Grass strip near Calne Wiltshire
Can anyone recommend a grass strip (suitable for an RV8) to land on near Calne, Wiltshire please?
Thanks, Jez. |
Yatesbury Microlight Centre ? Is 410M long enough for you?
Position: Lat.51Deg.26' Long.1 Deg.54'W Elevation: 525' amsl R/W Orientation: 10 R/H 28 L/H (100 deg./280 deg.) R/W Length: 410m or 1346ft. R/W Width: 19m or 62ft The east end of the strip is approx 20ft lower than the west end. Altimeters should be set at the holding point at each end. Please call: 07836 554554 or 01249 811000 for PPR before setting off. Landing Fee (Non Members) £6. |
Thank you so much for your prompt reply Fitter.
Unfortunately, 410M is a little short (especially as I have the present Mrs C in the back seat!!). Very best wishes, Jez |
My usual resource https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=11/51.4643/-2.0029 also shows Yatesbury closest, all others a good deal further off. Or RAF Lyneham should be an option - but I don't think they have grass runways :)
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Depending upon how far you have flown you might decide that Garston Farm (16 statute miles by road) is close enough. We were in there yesterday. I don't have the dimensions to hand but there was a number of 4 and 6 seater types coming and going. Seemed huge to me but I am used to 380 metres of grass in my 3 axis microlight.
I would finish by saying that it is the sort of delightful grass airstrip that I would want to run if I won the lottery. Rans6............................. |
Or there's Wadswick Farm?
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Perhaps Clench Common under GS Aviation just south of Marlborough. 08/26 - 443 × 28m Grass Unlicensed should get you in if the wind is ok.
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