{"id":20458,"date":"2018-05-06T18:46:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T17:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=20458"},"modified":"2018-05-06T18:46:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T17:46:40","slug":"abingdon-air-and-country-show-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=20458","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Air and Country Show &#8211; 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was not a cloud in the sky for the 19th annual Abingdon Air and Country Show.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050601.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nAs usual there were a lot&nbsp; of ex military vehicles, and classic vehicles &#8211; including MGs and Rileys made in Abingdon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050602.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nThe event is run by a dedicated team of volunteers led by Neil Porter. Over the years the event has raised a lot of money for charities, including \u00a372.095.70 for the Thames Valley &amp; Chiltern Ambulance Trust. The trust had a stall where people could perform operations. <\/p>\n<p>There was the usual big variety of stalls, and a fairground for people who came before the air display started.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050608.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nThere was a music tent, a craft tent, and two arenas where performances took place, including some by the Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers, and Vale Islanders.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050615.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nA big crowd gathered to watch the air display that started at around two O&#8217;Clock.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050613.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nThe event, held on the ex-RAF Abingdon Airfield, celebrated the RAFs centenary. The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flew over with a Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire to start the flying display.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050604.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nThe heat meant that people found shade where they could, including under this large RAF people carrier.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050605.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nThere followed a flight by a roaring Strikemaster jet.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050611.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nVarious planes flew. There was also a parachute display and Royal Navy helicopter display.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag18\/18050614.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nThe most amazing display involved a bi-plane and a car going down the runway together, the bi plane at 45 degrees. A video below gives you an idea of what they were like if you missed the event.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m6m3IXjIYzs?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was not a cloud in the sky for the 19th annual Abingdon Air and Country Show. As usual there were a lot&nbsp; of ex military vehicles, and classic vehicles &#8211; including MGs and Rileys made in Abingdon. The event is run by a dedicated team of volunteers led by Neil Porter. Over the years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}