Riding Bank Farm
RIDING BANK FARM: Private airfield (Aka MELBOURNE)
Aerial view 1999
Aerial view 2010
Aerial view 2016
Area view
Note: All five of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Location: Roughly 4.5nm W of EAST MIDLANDS airport, about 5.5nm S of Derby city centre
Period of operation: 1990s perhaps (?) to about 2017?
Runways: 1999 = 14/32 320 grass 05/23 225 grass
Later = 15/33 300 grass 05/23 225 grass
Aerial view 2019
This picture clearly shows that in 2019, if the highly suspect Google Earth dating system is any indication (?), the airfield had been ploughed up.
NOTES: As always in this 'Guide', if anybody can kindly offer advice, this will be most welcome.
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