Luxters Farm

LUXTERS FARM: Private airstrip
 

Operated by: Early 1990s till present day?  Capt Peter Coleman (possibly earlier?)
 

Location: In/near Hambleden, 3.5nm NNE of Henly-on-Thames

Period of operation: 1980s to - ?


Runway:  10/28   950   grass

 

NOTES: This airstrip is fairly unusual in that it is usually regarded as being one way in, the other way out due to high trees at the western end, and, a reasonable down slope at the eatern end. This said, with 950 metres available, many light aircraft could easily and quite safely land and take-off in both directions.

Flying over it in 2006 no mown runway appeared visible but the Zlin 326 G-BKOB flown by Mr Alex Rae booked into Flying For Fun at KEMBLE in 2006 from LUXTERS FARM.

This strip has happy memories for me as we did a low beat up in the ‘Tiger Fly’ DH.82A Tiger Moth based at WYCOMBE AIR PARK when I was flying with Peter Coleman for some aerobatics experience. He then very kindly invited me to fly out of LUXTERS FARM in his Chipmunk G-APYG for more aerobatics. This would have been in 1987/88 as I started my PPL training late in 1988 being very inspired by these and other similar wonderful experiences.

PICTURES
All pictures by the author unless specified.

The low pass at Luxters Farm in the Tiger Moth

Approaching Luxters Farm after an aerobatic sortie in the late 1980s

Taking off in the Chipmunk G-APYG

Captain Peter Coleman in his Chipmunk

G-APYG in the sunset

Luxters Farm in 2006