Rhos-y-Gilwen
RHOS-Y-GILWEN: Private airstrip (aka RHOS-Y-GILWEN MANSION)
Note: This picture was obtained from Google Earth ©
Operated by: Mr David Price
Location: Roughly 1nm NE of Rhos-hill village on the A478, and about 3.5nm SSE of Cardigan
Period of operation: 1980s to –
Runway: Max in 2012: 07/25 728 grass (30 acre site)
NOTES: It appears that the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser G-BCAZ and DH82A Tiger Moth G-ANJK were based here in 2012 at least.
The Thruster TST Mk.1 G-MTPY had also been using this site for about four years prior to 2013 but it crashed on take-off in June 2013 – AAIB report EW/G2013/06/06.
This report spells the site as “Rhosgilwen Mansion” and I have often encountered similar issues over the years. This could of course easily arise from the people submitting the report, and using either the English or Welsh spelling?
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