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Old 8th September 2003 | 23:29
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From: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Ah! My local airfield!

Kenley is still in use by the ATC (615 VGS?) who have three or four Vikings (another ?!!!) and the Surrey Hills Gliding Club who have a variety of gliders in use (and I saw a Slingsby T-61 puttering around the other day which may be theirs). A winch is in use. The hard runways are used for launches and I assume the gliders recover to grass. There are also some blast pens visible on the western side of the airfield, and I think on the north eastern side.

Not sure about airfield buildings: the housing stock was probably sold off to the public.

The airfield is now public common outside the peri-track, while the inside remains no go area to the public, at least when gliding is taking place.

It's a very nice place to be on a sunny afternoon!
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