Airday 2018

[Rory76]

Wonder if f-35 Flypast might crop up- they’ll want them involved in the raf100 flypasts so would make sense....

[somerset]

Due to be a big announcement this week, 1 flying and 1 static I reckons

[MRTT]

If you don't mind me asking, where has that info come from?

[peasus911]

Official Show site has just confirmed that the two Meteor T7's from Martin Baker will be on static.

[MRTT]

HeliOps Sea King HU.5SAR confirmed for static.

[MRTT]

Qatari C-130 on static.

[MRTT]

According to a post on their Twitter account, the Canadian CF-18s will be arriving on Tuesday.

[Alfie]

The road closures in and around Yeovilton for 2018 Air Day look to be the same as last year
SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL
(VARIOUS ROADS) (YEOVILTON, SOMERSET) (TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS AND TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF FOOTPATHS AND BRIDLEWAYS) ORDER 2017
Notice is herby given that Somerset County Council in pursuance of the provisions of Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, intend to make the above order the effect of which will be:
1. that no person shall, except upon the direction of a police constable in uniform, cause or
permit any vehicle or pedal cycle to enter on, proceed or wait in the lengths of road
specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
2. that no person shall, except upon the direction of a police constable in uniform, cause or
permit any foot passenger to enter on, proceed or wait in the lengths of road as specified
in Schedule 2 to this Order.
3. that no person shall, except upon the direction of a police constable in uniform, cause or
permit any vehicle or pedal cycle to wait on any part of a road as specified in Schedule 3
to this Order.
The Order will be made to facilitate Yeovilton International Air Day 2017 and 2018 and is in the interest of public safety. All closures will be signed and staffed and will remain in force only for as long as is necessary.
The Order shall come into operation at 0500 hours on 7th July 2017 and will continue in operation until 1200 hours on 9th July 2017 for the 2018 event the Order shall come into operation at 0500 on 6th July 2018 and will continue in operation until 1200 on 8th July 2018.
Exemptions are provided in the Order for emergency vehicles, personnel on official duty, or any authorised vehicle or person, resident pass holders, and trade deliveries as detailed on the schedules below. An exemption will also apply to any vehicle being used for the purposes of an undertaker in an emergency, such as the loss of supplies of gas, electricity or water to premises in the area, which necessitates the bringing of vehicles into the section of road to which this Order relates.
There will be an alternative route for vehicles for the duration of the road closure restrictions. All signage in respect of these road closures will be erected prior to, maintained throughout and removed immediately after the event.
A copy of the proposed order, a map showing the lengths of road affected and diversion routes, together with a Statement of Reasons may be inspected at (i) County Highway Services, South Somerset Area Office, Houndstone Business Park, Mead Avenue, Yeovil or (ii) Somerset County Council, A Block Reception, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY or (iii) online at www.somerset.gov.uk/TRO
General enquiries relating to this Order may be made in writing to Somerset County Council, Traffic Management, B2 West, County Hall, The Crescent, Taunton TA1 4DY, quoting reference number KT04052017.
Patrick Flaherty
Chief Executive
Dated: 22 June 2017
SCHEDULE 1
Part I
Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles for the 2017 event will be
between the hours of 0500 and 2000 on Friday 7th July 2017 and between the hours of 0500 and 2000 on Saturday 8th July 2017
Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles for the 2018 event will be
between the hours of 0500 and 2000 on Friday 6th July 2018 and between the hours of 0500 and 2000 on Saturday 7th July 2018
Bineham Lane -
That length of Bineham Lane from its junction with the B3151 through the village of Yeovilton to its junction with Church Street at Limington.
Speckington Lane -
That length of Speckington Lane from its junction with Bridgehampton Road for its entire length.
Bridgehampton Road -
That length of Bridgehampton Road from its junction with Hollingthorpe Lodge to its junction with The Cypress House Road, Chilton Cantelo
Access will be permitted to Emergency Service Vehicles, Resident Pass Holders and Trade Delivery Vehicles only.
Part II
Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles for the 2017 event will be between
the hours of 0700 and 2000 on Saturday 8th July 2017
Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles for the 2018 event will be between
the hours of 0700 and 2000 on Saturday 7th July 2018
B3151 -
That length of the B3151 between its junction with Podimore Lane to its junction with Bridgehampton Road at Stockwitch Cross.
Alternative Route - For the B3151 Yeovilton Road is the A303.
Access will be permitted to Emergency Service Vehicles and Air Day Support Vehicles (displaying orange triangle) only.
SCHEDULE 2
Temporary Closure of Footpaths and Bridleways for the 2017 event will be
between the hours of 0001 on Friday 7th July 2017 and 2200 on Saturday 8th July 2017
Temporary Closure of Footpaths and Bridleways for the 2018 event will be
between the hours of 0001 on Friday 6th July 2018 and 2200 on Saturday 7th July 2018
a) Public Bridleway Y30/19 across private land as designated on the Definitive Footpath Map for Somerset from the south easterly end of Speckington Lane to Bridgehampton Road. A distance of approximately 350 metres in a south easterly direction.
b) Public Bridleway Y30/14 across private land as designated on the Definitive Footpath Map for Somerset from a point intersecting Public Bridleway Y30/14, for the full length from the point intersecting Bridleway Y30/19 to Bridleway Y30/13.
c) Public Bridleway Y30/13 across private land as designated on the Definitive Footpath Map for Somerset from a point intersecting Public Bridleway Y30/14 for a distance of approximately 532 metres in a westerly direction to Weir Lane.
SCHEDULE 3
Temporary Prohibition of Waiting for the 2017 event will be between
the hours of 1800 on Thursday 6th July 2017 and 1200 hours on Sunday 9th July 2017
Temporary Prohibition of Waiting for the 2018 event will be between
the hours of 1800 on Thursday 5th July 2018 and 1200 hours on Sunday 8th July 2018
B3151 -
The length of the B3151 from the Ilchester Roundabout in an easterly direction to the junction with the A303 for a distance of approximately 4474m.
Stockwitch Cross -
Stockwitch Cross north to the A303 for a distance of approximately 817m and south along the B3151 for approximately 513m to the junction of Urgashay.
Speckington Lane -
That length of Speckington Lane from its junction with Bridgehampton Road for its entire length.
Bineham Lane -
That length of Bineham Lane from its junction with the B3151 through the village of Yeovilton to its junction with Pyle Lane.
Pyle Lane -
That length of Pyle Lane from its junction with Bineham Lane to the RNAS Yeovilton Crash Gate No 4.
Weir Lane -
That length of Weir Lane from the junctions of Bineham Lane and Pyle Lane southwards to the junction with Church Street, Limington
Church Street -
Church Street Limington from the junction with Limington Road to Boreland Lane.
SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL
(VARIOUS ROADS) (YEOVILTON, SOMERSET) (TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS AND TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF FOOTPATHS AND BRIDLEWAYS) ORDER 2017
Somerset County Council in exercise of their powers under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, hereby makes the following Order.
1. This Order shall come into operation at 0500 hours on 7th July 2017 and will continue in operation until 1200 hours on 9th July 2017 for the 2018 event the Order shall come into operation at 0500 on 6th July 2018 and will continue in operation until 1200 on 8th July 2018.
2. This Order may be cited as “Somerset County Council (Various Roads) (Yeovilton,
Somerset) (Temporary Traffic Restrictions and Temporary Closure of Footpaths
and Bridleways) Order 2017”.
3. (a) In this Order:-
“authorised vehicle or persons” means any vehicle or foot passenger authorised to enter the lengths of roads specified in the Schedules to this Order by the Chief of Police and complies with the conditions of that authorisation;
“foot passenger” includes any person driving, riding or leading a horse;
“pedal cycle” means a unicycle, bicycle, tricycle or cycle not being in any case mechanically propelled unless it is an electrically assisted pedal cycle of such class as is to be treated as not being a motor vehicle for the purposes of the Act of 1984; and
“vehicle” for the purposes of this Order means a mechanical propelled vehicle having two or more wheels and includes any trailer attached or not, or at the discretion of the police any other form of vehicle, no matter its method of propulsion.
4. Save as provided in Article 5 of this Order:
1. no person shall, except upon the direction of a police constable in uniform, cause or permit any vehicle or pedal cycle to enter on, proceed or wait in the lengths of road as specified in Schedule to this Order.
2. no person shall, except upon the direction of a police constable in uniform, cause or permit any foot passenger to enter on, proceed or wait in the lengths of road as specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
3. no person shall, except upon the direction of a police constable in uniform, cause or permit any vehicle or pedal cycle to wait on any part of a road as specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.
5. Nothing in article 4 above shall apply:
(a) to render it unlawful to cause or permit a vehicle to wait on any part of a road,
for so long as may be necessary to enable that vehicle to be used in connection with –
(i) the removal of any obstruction to traffic,
(ii) the maintenance, improvement, reconstruction or operation of the road,
(iii) the laying, erection, inspection, maintenance, alteration, repair, renewal or removal in or near the trunk road of any sewer, main pipe, conduit, wire, cable or other apparatus for the supply of gas, water, electricity or any telecommunications apparatus as defined in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984(a), or
(iv) any building operation or demolition;
(b) in relation to a vehicle being used –
(i) for police, ambulance, fire and rescue authority,
(ii) in the service of a local authority,
(iii) in the service of an undertaker in an emergency, such as the loss of supplies of gas, electricity or water to premises in the area, which necessitates the bringing of vehicles into the section of road to which this Order applies;
GIVEN under the Common Seal of the Council this 30th day of June 2017
THE COMMON SEAL of the )
) COUNTY COUNCIL of SOMERSET )
)
was hereunto affixed )
)
in the presence of )
No. in Register………………….
SCHEDULE 1
Part I
Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles for the 2017 event will be
between the hours of 0500 and 2000 on Friday 7th July 2017 and between the hours of 0500 and 2000 on Saturday 8th July 2017
Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles for the 2018 event will be
between the hours of 0500 and 2000 on Friday 6th July 2018 and between the hours of 0500 and 2000 on Saturday 7th July 2018
Bineham Lane -
That length of Bineham Lane from its junction with the B3151 through the village of Yeovilton to its junction with Church Street at Limington.
Speckington Lane -
That length of Speckington Lane from its junction with Bridgehampton Road for its entire length.
Bridgehampton Road -
That length of Bridgehampton Road from its junction with Hollingthorpe Lodge to its junction with The Cypress House Road, Chilton Cantelo
Access will be permitted to Emergency Service Vehicles, Resident Pass Holders and Trade Delivery Vehicles only.
Part II
Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles for the 2017 event will be between
the hours of 0700 and 2000 on Saturday 8th July 2017
Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles for the 2018 event will be between
the hours of 0700 and 2000 on Saturday 7th July 2018
B3151 -
That length of the B3151 between its junction with Podimore Lane to its junction with Bridgehampton Road at Stockwitch Cross.
Alternative Route - For the B3151 Yeovilton Road is the A303.
Access will be permitted to Emergency Service Vehicles and Air Day Support Vehicles (displaying orange triangle) only.
SCHEDULE 2
Temporary Closure of Footpaths and Bridleways for the 2017 event will be
between the hours of 0001 on Friday 7th July 2017 and 2200 on Saturday 8th July 2017
Temporary Closure of Footpaths and Bridleways for the 2018 event will be
between the hours of 0001 on Friday 6th July 2018 and 2200 on Saturday 7th July 2018
a) Public Bridleway Y30/19 across private land as designated on the Definitive Footpath Map for Somerset from the south easterly end of Speckington Lane to Bridgehampton Road. A distance of approximately 350 metres in a south easterly direction.
b) Public Bridleway Y30/14 across private land as designated on the Definitive Footpath Map for Somerset from a point intersecting Public Bridleway Y30/14, for the full length from the point intersecting Bridleway Y30/19 to Bridleway Y30/13.
c) Public Bridleway Y30/13 across private land as designated on the Definitive Footpath Map for Somerset from a point intersecting Public Bridleway Y30/14 for a distance of approximately 532 metres in a westerly direction to Weir Lane.
SCHEDULE 3
Temporary Prohibition of Waiting for the 2017 event will be between
the hours of 1800 on Thursday 6th July 2017 and 1200 hours on Sunday 9th July 2017
Temporary Prohibition of Waiting for the 2018 event will be between
the hours of 1800 on Thursday 5th July 2018 and 1200 hours on Sunday 8th July 2018
B3151 -
The length of the B3151 from the Ilchester Roundabout in an easterly direction to the junction with the A303 for a distance of approximately 4474m.
Stockwitch Cross -
Stockwitch Cross north to the A303 for a distance of approximately 817m and south along the B3151 for approximately 513m to the junction of Urgashay.
Speckington Lane -
That length of Speckington Lane from its junction with Bridgehampton Road for its entire length.
Bineham Lane -
That length of Bineham Lane from its junction with the B3151 through the village of Yeovilton to its junction with Pyle Lane.
Pyle Lane -
That length of Pyle Lane from its junction with Bineham Lane to the RNAS Yeovilton Crash Gate No 4.
Weir Lane -
That length of Weir Lane from the junctions of Bineham Lane and Pyle Lane southwards to the junction with Church Street, Limington
Church Street -
Church Street Limington from the junction with Limington Road to Boreland Lane.
Plan to show Bridleway Closures for RNAS Yeovilton 2017
Plan showing Temporary Traffic Restrictions for RNAS Yeovilton 2017
STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR PROPOSING TO MAKE THE ORDER
For avoiding danger to persons, or other traffic using the road, or any other road, or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.

[Supra]

The Somerset CC. online TRO. for last year stated specific dates for both the 2017 & 2018 events. Nothing new here, but a timely reminder for the 'hard of understanding' perhaps?

[Stug]

but a timely reminder for the 'hard of understanding' perhaps?

Well if it was written in plain English...!
I'm sure there's a map on the web that explains all.

[Nighthawke]

It clearly states line by line for both 2017 and 2018 - you just have to be bothered to read it.

[Frank the Dog]

Just a quick question, prior to trying to speak to Ticketmaster, has anyone with a Friday ticket received joining instructions yet? I received tickets for Friday/Saturday a couple of weeks ago, but last year I seem to remember a seperate letter with directions and a vehicle pass for Friday arrivals.

Thanks in anticipation.

[Supra]

but a timely reminder for the 'hard of understanding' perhaps?

Well if it was written in plain English...!
I'm sure there's a map on the web that explains all.

Problem is that it's a Legal Document prepared in inflexible old English 'judge-speak'. If you click on the linky blue bit on line 12/ para' 3 of the above document, hereafter referred to as the pain in the A** details, or PITA. for short! You can fill 'Yeovilton' into the box, select 'Temporary', goes to new page. Click 'second subject', click 'Option 2', voila!
Select 'read only' download for coloured pictures of wot the words say!
I've seen Submarines that aint as watertight as these regulations!

[Judwin71]

Hi
In years past they used to open the airfield on Friday evening for a couple of hours to allow photo's etc of the static. Does anyone know if they still do this.
Thanks

[MarcelB.]

Is there any chance to watch/ photograph the arrivals from the outside on friday?

[Supra]

Hi
In years past they used to open the airfield on Friday evening for a couple of hours to allow photo's etc of the static. Does anyone know if they still do this.
Thanks

No way Jose! please see all the pages of anguish on this & other Forums?

[Supra]

Is there any chance to watch/ photograph the arrivals from the outside on friday?

Only from a distance with a telescope, or from the restricted Park & View adjacent threshold 27, when the prevailing wind favours a 09 approach!

[John flightpath]

I am travelling from Birmingham tomorrow and expect to arrive between 8 and 9am latest (fingers crossed)
Where are you coming from and what time are you expecting to arrive.

Cheers
John 'flightpath'.

[Andyperkins]

I am coming from Paulton which is about 26 miles from Yeovilton and normally the journey takes about 45 minutes so plan to set off at 7:30

[MRTT]

Martin Baker Meteor T.7s, HeliOps Sea King & NATO E-3A haven't arrived, as far as I'm aware.