Preston Capes
PRESTON CAPES: Private airstrip
Notes: All six of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Location: About 1nm SW of Preston Capes village and roughly 5.5nm S of Daventry town centre
Runways: 2010: 09/27 330 grass 01/19 330 grass
A search on Google Earth (2017) revealed a most unusual arrangement with three runways clearly evident, but placed in two seperate fields.
In the west field there are two runways (as of 2015): 18/36 183 grass 08/26 320 grass
In the east field: 01/19 335 grass
NOTES: Initial information from an obiturary in Light Aviation March 2011.
ON TV
Featured in the BBC 2 programme shown on the 23rd January 2012 ‘The Real Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines’ as the departure and finishing point for a three-day ‘Round Britain Rally’ for microlights.
A COMPETITION
Listed in 2016 as hosting, on the 23rd and 24th July, a BMAA Microlight Competition.
Susanne Broughton
This comment was written on: 2019-11-02 19:44:44Could I have a contact number? I would love to use Preston capes airfield (part of it) for canine Search and Resue practice training.
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