Denham airfield history.

Denham Airfield History

A very detailed history on this website ! Denham was the first airfield I visited in 1951 when I became interested in aviation as a spotter and cycled there from Heston, seeing fascinating aircraft like the Spartan Arrow or Avro Avian putering overhead whilst negotiating the steep hill next to the golf course to aproach the Club House on the southern side. Other fabric covered aircraft like the D.H. Moth Minor, Miles Hawk Trainer and various other wood/fabric types were to be seen in the main hangar- a different experience from the current types to be seen there today.
Pity that no mention was made of the 25th anniversary fly-in of the D.H.Tiger Moth in the 50’s which was very well attended or the Chiltern Hills Air Race, when a good selection of british aircraft took part.

Know what you mean, used to regularly fly to Elstree from the south west and under the heavies taking off from 27R!:)

Thanks for the link New Forest. I used to have a part share in a Cessna 172 G-AZJV at Denham from 1979 to 1983 and always enjoyed the buzz of being close to Heathrow but legal.