Aero Legends comes to Compton Abbas

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I saw this on FaceBook about my favourite UK airfield:


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What happened to the previous operator?

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Guy Ritchie has bought the airfield (from Alan Curtis?) with no interest in running things day to day, thus the change i believe.

Never been there for some reason, would have made a nice reasonably local trip when I used to get the odd ride in Dan-Air's C150*... must remember to ask my my ex-PPL mate if he ever took her down there.

*32 years almost to the day since she crashed after running out of fuel giving a Christmas treat to a nephew... :(

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Who is Alan Curtis? Not a name I ever came across in over 15 years of residency at Compton Abbas. As I understand it, Aero Legends are going to operate flying training at Compton. Ashdown Estates (Guy Ritchie) will run the airfield, restaurant, hangars etc.

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Alan Curtis used to own the airfield, no idea when he sold it though, presumably more than 15 years ago! He also owned the only private Bulldog G-AXIG until ex mil examples became available and put some money into developing the Cranfield A1 aerobatic aircraft in the 1970s. Also associated with the strip at Frensham I think.