!72 down near Broxbourne

[gaxan]

Any more news ? Hertfordshire News | Local News & Events in Hertford | Latest Sports, Jobs & Business News Hertfordshire Newspaper (http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/home)

[alexbrett]

The article suggests this happened on Saturday afternoon, and that there were fortunately only minor injuries. From the pictures they've got it was G-CGRE, which G-INFO shows as belonging to:
PARACHUTING AIRCRAFT LTD
OLD SARUM AIRFIELD
OLD SARUM
SALISBURY
SP4 6DZ

[chevvron]

I thought Broxbourne closed in about 1950 and is now a gravel pit.

[piperarcher]

That is true. I live near Broxbourne and hadnt heard about this crash until reading PPRuNe. Below are some details about the old flying club at Broxbourne. There are similar details in a book on Panshanger by Michael Packham which I have read previously.

This is the link Commercial and Private Pilot Flight Training, Flying Lessons, Gift Experiences - Stapleford Flight Centre, London, UK (http://www.flysfc.com/history-general.php) to the extract below


Since the war:
In 1953 Roger and Buster Frogley transferred the Herts and Essex Aero club from Broxbourne in Hertfordshire to Stapleford Tawney, the hangars were renovated and they began flying Tiger Moths and Austers. In 1955 Edgar Percival the famous pre-war aircraft designer, set up a company at Stapleford under his name and started a production line for his EP9 crop spraying aircraft, a total of 40 aircraft were built.

Although still owned by Herts and Essex, Stapleford Flying Club is now operated by Mr. John Chicken and his daughter Pamela, Stapleford Flying Club remains one of the few family-run flying clubs in the UK.