Community help needed to create squadron of knitted helicopters!

The Army Flying Museum in Middle Wallop is asking the community to get involved with their next display.

They want people to knit and crochet their own mini helicopters as part of their 'Sky High' art series of installations.

"We need your help to create as many mini helicopters as possible to be displayed around our historic helicopters which range from the Lynx, the Scout, a Gazelle and even a Cobra! They can be any size or colour, and the brighter the better! "

The "heroic helicopters" will go on display at the museum next year.

Outreach and Engagement Officer, Dan Ball, told Greatest Hits Radio:

"The Heroic Helicopter project is our latest community engagement project as part of the museum's National Heritage Lottery funded project where we've been working with a whole range of community groups across Hampshire and Wiltshire.

One of the reasons for doing projects like this is to raise awareness of what the museum is, the really exciting stories that we have in the museum as well as the objects, artefacts and collections that we have but also to involve people in responding to some of those unknown stories that we do have on display in non-traditional ways.

It's really important for people to get involved with us while the museum is closed because it's a really exciting museum and it's very much in the heart of the community and doing these projects is a really great way of raising awareness of the stories that we tell."

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

There's a downloadable pattern, on the Army Flying Museum website along with details of where to send your finished creation.

The deadline for submissions is 16th January 2021.

MINI MEDAL DISPLAY

Earlier this year the museum asked members of the public to create woollen mini medals and knitted poppies to mark Remembrance.

Over 500 were created by community groups and individuals from across the UK.

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