Maidensgrove
MAIDENSGROVE: Gliding forced landing site
Location: Just N of Maidensgrove village, about 4.5nm NW of Henley-on-Thames town centre
Period of operation: Since the 1970s perhaps?
NOTES: Probably less likely to be used today, with the many more modern high-performance gliders available, this public common land has been used over the years. Mostly I would think by gliders based at BOOKER / WYCOMBE AIR PARK when occasionally conditions can quite quickly arise when there is no lift available, and a forced landing becomes inevitable.
Suitable sites in this region are few and far between, and, being common land permission to retrieve a glider is not required - as it would be from a farmers field for example. The glider then has to disassembled and transported away by road.
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