SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR SPONSORS OF ARMY MUSEUM'S CONCERT

If our country had never needed early balloons, kites, First and Second World War planes and gliders, all manner of fixed wing and rotary aircraft and, nowadays, attack helicopters, then The Museum of Army Flying wouldn't need your help now! The museum celebrates over 100 years of flight, is home to a national collection of military kites, gliders, aeroplanes and helicopters and, with imaginative dioramas and static displays, traces the development of Army flying from pre-World War One to the modern Army Air Corps. It has an educational wing for children, hands-on and interactive exhibits, room for conferences, corporate and private parties - and it is situated right next to a working airfield at Middle Wallop in Hampshire. The museum is a charity and relies solely on admission fees, event money and the generosity of donors. It badly needs funds to expand in order to house further aircraft at present in store or out on loan, to improve and modernise its cramped archives, develop workshop space and double its education facilities. On July 30th, the museum hosts Music In The Air, its one big charity fund raising event of the year, when the London Pro Arte Orchestra and the Waynflete Singers gather to serenade a crowd of 12,000 enthusiasts who come to picnic on the grass airfield, listen to the music and watch dazzling aerial displays in the skies above them. The event is highly popular, always a sell out and the museum is looking for sponsors for it.   Contact: Alison Brierly, Marketing Director. Tel.: 01980 674421. Other contact details in our Arts: Museums and Arts: Music sections.   E&OE