OPENING TIMES
Friday 31st August 2018
9am – 5pm
(no official airshow / re-enacment battle on this day)
Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd September 2018
9am – 5pm
TICKET PRICING
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ADVANCE |
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ENTRY PRICES |
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| Adult | £18.00 |
| Children (under 16yrs) |
£7.00 |
| Infants (up to 2yrs) |
FREE |
| Family Ticket (2 adults & up to 3 children) |
£50 |
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World War II Veterans (Passes will need to be acquired before |
FREE |
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STRICTLY NO CARD PAYMENT! |
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VIP TICKETS |
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| Adult | £60.00 |
| Children (5-15 yrs) |
£30.00 |
| Children (2-4 yrs) |
£15.00 |
| Infants |
FREE |
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For more information and a booking form please "click here". |
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SCHOOL DAY & GENERAL PUBLIC |
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| Adult | £10 |
| Children | £3.50 |
The show begins in ....
Spitfire Mk. V
On 11th September 1942 Spitfire MK Vc EE602 was built by Westland in Yeovil, Somerset under contract number B124305/40. When built, EE602 was fitted with the universal ‘C’ wing configuration. This allowed it to be fitted either with 8 machine guns, 4 20mm canons or a mix of 4 .303 machine guns and two 20mm canons. This aircraft had the mix of machine guns and cannons. It was fitted with a Rolls Royce Merlin 46 engine. This produced 1,415 bhp at 3,000 rpm and +16 ib/sq. in. boost at 14.000 ft.
North American TF-51D Mustang
- North American TF-51D Dual-Control Mustang
- Year of Manufacture: 1945
- Powered by: Packard Merlin V-1650-7
- This dual-control P-51 Mustang is the only of its type in the UK.
P-47D Thunderbolt - G-THUN
- Powered by: Pratt and Whitney R-2800-51M1
- Serial number: 39955731
- Built in 1945 at Republic’s Evansville factory in Indiana
- Colour Scheme: F4-J/549192 ‘Nellie’. 492nd FS USAAF
Detail of its service with the USAAF is not known, although it did serve with the Air Training Command during the last few months of the War and was eventually stored at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma with the Air Material Command.
Returned from the USA in 2018 by Air Leasing Ltd for it’s new owners and painted in the current scheme.
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P2902 (G-ROBT)
Dunkirk Veteran
- Aircraft Type: Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
- Year of Manufacture: 1939
- Powered by: Rolls Royce Merlin
- Colour Scheme: 245 Squadron RAF
Hispano HA-1112-M1L “Buchon”
- Hispano HA-1112-M1L “Buchon”
- Year of Manufacture: 1958”
- Powered by: Rolls Royce Merlin 500/45”
- Colour Scheme: Battle of Britain “Yellow 7”
Hispano HA-1112-M4L “Buchon” Trainer
- Hispano HA-1112-M4L “Buchon” Trainer
- Year of Manufacture: 1954
- Powered by: Rolls Royce Merlin 500/45
- Colour Scheme: Battle of Britain “Red 11”
Spitfire IX G-LFIX, ML407
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
The Grace Spitfire ML407 was originally built at Castle Bromwich in early 1944 as a Mark IX single seat fighter and served in the front line of battle throughout the last twelve months of World War II with six different allied Squadrons of the RAF’s 2nd Tactical Air Force. ML407 flew a total of 176 operational combat sorties amassing an impressive total 319 combat hours.
Bestmann
The Bü-181 Bestmann prototype first flew in 1939 with a Hirth engine and was an instant success, being ordered in large numbers by the Luftwaffe as a trainer.
The Harvard
The Harvard is a USAF training aircraft used for the transition from light types (like the Stearman or Cornell) to the heavy fighters like the P-51 mustang. It is two seat fully dual control powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-1340 radial 9 cylinder engine turning a constant speed propeller.
Mustang P51-D "Miss Helen"
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
P-51D-20NA 44-72216 is a very special Mustang. She flew with the 487th FS, 352nd FG, during WWII as Capt. Raymond Littge's “Miss Helen” … today, she is still the same Mustang and again wears the same paint scheme as she did over 60 years ago. This makes her the last original 352nd FG P-51 known to exist.
B-17 Flying Fortress – Sally B
SUNDAY ONLY
Europe's only Flying Fortress Sally B defies the odds and flies into her 42nd Season
One of aviation's most remarkable stories continues for an astonishing forty-second time this season as Sally B, the only airworthy Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Europe embarks on another Air Display season, a feat which has been described as 'impossible'. Throughout the Airshow Season, between May and October, this unique USAAF bomber will once again steal the show at venues all over the UK. Most immediately recognisable as the star of the Hollywood Blockbuster "Memphis Belle", this B-17 will once again fulfil her main mission, paying tribute to the Allied Airmen who made the ultimate sacrifice in WWII.
Douglas C.47 Dakota
Including an authentic Parachute Drop will take place.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
C47A-75-DL Delivered 29/12/1943 to 8th Air Force
25/02/1944 transferred to 9th AF 438TCG
To RAF as TS423 02/09/1944 436 <tel:02/09/1944%20436> Squadron
1946 Based Gatow
After 1947 used for trials by RAE, Ferranti, Short Brothers, Marshalls of Cambridge - mostly radar trials
14/09/1979 to Aces High as G-DAKS
12/03/1998 Reregistered as N147DC
Beechcraft c45 1164
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
In 1952 3TM RCAF 1564, was acquired to strengthen Canadian Air Defence Command, operating out of RCAF Station Chatham, Canada as a brand new aircraft (not remanufactured).
In 1958 she moved to No 104 Communications Flight at St Hubert, Quebec, and later on to the Canadian Armed Forces Mobile Command.