Crickhowell
Note: This map only shows the location of Crickhowell within the UK.
CRICKHOWELL: Possibly a private airstrip?
NOTES: In his book British Built Aircraft Vol.5 Ron Smith has this entry under CRICKHOWELL (POWYS). “Noble Hardman Aviation Ltd developed an enclosed cabin, high-wing, two-seat microlight with conventional three-axis controls called the Snowbird. The prototype Snowbird G-MNHA was flown for the first time on 2 Septempber 1984.”
He doesn’t say where this first flight was made, but the inference seems to indicate it might well have been in/near CRICKHOWELL? Crickhowell is on the A.40 roughly 6nm WNW of Abergavenny. If anybody can kindly add to this, the advice will be most welcome.
ANOTHER POSSIBILITY?
Location: Just S of the A40, SE of Crickhowell town centre
Runway: If it is one? 10/28 140 grass
NOTES: Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide' has posed the question as to if this might well be an airstrip?
Working on the well established scientific principle that; if it waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck and floats on water, the probabilty is that it actually is a duck, could this be an airstrip? It is certainly short of length, but quite feasible to be used by a skilful pilot of a modern STOL type microlight.
One of the pleasures, and of course problems, in producing a 'Guide', is that sometimes something like this crops up. As always, if anybody can kindly offer advice and information, this will be most welcome.
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