
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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:34 pm

Great War Display Team added to the flying display, will include pyrotechnics and according to the show's social media both the Avro 504 & Sopwith Camel! :thumb:

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:37 pm

Rich Goodwin confirmed, always a good display! :thumb:

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:26 pm

Few additions!
North American P-51D Mustang 'Tall in the Saddle'
The Brietling Wingwalkers
The Twister Duo
Calidus Autogyro

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by oaf » Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:45 pm

Flying Display addition: Adding to the Sea Vixen, Swipteam, Autogyro, RF4 Motorglider, Wasp, Muscle Pitts, Antonov AN2, P51 Mustang, Great War Display Team, Breitling Wingwalker & Boomerang is this North American T28 Fennec in attractive US Air Force markings.

Apart from the Sea Vixen (display & depart), all others will be static / operate out of Abingdon.taken from the shows facebook page shaping up nicely

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by peasus911 » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:15 pm

Always a great start to the show season. :thumbs:

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:55 pm

Agree, always an enjoyable show! :thumb:

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by oaf » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:01 am

Flying Display update: Historic Army Flight Sioux / Scout pair,(RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster, Spitfire, Hurricane TBC)

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:01 am

Nice addition! Should be a good show, looking forward to it. :thumb:

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:57 pm

BBMF confirmed, nice to see the Lanc down! :thumb:

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by peasus911 » Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:18 pm

:clap: Great addition. Abingdon looking good already. I have been to the last two night shoots here as well, they are well organised and you are given plenty of time to get excellent shots. Can't wait for the start of the season now.


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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:41 am

Participation list as of 05/03/17

Royal Air Force
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight- Supermarine Spitfire (F)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight- Hawker Hurricane (F)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight- Avro Lancaster B1 (F)
Boeing Chinook HC4/6 (S)- 28 Squadron (TBC)

Army Air Corps
Army Air Corps Historic Flight- Westland Sioux AH1 'XT131' (F/S)
Army Air Corps Historic Flight- Westland Scout AH1 'XT626' (F/S)
Army Air Corps Historic Flight- De Haviland Beaver AL1 'XP820' (F/S)
Army Air Corps Historic Flight- Taylorcraft Auster AOP6 (F/S)

Classic Jets & Cold War Era Types
Westland Wasp HAS1 'XT787' (F/S)- Terry Martin
De Haviland Sea Vixen FAW2 'XP924' (F)- Fly Navy Heritage Trust
Westland Gazelle HT3 'XX436' (S)- Navy Wings

Warbirds
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CAC-13 Boomerang (F/S)- Remko Sibjen
North American P-51D Mustang 'Tall in the Saddle' (F/S)- Peter Teichman/Hangar 11 Collection
North American T-28J Fennec (F/S)- Radial Revelations
The Great War Display Team- 3x R.A.F Se5A (F/S)
The Great War Display Team- 1x R.A.F Be2C (F/S)
The Great War Display Team- 1x Avro 504K (F/S)
The Great War Display Team- 1x Sopwith Triplane (F/S)
The Great War Display Team- 2x Junkers CL.1 (F/S)
The Great War Display Team- 2x Fokker DR.1 Triplane (F/S)

Civilian
Fournier RF-4D (F/S)- Bob Grimstead
Antonov An-2 'Colt' (F/S)- AN-2 Club
Antonov An-2 'Colt' (F/S)- Jump 4 Heroes Parachute Team- Support Aircraft
The 'Jump4Heroes' Parachute Display Team (F)
Pitts S-2S Special 'Muscle Biplane' (F/S)- Rich Goodwin
Calidus Autogyro (F/S)- Gyro Air Displays
The Twister Duo- 2x Silence SA.100 Twister (F/S)
The Brietling Wingwalkers- 2x Boeing Stearman (F/S)

Looking good, should be a further 45+ aircraft on static display alongside the flying display aircraft as well. :thumb:
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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by peasus911 » Sun Mar 05, 2017 3:12 pm

What a great list already. :thumbs:

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Re: 2017(18th annual) Abingdon Air & Country Show

Post by MRTT » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:08 am

RAF Chinook from Benson down for static! :thumb:

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