Royal Veterinary College
Note: I just might have my knickers in a twist here, as the location is not mentioned in the article below - and there are more than one sites used by the Royal Veterinary College. Applying some logic I'm fairly certain this must be the venue, but if anybody can kindly confirm the location is correct, this will be appreciated.
ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE: Temporary Landing Ground
Location: Just south of the College and Hawkshead Lane, SW of Brookmans Park and E of the A1(M)
NOTES: An article in the July 2017 edition of Light Aviation magazine provided this information, regarding the Groppo Trail G-SMLI which has been substantially modified and equipped to monitor animal movements in Botswana, South Africa.
"Before flying the Trail down to Sprite Aviation in Dover, for the engineering mods, the team decided to display it at the annual Royal Veterinary College open day." Being a tad pedantic I think the author meant 'exhibit' it - which is what they did.
"The options were to trailer the aircraft to the Royal Veterinary College or fly it into the playing fields, which don't make an ideal strip, as there are a lot of houses on the approach and the landing would have to be made over trees and into a 180-meter football pitch, with no possibility of an overshoot."
A pilot with much more experience in flying the Trail was consulted, and he agreed to fly G-SMLI in subject to favourable weather conditions. "Accordingly, on the day of the event, the landing was indeed executed safely, causing much excitement at the College. After landing the wings were folded and the plane was pushed across the road and into the College."
It wasn't mentioned in the article, but presumably it was flown out?
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