31 July 2010
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Yeovilton Air Day
Address:
Yeovilton Air Day
RNAS Yeovilton
Ilchester
Somerset
BA22 8HT
Tel: +44 01935 842614
Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton will be celebrating its 70th Anniversary at their annual Air Day on Saturday 10 July 2010 to an expected audience of over 35,000 people. It was commissioned as HMS Heron on 18 June 1940 as a base for naval fighter aircraft. Since then it has grown to become a multi-role air station and has become the base for the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) and Lynx Helicopter Force (LHF) as well as home to the Royal Navy Historic Flight. It is one of the UK’s busiest military airfields operating over 100 aircraft on 1,400 acres of airfield sites.
An extensive flying and static display will take place to mark this significant anniversary with historic aircraft such as the Swordfish, Seafire, Sea Fury, Sea Hawk and Sea Vixen, coming together with other vintage aircraft and their modern counterparts to highlight the role that RNAS Yeovilton Squadrons have played, and continue to play, in operations throughout the decades to the present day.
Saver Tickets available from local Tourist Information Centres.
Programme
Gates open 0900
Exhibition / Trade Fair open 0900
Vintage Fly-in 0930 – 1030
Flying display 1100 – 1630
Airfield closes 1700
Dates
Yeovilton Air Day 10/07/2010
Road Directions
Yeovilton is located on the B3151 just off the A303 and A37. It is accessible from the M5 motorway, junction 25 at Taunton.
Yeovilton is situated some seven miles north of Yeovil, forty miles south of Bristol, thirty miles north of Weymouth and thirty miles south east of Weston-super-Mare.
Public Transport Directions
For advice on public transport please call Traveline on 0871 200 2233. Nearest train stations are Yeovil Pen Mill and Yeovil Junction.
A Shuttle bus is available from Yeovil Pen Mill, Yeovil Junction and Yeovil Bus Station.