Travel Air Mystery Ship: one of the more unusual displays in 2018
Run by volunteers for the benefit of children's and local charities, the Little Gransden Air and Car show has grown from a small local show to one of the major UK airshows, whilst retaining its friendly, local feel.
The show plans over three and a half hours of flying from early biplanes, WW2 warbirds through to modern extreme aerobatics featuring solo and formation air displays with world championship aerobatic pilots. The list of display aircraft is shown in the table and will grow as the event date approaches.
| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Due to fly | |
| BBMF Lancaster 'PA474 Leader' | |
| Hawker Hurricane R4118 | |
| Spitfire Mk XVI | |
| P51 Mustang 'Miss Helen' | |
| Richard Goodwin | |
| Global Stars | |
| Yak 50 (Mark Jefferies) | |
| Red Sparrows | |
| North American T6 in Navy Livery | |
| Reds Duo, model planes | |
| G-Force Aeros (Little and Large) | |
| Gypsy Pair (Auster and Chipmunk) | |
| Chipmunk that Prince Charles learnt to fly in | |
| Aerosuperbatics Wingwalker Solo | |
| Glider K21 | |
| All appearances are subject to technical, weather and other constraints | |
There will also be a funfair, over 70 trade stands and a craft fair selling hand made items including clothing, pottery, jewellery, gifts, toys, cakes, sweets and plants plus live music from the local band ‘Junkyard Preachers’.
The show has been going since 1992, when it started as a car show with a single flying display. Now there are usually 300 vehicles and over three hours of flying alongside other ground attractions.
The show is organised by volunteers for the benefit of Children in Need and local charities.
Amongst the organising team are David Poile MBE, renowned pilot Mark Jefferies, John Jefferies and photographer Darren Harbar, under the guidance of event organiser John Swain.
In 2018 there was an interesting series of displays, blending traditional favourites, such as the Global Stars, with the more unusual, including the Mystery Ship and an L29, Soviet block fast jet trainer.
The line-up for 2019 is equally varied. Details are in the table.
The show has been going since 1992, when it started as a car show with a single flying display. Now there are usually 300 vehicles and over three hours of flying alongside other ground attractions.
The show is organised by volunteers for the benefit of Children in Need and local charities.
Amongst the organising team are David Poile MBE, Heather Lowe, renowned pilot Mark Jefferies, John Jefferies and photographer Darren Harbar, under the guidance of event organiser John Swain.
On the ground expect about 80 traders and exhibitors showing and selling not only aviation and motoring goods but also artwork, antiques, collectables, crafts and clothing.
| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Due to fly | |
| Boeing B-17G 'Sally B' (cancelled - unscheduled maintenance) | |
| Dakota (BBMF) | |
 | Hawker Sea Fury T.20 G-INVN (Norwegian Historic Flight) |
| Spitfire Mk XIX PS853 | |
| P51 Mustang 'Miss Helen' | |
| DH88 Comet, Shuttleworth Collection | |
| Extra 330SC (Mark Jefferies) | |
| Yakolev YAK3-U (Will Greenwood) | |
| T6 Harvard 'Wacky Wabbit' | |
| Pitts Model 12 | |
| Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun | |
| The Red Sparrows, DHC-1 Chipmunks | |
| Global Stars Extra 330SC (Mark Jefferies, leader); Extra 300L or CAP 232 (Tom Cassells); Extra 300S (Chris Burkett); Extra 260 (Steve Carver); Extra 300L (Chris Heames) & CAP 232 (Michael Pickin). Can fly solo or formations of various combinations. | |
| Paramotors | |
| Piper L-4 'Grasshopper' | |
| G-Force Aeros (Little and Large) | |
| Spartan 7W Executive | |
| Hurricane V7497 | |
| Turbulent Team. | |
| Beech 18 | |
| Pitts Special S2A (Dr Kirk Patrick) | |
| North American Aviation T-6 G-TSIX | |
| Bell 47 G-MASH | |
| Tigers Parachute Display Team | |
 | Republic P47 Thunderbolt 'Nellie' |
| All appearances are subject to technical, weather and other constraints | |
TravelAir Mystery Ship is one of the more unusual displays
Run by volunteers for the benefit of children's and local charities, the Little Gransden Air and Car show has grown from a small local show to one of the major UK airshows, whilst retaining its friendly, local feel.
In 2018 there promises to be an interesting series of displays, blending traditional favourites, such as the Global Stars, with the more unusual: this year including the Mystery Ship and an L29, Soviet block fast jet trainer.
The show has been going since 1992, when it started as a car show with a single flying display. Now there are usually 300 vehicles and over three hours of flying alongside other ground attractions.
The show is organised by volunteers for the benefit of Children in Need and local charities.
Amongst the organising team are David Poile MBE, Heather Lowe, renowned pilot Mark Jefferies, John Jefferies and photographer Darren Harbar, under the guidance of event organiser John Swain.
On the ground are about 80 traders and exhibitors showing and selling not only aviation and motoring goods but also artwork, antiques, collectables, crafts and clothing.
| Aircraft due to fly | |
|---|---|
| Due to fly (tap / hover over icon for more detail) | |
| Lancaster (BBMF) | |
| TravelAir Mystery Ship | |
| Yak 3UM G-OLEG (Will Greenwood) | |
| Hawker Hurricane Mk X G-CHTK ‘P2921’ | |
| P-51D Mustang 'Miss Helen' | |
| Mark Jefferies Extra 300SC | |
| Global Stars | |
 | Harvard ‘Wacky Wabbit’ |
| Red Sparrows | |
 | Hawker Sea Fury T.20 (Navy Wings) |
| Republic P-47 Thunderbolt |
| L29, Soviet Fast Jet Trainer | |
| Various Paramotors | |
| Messerschmitt Bf108 Taifun | |
| Hispano Buchon 'White 9' | |
| Beech 18 | |
| Jet Provost T.5 XW325 | |
| Spartan 7W Executive | |
| Little and Large: Extra 300S and 40% model flying together | |
| Blackburn B2 CANCELLED | |
| All appearances are subject to technical, weather and other constraints | |
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The nearest station is St Neots, which is accessible by train from Peterborough (about 20 minutes) and London. St Neots is about 12Km from Little Gransden.
It is best to book as far as possible in advance. This is not only because nearby hotels and guest houses tend get booked up well before the date of an airshow but also because prices can be better when you book early online.
There are plenty of booking agencies. We find that many of the well known ones are better at finding hotels from international or larger UK chains and may suggest hotels in main towns or cities quite a distance from the show site.
There are Premier Inn hotels in St Neots, about 10 miles away, Huntingdon, nearly 15 miles from the show and Cambridge, a little further.
The International Hotels Group have a Holiday Inn in Huntingdon, about 11 miles away. There are also Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels in Cambridge and Bedford between 11 and 15 miles away.
Travelodge have eight hotels between 7 and 13 miles away, the nearest near Chawston.
Click any of the blue names to go to the corresponding web site. Most of the links already have the location built in, but please check, and change as necessary, the dates, number of rooms and number of guests.
A full 7 day Little Gransden weather forecast from the UK Met Office
The Met office 7-day forecast includes actual and "feels like" temperatures, the likelihood of rain, wind speed, wind direction, wind gusts and visibility: the latter can have an impact on the viability of displays.
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August 29th 2021
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