{"id":390,"date":"2012-08-01T18:50:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=390"},"modified":"2012-08-02T19:15:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T19:15:06","slug":"great-war-sky-knights-display-at-wings-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/great-war-sky-knights-display-at-wings-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Great War Sky Knights Display at Wings & Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The unique image of the Sopwith Triplane, which caused the Germans to turn tail and avoid combat in the First World War, along with its fierce German counterpart, the Fokker Triplane, are the latest additions to the Wings & Wheels line-up.<\/p>\n

Visitors to the historic aerodrome near Guildford will witness the outstanding climb rate, high speed and fair manoeuvrability of the aircrafts, made primarily of wood and fabric, as the pilots demonstrate the light and effective controls. During two summer months of 1917 a single naval squadron claimed 87 German aircraft destroyed for the loss of just one Sopwith Triplane. The Fokker Triplane was designed to match the Sopwith but was limited in production and spent only a year in battle.<\/p>\n

Gerry Forristal, Wings & Wheels Aviation Director comments; “It seems fitting that in celebrating 70 years of iconic aviation at Dunsfold Aerodrome, Wings & Wheels also acknowledges the magnificent machines from the First World War. Breathtaking and now uncommon sights in the sky we are delighted to have the Old Flying Machines Sopwith and Fokker Triplanes joining us on Sunday 26th and Monday 27th August.”<\/p>\n

Other aircraft set to perform in the main aircraft display at Dunsfold Wings & Wheels include RAF Red Arrows, Tornado GR4, Apache Attack Helicopter, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Tucano Display, RAF Hawk, RAF Tutor as well as a host of civilian aircraft all accompanied by entertaining and knowledgeable commentary from aviation experts and enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

Tickets start from \u00a318 for adults, \u00a340 for a family (2 adults and 3 children aged 5 – 15yrs), \u00a35 for children aged between 5 and 15yrs and under 5s are free. Hospitality packages start from \u00a3125 per person, weekend passes, grandstand tickets and camping are also available. For more information visit www.wingsandwheels.net<\/a>\u00a0or to book tickets call 08712 305572.
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The unique image of the Sopwith Triplane, which caused the Germans to turn tail and avoid combat in the First World War, along with its fierce German counterpart, the Fokker Triplane, are the latest additions to the Wings & Wheels line-up. Visitors to the historic aerodrome near Guildford will witness the outstanding climb rate, high … Continue reading Great War Sky Knights Display at Wings & Wheels<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[88,6,146,50,144,10,147,145],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-88","tag-airshow","tag-and","tag-august","tag-dunsfold","tag-news","tag-wheels","tag-wings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}