I read in a recent edition of ‘Propswing’ that Hangar One at Old Warden used to be based at the RFC base next to Stonehenge, used when they were training pilots on Handley Page O/400’s. Does anyone know if a photo exists, anywhere, of the hangar during it’s time at Stonehenge, and if any other buildings from RFC Stonehenge survive?
Cheers, Rob
By: WOSH - 9th May 2013 at 19:57
if you are still looking for photos of stonehenge Handley Page hangars… i may be able to help?
By: Old Git - 27th September 2008 at 22:24
After reading this thread this morning, I saw “Wings over Wiltshire” in a bookshop this afternoon and there is a good picture of the airfield with Stonehenge nearby on page 33.
By: low'n'slow - 27th September 2008 at 05:04
I can’t resist the chance to post a pic of a painting by a Californian friend, Robert Karr, which graces the wall of ‘low’n’slow manor… More of Robert’s work can be found at www.karrart.com
The second shot is of a BE-2 flying from Larkhill, circa 1914.
Lots more at www.biggles-biplane.com !
By: Lyffe - 26th September 2008 at 20:22
Rob,
Suggest you obtain a copy of ‘Wings over Wiltshire’ by Rod Priddle (Pub ALD Design & Print; ISBN 1-801-587-34-7) which includes a history of the airfield at Stonhenge with a considerable number of photographs. Amongst these is one of the ‘coupled GS Aeroplane Sheds’ – I don’t know if this is what you are after, but if you email me I’ll try and scan a copy for you.
Stonehenge was operational from October 1917 to 1920, with the Domestic and Technical sites extending a considerable distance either side of the A303, just west of the fork with the A344. Local legend has it that one of the COs requested that Stonehenge be removed as it constituted a hazard to aviation!
Brian
By: FiltonFlyer - 26th September 2008 at 15:10
The flight sheds at Larkhill, a mile or two north east of Stonehenge, still exist. These were built in 1910 by the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company (later renamed the Bristol Aeroplane Company), originally for test flying, later used by the Bristol Flying School. Not Stonehenge I know, but nearby, older, still surviving, and more historically significant.
http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/Larkhill1.html
Andy
By: Newforest - 26th September 2008 at 08:38
No it is not, here are the co-ordinates.
http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/Stonehenge.html
By: DJ Jay - 26th September 2008 at 01:08
Is the RFC base near stonehenge the same as Old Sarum airfield, used now for GA purposes?
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