{"id":8760,"date":"2013-05-02T23:29:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T22:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=8760"},"modified":"2013-05-02T23:29:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T22:29:44","slug":"if-this-glorious-weather-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=8760","title":{"rendered":"If this glorious weather continues &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag13\/13050201.jpg\" alt=\"Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nIf this glorious weather continues until Sunday this could be one of the great Abingdon Air &#038; Country Shows.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag13\/13050204.jpg\" alt=\"Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nFlying Displays:<br \/>\n* DC3 Dakota<br \/>\n* P51 Mustang (Hangar 11\u2032s)<br \/>\n* Gnat<br \/>\n* RV8tors display team (2x RV8)<br \/>\n* Bulldog<br \/>\n* Silence Twister solo<br \/>\n<strong>* Breitling Wingwalkers x2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>* Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial * Flight Avro Lancaster<\/strong><br \/>\n* North American T28 Fennec<br \/>\n* Thames Valley &#038; Chiltern Air Ambulance EC-135 * Helicopter Flythru.<br \/>\n* Army Air Corp Lynx<br \/>\n* Hurricane Mk1 (Peter Vachers)<br \/>\n* Royal Air Force Tristar tanker (216sqn, RAF * Brize Norton)<br \/>\n* Harvard<br \/>\n* Jet Provost T5<\/p>\n<p>Ground Displays:<br \/>\n* Farms2Ewe (includes an assortment of animals!)<br \/>\n<strong>* Tank Rides on the rough terrain course<\/strong><br \/>\n* Williams Formula One FW35 Showcar (non runner)<br \/>\n* Hawkwalk Falconry (static and demonstration of various English birds)<br \/>\n* Dogs Trust \u2018Dogmobile\u2019 (with 2 Dogs to view from the Hampstead Marshal rehoming centre )<br \/>\n* Ex Military Vehicles (Military Vehicle Trust)<br \/>\n* Avon Valley Ferrets<br \/>\n* RAF Tornado Flight Simulator (RAFA Experience)<br \/>\n* Kennesaw Confederates\u201d 1860s re-enactment group<br \/>\n<strong>* Abingdon Town Crier Peter Green (ex Vulcan aircrew!)<\/strong><br \/>\n* Viv O Gara Irish Dancers<br \/>\n* English School of Falconry static display (from * Owls to the Bald Eagle!)<br \/>\n<strong>* Abbey Brass Band<\/strong><br \/>\n* Reptiles &#038; Creepy Crawlies Stall.<br \/>\n* Red Arrows Flight Simulator<br \/>\n* Heyford Park Playbus<br \/>\n* Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team (selection of static model boats)<br \/>\n* US \/ British Army \/ Homeguard Soldier Re-Enactors<br \/>\n* Spitfire to sit in the cockpit (Spit4hire)<br \/>\n* Skyangels International Rescue attending with a King Air aircraft (or similar type) kitted out as a hospital, &#038; \/ or an Air Ambulance helicopter, &#038; support Vehicles &#038; crews<br \/>\n* Vale Islanders Medieval Dancers<br \/>\n* National Sports Association mini air rifle range<br \/>\n* Trade Stalls containing various items to view \/ purchase<br \/>\n* Vintage Vehicles (includes: Jaguar E Types, Morgan 4\/4, MGs, Morris Minors, 1964 Ford F100, 1941 Bedford MW, Triumphs, Landrover 101\/109, Ford Mustangs, Minis, 1949 Dodge Coronet to name a few).<br \/>\n* Steam Engines \u2013 4\u2033 \/ 5\u2033 scale Foster Engines, 4\u2033 scale Hind Steam Engine.<br \/>\n* Royal Air Force 4624 Auxillary Sqn (from RAF Brize Norton)<br \/>\n* Army Air Corp Apache Helicopter Flight <\/p>\n<p>They just go on and on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abingdonairandcountry.co.uk\/\">abingdonairandcountry.co.uk<\/a> to see more. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a315 on the day or \u00a312 if you get an advance ticket locally. It is already too late to purchase on line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag13\/13050101.jpg\" alt=\"Air and Country Show\" \/><br \/>\nSponsored by local businesses. Chancellors for example have distributed 10,000 leaflets to promote the air show and displayed promotional boards throughout the local area.<\/p>\n<p>Profits go to Air Ambulance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If this glorious weather continues until Sunday this could be one of the great Abingdon Air &#038; Country Shows. Flying Displays: * DC3 Dakota * P51 Mustang (Hangar 11\u2032s) * Gnat * RV8tors display team (2x RV8) * Bulldog * Silence Twister solo * Breitling Wingwalkers x2 * Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial [&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-8760","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\/8760","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=8760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}