Orchardleigh House
ORCHARDLIEGH HOUSE: Private airstrip
Aerial view 2009
Aerial view 2017
Area view
Note: These three pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Location: Just NW of Frome town centre
Period of operation: 1960s (at least) to-
Runway: 2009 = 10/28 890 grass
Later: 10/28 800 grass (But with curved extension at the eastern end)
A picture of N911CS
NOTES: We have Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for telling us about this location. He also sent this picture of the Beech 65 Excalibur Queen, N911CS, which it appears has been based here. Graham also tells us that this aircraft is an ex-USAF L.23F Seminole - 60-5387.
Graham also tells us that his earliest memory of this location is some sixty years ago, (in 2021), when he saw the Beechcraft A65 Queen Air, G-AROU, here. At that time it was registered to the Kenwood Manufacturing Company, from 15.06.65 to 05.02.69 before being sold to the USA. Before it had been registered to Short Brothers and Harland in SYDENHAM, Belfast, (now BELFAST CITY AIRPORT), from 09.10.61 to 07.06.65.
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