Middle Wallop in Hampshire is home to the Army Air Corps. It is the center for flying training, trials, development, and is the location of the Headquarters for the Director Army Air Corps. Middle Wallop has the largest grass airfield in Europe and is situated close to major military centres such as Aldershot, Wilton, Bovington, and Tidworth.
The photograph shows a Westland Lynx AH 1 complete with TOW missiles. Middle Wallop is also home to the Army Air Corps Historic Aircraft Flight which consist of the following aircraft:
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Auster AOP9 (XR244) |
Saro Skeeter AOP9 (XL814) |
DHC2 Beaver AL1 (XP820) |
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Sud Alouette AH2 (XR379) |
Westland Scout AH1 (XT626/Q) |
Augusta-Bell 47G-3 Sioux AH1 (XT131/B) |
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DHC1 Chipmunk T10 (WD325/N) |
Click here to visit the Middle Wallop website.
2005 AIRSHOWS
'Music in the Air' replaces ''The International Air Show' as
the Army Air Corps' major annual public event.
The 2004 'Music in the Air' show featured some of the most popular and evocative music in the orchestral and choral repertoire partnered with dazzling synchronised flying, ballooning, gliding and free fall parachuting displays. Aircraft performing included the Red Arrows, Blue Eagles, Silver Eagles, jets, Spitfire, Lancaster and many other gravity defying aerial stunt teams!
Music in the Air takes place on the Battle of Britain grass airfield at Middle Wallop which is set in the heart of the beautiful Hampshire countryside between the cathedral cities of Winchester and Salisbury. The venue provides a wonderful setting for an evening picnic for family and friends to enjoy.
Provisional Participating aircraft at Middle Wallop:
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The 'Music in the Air' Airshow
Saturday 30th July 2005
Participation Details
MUSIC IN THE AIR, MIDDLE WALLOP, 30 JULY 2005
London Pro Arte Orchestra, Conductor Murray Stewart; Band and Fanfare Trumpeters of the Army Air Corps,
Director of Music Major Peter Clark;
The Romsey Choral Society;
Lynn Hawkins, Soprano; Graham Davison-Smith, Baritone
| Item | Music | |
| | National Anthem (arr Gordon Jacob) | Orchestra, Band, Choir, Trumpeters |
| Hawker Hunter jet fighter | Slavonic Dance No 8 in G Minor (Dvorak) | Orchestra |
| K21 Glider | Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart) | Orchestra, Choir |
| Army Historic Aircraft Flight (6 aircraft) | Light Cavalry (Suppé) | Orchestra |
| Catalina Flying Boat | Selection from South Pacific | Band, Choir, Soprano & Baritone |
| 4 World War I Aircraft | Songs of War | Band, Soprano & Baritone |
Vol avec les Oiseaux
(Microlight with formation of geese and giant cranes) | Romance from ‘The Gadfly’ (Shostakovich) | Orchestra |
| | Interval | |
| Mass Approach (25 Army helicopters) | ‘Mars’ from The Planets Suite (Holst) | Orchestra |
| Utterly Butterly Wing-walkers (2 aircraft) | Selection of Irving Berlin | Band |
| Spitfire/Mustang Fighter Pair | Finlandia (Sibelius) | Orchestra |
| Matadors (2 Sukhoi su-26? aerobatic aircraft) | Selection from ‘Porgy & Bess’ (Gershwin) | Band, Soprano & Baritone |
| Free Fall (Army Parachute Association) | Humming Chorus (Puccini) | Orchestra, Choir |
| Balloon Night Glow (4 balloons) | You Raise Me Up | Band, Orchestra, Choir, Baritone |
Bugler in Balloon
(Night illuminated free fall by Red Devils) | Evening Hymn/Last Post (new composition) | Orchestra, Choir, Bugler |
| Fireworks | Grand March, Aida (Verdi) | Band, Orchestra, Choir, Trumpeters |
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Download programme in a .wps file.
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Check the Official 'Music in the Air' Website for details.
Music in the Air Press Release:
Music in the Air
Saturday July 30th 2005
Middle Wallop
Stockbridge
Hampshire
An evening of great music and breathtaking, synchronised aerial displays by a host of magnificent aircraft.
Featuring, among many others,
The Mass Approach * Spitfire * Historic Aircraft Flight * Catalina * WW1 Aircraft * Balloon Night Glow * The Red Devils * Hunter* Utterly Butterlys * Matadors * Mustang Pair *
& the amazing flying formation partnership between man and geese
Vol des Oiseaux.
All flying to the music of,
The London Pro Arte Orchestra,
conductor Murray Stewart,
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The Band of The Army Air Corps,
musical director Peter Clark
The evening ends with a magnificent Firework display
Tickets for the Public Arena, Garden Enclosure and Corporate Hospitality on sale from March 21st
Box Office ( 24 hours ) 0870 060 2311 / Museum of Army Flying 01980 674421
www.musicintheair.co.uk
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