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Kittyhawk Aerodrome


 



KITTYHAWK AERODROME:  Private airfield        (Aka RIPE, previously known as KITTYHAWK FARM)


Aerial view 2004
Aerial view 2004
Aerial detail 2004
Aerial detail 2004
Aerial view 2013
Aerial view 2013












Aerial detail 2014
Aerial detail 2014
Aerial view 2018
Aerial view 2018
Aerial detail 2018
Aerial detail 2018

Note: These pictures were obtained from Google Earth © 





 

 

 

Location: Roughly 1nm W of Ripe village, about 4.5nm E of Lewes town centre

Period of operation:  From early 2000s (?) to -


Runways:  2013:  16/34   625   grass          10/28   515   grass

2018:   16/34   830   grass          10/28   515   grass


NOTES: It appears the Stinson HW-75 G-BMSA has been based here for several years.

If anybody would want to visit, it is PPR, you can e-mail =  info@kittyhawk.farm

In the November 2021 edition of Light Aviation magazine there was a very good article by Duncan Campbell on the first Fly-in that was held here, together with an excellent aerial picture taken by Paul Fraser-Bennison. Around sixty aircraft visited, including four helicopters with their own paddock.


 

 

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