Crux Easton
Note: This map only shows the position of Crux Easton within the UK.
CRUX EASTON: Private airstrip (Aka de HAVILLAND FIELD)
Period of operation: Mainly 1920s and 30s. Occasional use since.
NOTES: An interesting listing to say the least as the weekend home of Geoffrey de Havilland, in/near Crux Easton which is E of the A343 roughly 8nm NNE of Andover. Some accounts say he actually lived here for a time and it wasn’t just a weekend retreat. It seems de Havilland often flew down to CRUX EASTON from STAG LANE (LONDON) in a variety of his designs, mainly Gipsy, Hornet and Leopard Moths in which he invariably commuted if at all possible, resorting to driving only when forced by weather to do so. He landed in a field behind the residence.
The ‘strip’ has occasionally been used since WW2, especially if not exclusively by devotees of the marque. The last positive proof I have found was in Stuart McKay’s excellent book Tiger Moth, and that was in 1981.
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