Whilst searching web for stuff on Heston Aerodrome, I came across an intersting thread (2004,now closed...see
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=151003&page=2) with DOC.400 and others visiting said sites looking for clues to the past.
I wish I had seen it earlier, I would love to have joined you, as I have spent many years researching Heston Hanworth and Hounslow Airfields/Areodromes.
At the end of the thread, "Mr Chips" mentions that he had heard that in the summer, runways could still be made out in the grass at Hanworth after 60 odd years, but others thought it unlikely.
Well he is not so far off ...... if you look carefuly at a Google Earth type site ( the one I use is
http://www.flashearth.com ) & compare to ariel shots available on the web, you can make out the circles marked on the grass at both Hanworth and Hounslow!!
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.46....7&r=0&src=msa Should take you to Hounslow and
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.43...19&r=0&src=msa Should be Hanworth.... zoom in and you can even see the model planes mentioned elsewhere in the thread!!
Intersting forum BTW!!