Shawdene
SHAWDENE: Private airstrip (also known as DONNINGTON and NEWBURY)
The first two pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©. The area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
Location: Near to Donnington, about 1.5nm N of Newbury town centre
Period of operation: 1970s to 1990s?
Runway: Not known but appearing to be, at least: 02/20 575 grass
NOTES: In the mid 1970s it appears that four aircraft were based here; Auster 5 G-AKOW, Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer 150 G-ARCC of Fainville Ltd, a Piper PA-28 Cherokee 180E of Newbury Air Services Ltd and, the pretty rare type, the Fairchild 24R-46A Argus III G-BCBL.
In November 2022, Mr Graham Frost tells us that the Piper PA-28 Cherokee 180C, G-ATVS (ex N9014J, was based here. Registered to Newbury Air Services Ltd, at "Newbury Airport" from 30.11.71 to 15.08.73. Also, there was a U.S. registered PA-38 Tomahawk.
Colin Jones
This comment was written on: 2017-11-21 13:51:52Auster G-AJUO was written off following gale damage at Shawdene on 2/1/76. One of its 3 owners had a Newbury address, so it may have been based here.
Reply from Dick Flute:
Hi Colin. Many thanks, I shall keep this posted. Best regards, Dick
Terry Clark
This comment was written on: 2018-01-11 06:01:54This strip was about mile NNE of your marker east of and parallel to the original A34 road. If you zoom in, you can see what appears to be a hangar in the trees just off Curridge Road. 3 Counties Aero Club at Blackbushe used to fly their Cherokees in there to get them serviced in the 70s/80s, their Cessnas being serviced at Lasham.
Reply from Dick Flute:
Hi Terry, Many thanks, I shall amend the marker. Best regards, Dick
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