In addition to the display of tractors through the ages, there was a display of Land Rovers, a threshing display, a steam traction engine and a Fergie assembly demonstration.
With the Air Ambulance flying two missions a day to all corners of Northern Ireland, the need for the aerial rescue service is obvious. It takes £8,200 per day (3 million pounds a year) to keep the helicopter available for critical missions.
In order to help meet the target, one man embarked on a mission of his own.....to build a helicopter. Over several weeks Ian Parker from Bryansford constructed a scale model of the Air Ambulance, painted it in the correct colours and applied matching graphics.
It is now available for display at events where youngsters can clamber aboard and get their photo taken at the controls of the helicopter creating a lasting memory and sowing the seeds of support for the service in the future generation.
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Ian Parker from Bryansford constructed a scale model of the Air Ambulance Photo: freelance
