Wilsford
WILSFORD: Private airstrip
Note: All four of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Location: Just N and parallel to the A153, just E of Wilsford village, about 3nm S of RAF CRANWELL and roughly 3.5nm WSW to SW of Sleaford town centre
Period of operation: Unknown? Perhaps 1990s to -
Runway: 06/24 840 grass
NOTES: We have Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide' to thank for pointing out this location. If anybody can kindly offer advice and information this will be most welcome. And of course, pictures are always appreciated.
Graham tells us that the Tipsy Belfair G-APIE was based here.
ANOTHER ASPECT
In January 2022 I was kindly contacted by Laurence Garey, who sent these two pictures of the Taylorcraft Auster 5, G-AOVW (ex MT119), pictured on a visit to the strip in 2013. 'OVW, owned by Simon Wright, was then based here.
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