Henstridge Airfield (
ICAO code – EGHS). It was built during
World War II as a training base for the
Fleet Air Arm, who commissioned it as
HMS Dipper. Visitors can still see the concrete outline of an aircraft carrier deck embedded into its one surviving runway. The
MOD sold the airfield in 1957 and today it is mainly used as a base for
general aviation and is an active training centre for
autogyros (gyrocopters). The airfield is the base for the
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance