Firs Farm
FIRS FARM: Private airstrip (Aka THE FIRS FARM and LECKHAMPSTEAD)
Note: Can anybody identify the aircraft seen in the second picture above?
Note: All eight of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Operated by: Mr B P Brown & Son
Location: Just SSE of Leckhampstead, W of the B4494, about 5nm WNW of Newbury
Period of operation: 2000s only (?) to -
Runway: 05/23 560 grass
Note: The 2003 picture above shows the main runway being: 07/25 620 grass
NOTES: The initial Info sources were the AAIB reports EW/G2008/02/03, EW/2010/08/21 and EW/G2010/06/39. It appears the Avid Speedwing G-RAFV was based here around these dates.
An LAA Fly-in was planned for the 2nd August 2014.
A later AAIB report EW/G2014/09/14 appears to indicate that the CZAW Sportcruiser G-OCRZ was based here.
In recent years the airstrip has its own website.
Note: These two pictures were kindly sent in by Mr Peter Miller.
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