Three years since Hertfordshire’s historic Panshanger Aerodrome closed its gates, a campaign spearheaded by the local community has won the backing of celebrity aviators, politicians … Read more
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£4.3m award for Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome has won a £4.3m award from the National Lottery. The money will be used to further renovate the WW1 airfield … Read more
Blackpool Council buys back Blackpool Airport
Blackpool Council has today completed the purchase of the Blackpool Airport site, bringing the company back into full public ownership for the first time in … Read more
Llanbedr Airfield open weekends thanks to FLYER
Llanbedr Airfield is open at weekends following an appeal by pilots on the FLYER forum. Free landings at Llanbedr with a fuel uplift of a … Read more
Goodwood improves grass runways with better drainage
Goodwood Aerodsrome in West Sussex has started work to improve the drainage of its grass runways which should help keep them operating during bad weather, … Read more
Wellesbourne Airfield under threat of demolition
The battle to save Wellesbourne Airfield is back on… and this could be the deciding action. The owners of the airfield and the land have … Read more
Black Friday for Fairoaks Airport
Another airfield is being threatened with a ‘garden village’ – this time Fairoaks in Surrey. Businesses at the airfield have been sent a notice from … Read more
Tatenhill to reopen old runway for taildraggers
Tatenhill Aviation and volunteers from East Staffordshire Flying Club based at Tatenhill (EGBM) are working together to reopen runway 04/22. “We now have several LAA … Read more
Hangar Homes looks to Plymouth Airport
Hangar Homes is transferring its attention to Plymouth Airport following issues involving its original plan to develop Perranporth Airfield in Cornwall. “The pre-application submission to … Read more
Heritage centre opens at Dunkeswell Airfield
There’s now another good reason to fly to Dunkeswell Airfield, near Honiton, Devon. A new heritage centre has opened on the airfield with repro uniforms, … Read more