The Official Middle Wallop & Auster 80th Anniversary Fly-In

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The Official Middle Wallop & Auster 80th Anniversary Fly-In

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The Official Auster 80th Anniversary Fly-In
6, 7, and 8 April 2018
Middle Wallop and Upavon

In association with the Museum of Army Flying and the Army Air Corps, Threshold.aero is returning to Middle Wallop to celebrate another former AAC type; the venerable Taylorcraft Auster. Bigger and better than before, the event will span the weekend of 7-8 April 2018.

2018 marks the 80th anniversary of Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd, the builders of the iconic Auster air observation post (AOP) aircraft. A derivative of the Taylor (now Piper) Cub, more than 1,600 Austers were produced during WWII and the type’s success continued post-war with production of the AOP.9 ceasing in 1961.

The Auster is an important aircraft in the history of the Army Air Corps, it being the first aircraft operated by the force when established in 1957 when 651 Sqn and its Auster AOP.6s transferred from the RAF at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland. It remains one of only six fixed-wing aircraft types to have served with the AAC in its sixty-year history.

The type has had an illustrious career in military hands and to this day enjoys success as a very popular general aviation type, with 130 Auster aircraft still airworthy in the United Kingdom. Austers of various marks served with 24 air arms worldwide, as far afield as Australia and New Zealand and in the harshest environments; from the jungles of Burma to taking part in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1956/57.

We’ll be keeping the relaxed, informal atmosphere that helped make The Gazelle 50th Anniversary Commemorative Fly-In such a success; again, a period without aircraft movements will be scheduled, allowing for you to get a closer look at the aircraft in attendance and maybe even have a chin-wag with a pilot or two. A number of aviation, craft and charity stands and stalls will also be present.

Invites will soon be going out to Auster owners across Europe and, alongside Austers, we’ll also be welcoming other Air Observation Post aircraft to Middle Wallop, so expect Cubs, Super Cubs, Bird Dogs and a few other surprises!

The Friday evening will also see a night photoshoot with number of Austers and associated AOP types, more news on that soon!

The Auster 80th Anniversary Fly-in will be open to the public from 09.00 with free parking available in the field to the west of the A343, directly opposite the Museum of Army Flying.


More information will be available on the event website as soon as it's launched...
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Sounds great. I hope you get G-AJIS because it was the first aircraft I flew in on Jan 6th 1963. The last time I saw it was at Compton Abbas, sometime in the last 15 years or so.
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The website is now live at www.auster80.co.uk - tickets will be available to purchase very soon!

tankbuster wrote:Sounds great. I hope you get G-AJIS because it was the first aircraft I flew in on Jan 6th 1963. The last time I saw it was at Compton Abbas, sometime in the last 15 years or so.

On the invite list :up:

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Tickets will go on sale through the event website - www.auster80.co.uk - at 10am on Sunday 12 November.

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Looking forward to this, just hope the weather plays ball, its a bit early in the season.

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farnboroughrob wrote:Looking forward to this, just hope the weather plays ball, its a bit early in the season.

Early in the season or mid season the chance of getting cloud and rain are equal.

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farnboroughrob wrote:Looking forward to this, just hope the weather plays ball, its a bit early in the season.


The Gazelle event benefitted quite well with weather. :wink:
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First few aircraft booked it, all staying the weekend:

G-AHHT Auster J/1N Alpha
G-BNGE Auster AOP.6 (Royal Air Force TW536)
G-CEHR Auster AOP.9 (Army Air Corps XP241)

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Another three aircraft added to the participation list; Auster Autocrats G-AGVG and G-AHAM, whilst joining us for the 80th anniversary of Middle Wallop airfield is Alouette II 2-ALOU/XR379.

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Tickets are now on sale!

Confirmed so far...

Auster 80th anniversary
G-AGVG Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-AHAM Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-AHHT Auster J/1N Alpha
G-AXUJ Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-BLPG Auster J/1N Alpha (Royal Canadian Air Force 16693)
G-BNGE Auster AOP.6 (Royal Air Force TW536)
G-BURR Auster AOP.9 (Royal Air Force WZ706)
G-CEHR Auster AOP.9 (Army Air Corps XP241)

Middle Wallop 80th anniversary
2-ALOU Sud/Aerospatiale Alouette (Army Air Corps XR379)

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Latest update:

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G-AGVG Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-AGXN Auster J/1N Alpha
G-AHAM Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-AHGZ Taylorcraft Auster I (Royal Air Force LB367)
G-AHHT Auster J/1N Alpha
G-AJUE Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-APBW Auster 5A
G-ARRX Auster 6A Tugmaster (Royal Air Force VF512)
G-AXUJ Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-BLPG Auster J/1N Alpha (Royal Canadian Air Force 16693)
G-BNGE Auster AOP.6 (Royal Air Force TW536)
G-BURR Auster AOP.9 (Royal Air Force WZ706)
G-CEHR Auster AOP.9 (Army Air Corps XP241)

Middle Wallop 80th anniversary
2-ALOU Sud/Aerospatiale Alouette (Army Air Corps XR379)

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Is the Middle Wallop 80th Anniversary a separate event?

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The celebrations for the 80 years of the airfield are part of the main event; we felt we could do it better justice having it as a theme of the main event rather than a separate, smaller event.

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Thanks

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A quick participation update

Auster 80th Anniversary:

G-AGVG 1945 Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-AGXN 1946 Auster J/1N Alpha
G-AHAM 1946 Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-AHAU 1945 Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-AHGZ 1942 Taylorcraft Auster I (LB367, Royal Air Force)
G-AHHT 1946 Auster J/1N Alpha
G-AIZU 1946 Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-AJUE 1947 Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-ANHX 1944 Taylorcraft Auster V (TW519, Royal Air Force)
G-APAF 1957 Auster 5A (TW511, Royal Air Force)
G-APBW 1957 Auster 5A
G-ARRX 1946 Auster 6A Tugmaster (VF512, Royal Air Force)
G-ASTI 1945 Auster 6A Tugmaster
G-ATHU 1945 Beagle A.61 Terrier 1
G-AXUJ 1948 Auster J/1 Autocrat
G-BEAH 1947 Auster J/2 Arrow
G-BJXR 1962 Auster AOP.9 (XR267, Army Air Corps)
G-BLPG 1959 Auster J/1N Alpha (16693, Royal Canadian Air Force)
G-BNGE 1946 Auster AOP.6 (TW536, Royal Air Force)
G-BURR 1955 Auster AOP.9 (WZ706, Army Air Corps)
G-CEHR 1961 Auster AOP.9 (XP241, Army Air Corps)

Middle Wallop 80th Anniversary:

2-ALOU 1961 Sud/Aerospatiale Alouette AH.2
G-CIBW 1966 Westland Scout AH.1 (XT626, Army Air Corps)
G-CICN 1964 Bell Sioux AH.1 (XT131, Army Air Corps)
G-CICP 1961 De Havilland Canada Beaver AL.1 (XP820, Army Air Corps)
G-CICR 1962 Auster AOP.9 (XR244, Army Air Corps)
G-SARO 1959 Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12 (XL812, Army Air Corps)

History of Auster:

G-KDOG 1974 Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 (XX624, Royal Air Force)

More info here: Auster80.co.uk

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Still aircraft booking in, and a very successful meeting on Monday with the station afforded a few new ideas :)

Oh, nightshoot tickets are on sale too by the way - forgot to mention that!

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Is there any chance of towing that special paint retirement Lynx onto the line for the MW anniversary part?
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Working on it! :up:

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Anyone know if this is ticket in advance only, or can you pay at the gate on the day? At the moment I am unable to print out a ticket, printer not working.
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Advance only, if you're got it on your phone we can scan it that way :)

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Will both days be broadly similar with arrivals on Saturday and departures on Sunday? (I've already got tickets for both days :biggrin: ) but am trying to make arrangements around it.

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Pretty much, though there will be some departures on Saturday afternoon, and some arrivals on Sunday morning - and probably a bit of aircraft parking ballet during the day to make it all work :)

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cg_341 wrote:Advance only, if you're got it on your phone we can scan it that way :)


Sadly I only have a dumb phone. Looks like I'm going to have to miss it.
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AlexC wrote:
cg_341 wrote:Advance only, if you're got it on your phone we can scan it that way :)


Sadly I only have a dumb phone. Looks like I'm going to have to miss it.


Tickets are also available from the Museum of Army Flying :smile:
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