Edge Hill
EDGE HILL: Military aerodrome (Later gliding site known as SHENINGTON)
Military users: RAF Bomber Command 92 Group
WW2: OTU (Vickers Wellingtons)
Post 1945: 1 FTS (Flying Training School) (Percival Prentice & North American T.6 Harvard)
Operated by: 1980s: Altair Gliding Club
2001: Oxfordshire Shenington Gliding Club
Flying club/school: 1959 ‘snapshot’. Severn Lamb Flying Group
Location: SE of Middle Tysoe, 3nm SE of Kineton, about 5nm WNW of Banbury
Period of operation: Military: 1941 to 1945 Civil: 1980s (?) to -
Runways: WW2: 17/35 1408x46 hard 05/23 1006x46 hard
10/28 1006x46 hard
2001: 16/34 1000 hard 05/23 700 hard
11/29 1025 grass
NOTES: Vickers Wellingtons used EDGE HILL for operational training duties from 1941 to 1945.
Between January 1942 and May 1943 many of the first British jet aircraft ‘top secret’ flight trials, with the Gloster E28/39 prototype, took place from this aerodrome.
LATER USE
In August 2017 I was kindly contacted by Hector Munro who was undergoing pilot training at MORETON-in-MARSH with 1 FTS from December 1953 to October 1954. He pointed out that EDGE HILL was a satellite for MORETON for several years, and indeed, made his first solo from EDGE HILL. It must be mentioned that prior to Hector getting in touch, I had no knowledge of 1 FTS using EDGE HILL.
Circa 1990 it was reported that the Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHGW was based here.
The Beagle Terrier G-ATBU was listed as operating from SHENINGTON from at least 2006?
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