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Hill Farm





HILL FARM: Private airstrip      (Aka DURLEY)
Note: Sometimes referred to as HALL FARM - see 'Comment'.

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Note:  All eight of these pictures have been obtained from Google Earth ©



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Operated by: Mr Ron Souch c/o Aero Antiques


Location: Roughly 0.5nm SSSW of Durley, about 7nm E of Southampton city centre

Period of operation: 1992 to - (Possibly longer under previous use?)
 

Runway: 1999: 05/23   415   grass
2015:  04/22   430   grass
 

NOTES: Aero Antiques are one of the most respected restorers of classic light aircraft with around 130 examples restored by 2013. In an article in Light Aviation magazine ( July 2013) the following list was given, albeit with an admission that some aircraft types might have been missed out:

Two x Avro Avians

One x Avro Cadet

One x Beech Travelair Mystery Ship

Fifteen x DH.60 Moths

Three x DH.80A Puss Moths

Twenty nine x DH.82A Tiger Moths

Three x DH.83 Fox Moths

One x DH.84 Dragon

Four x DH.85 Leopard Moths

Three x DH.87B Hornet Moths

One x DH.89A Dragon Rapide

One x DH.90 Dragonfly

Two x DH.94 Moth Minors

One x Foster Wicko

One x Miles Sparrowhawk

One x Miles Speed Six

One x Miles Whitney Straight

Two x Porterfields

One x Westland Widgeon

Over and above several examples of Piper Cub, Luscombe and classic Cessna types.


IN MEMORY
It was with great sadness that many people learnt that Ron Souch had passed away in February 2016. Thankfully the business will keep going under the capable hands of Michael Souch, Ron's son.

 


 
 

Mike Souch

This comment was written on: 2018-06-21 23:00:57
 
Hill Farm not Hall Farm

 
 

Michel-Henri Gensbittel

This comment was written on: 2020-08-08 20:37:22
 
Dear Sir, I am looking for a plane (DH60) that belonged to Hélène Boucher, registered G-AALY or F-AJKM. Could you help me ? I am working for a small museum dedicated to the French aviator Hélène Boucher. Thank you very much.

 
 

Tim Jones

This comment was written on: 2020-10-21 16:14:08
 
I'm looking for a phone number for the above airfield please, Hill Farm. Any help appreciated.
 

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