Rednal
REDNAL: Military aerodrome later private airfield
Note: This picture (2018) was obtained from Google Earth ©
Military users: WW2: RAF Fighter Command 12 Group
61 OTU (Miles Martinets, Vickers-Supermarine Spitfires)
RAF Training Command
6 AACU (Miles Masters)
Operated by: 1990: Thunder & Colt Ltd
(Said to be testing airships, but balloons surely? See 'Comments' below)
2000: Mr R Reeves also home to the Classic & Vintage Aeroplane Company
2001: Mr Owen Mostyn-Owen Woodhouse
Location: Just N of Haughton, NE of Sutton & Grimpo & SE of Rednal villages, 4nm SE of mOswestry and 11nm NW of Shrewsbury
Period of operation: Military: 1942 to 1945
Civil: 1980s to 2000 only?
Runways: WW2: 10/28 1463x46 hard 13/31 1006x46 hard
04/22 950x46 hard
1990/2000: 04/22 700x40 hard
NOTES: Here again yet another ‘mystery’ to be explained. In nearly all cases the later use of a disused WW2 aerodrome has normally entailed use of at least one runway and possibly the use of a taxiway, at least where hard runways existed. However, the answer seems quite simple, because Steve Willis and Barry Holliss, in compiling their magnificent 'Guide' to WW2 airfields - really got it wrong when they state that REDNAL had two runways orientated NW/SE. It did not. In fact the third runway was orientated roughly SW/NE and is now, according to Google maps in 2010, appears to be 03/21 760 hard.
David Jones
This comment was written on: 2017-09-24 11:18:06Re use of Rednal for airships. At one stage Per Lindstrand was dabbling in airships and I was present on the airfield during the testing of one airship. At the time Thunder and Colt had erected a temporary hanger on the south side of the airfield to facilitate testing.
Reply from Dick Flute:
Hi David, Many thanks. I shall keep this posted. Best regards, Dick
Julian Roach
This comment was written on: 2019-09-06 22:03:00Hi Dick, I flew from Rednal, as well as the strips around Welshpool. Moved my Baby Lakes there and later kept a Yak 50 there and flew a Super Cub from the place as well. Roger Reeves kept two Broussards and a Jungmeister there at the time. Many pilots were deterred from flying in by the presence of HT power lines not far from the threshold, whichever way you came at the runway, either from the east or the west. They were actually not a problem, unless you insisted on flying your PA140 in on a five mile final at 3 degrees.. Annoyingly enough, the western set didn't go anywhere and didn't carry any electricity but for a long time the grid people wouldn't take them down because, unbelievably, they were angling to get us to foot the bill. At least, that's how I remember it. I believe there is no flying there now and the excellent hangar in the G Earth pic has been dismantled and re-erected at Sleap. All rather sad.
john Winks
This comment was written on: 2020-12-14 22:18:45An auto giro flys in and out now, and 2 bi-planes come and do rolls and turns every so often. I live in the old farmhouse and would like to know if these old buildings were involved?
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