Wellesbourne Airfield
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| Duke of Edinburgh's visit to open the airfield on 13-03-81. He piloted the Andover XS789 | Air Atlantique used the field as a temporary base around 1980 | |

German registered Cessna 208 Caravan on a
local parachuting detail with the Red Devils June 2009

Antonov AN2 HA-MKF was based for 2 weeks May /
June 2009, seen here landing Runway 36

5 German a/c fly in on 9th June 2009

Nord 1002/ME08 G-ETME on a low pass
over the airfield (2nd June 2009)

A selection of aerobatic aircraft for the
On-Track Trophy (22nd May 2009)

DH84 Dragon G-ECAN was a welcome visitor on
29-04-09

Celebrity pilot Joe Pasquale visits on the
8th April 2009

After the snow came the floods (Feb 10th
2009)

Two of the 3 Citations that visited on the
30th January 2009

Unusual visitor on the 21st Jan 2009 was
this Turbine Islander from Finmere
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Sky News Heli makes a short stop on 18th
December 2008

Arena owned Heli calls in for fuel

Commander 114B D-EWAT was a visitor from
Blackbushe on 9th December 2008

Recharging stop for these WPD Helicopters,
they did a short circuit to land.......


The airfield's new Fire Appliance arrives
October 2008

Sir Ian Botham at the airfield after his
Charity Walk around Charlecote Park on the 14th October 2008, raising money and
awareness for Leukaemia Research. The airfield donated £200,
which was used to refuel Ian's helicopter that flew him to his next walk venue.
More details here: http://www.bothamwalk.com

Eurocopter EC135 G-RWLA shows of her
attractive paint scheme at Heli Air (Photo by Graeme Lovell)

James May from BBC's Top Gear visits on the
12th July 2008 with his Super Decathlon G-OCOK (Photo by JLS)

Jet wash June 2008

Partenavia P64B Oscar visiting from Swansea 13th May 2008

DC3 N1944A on a flypast (21-04-08)

Spitfire G-MKXI on a low pass on 8th April 2008

Based PA32, now with a UK registration (ex
SX-ARP)

Gazelle visiting on 31st March 2008

Visiting Gemini on 31st March 2008

West Mids Police Eurocopter EC135 calls in

Visiting Merlin from RAF Benson - 12th Feb
2008 (Photo by JLS)

Cross Aviation's new Excel looking smart in
the winter sunshine (Photo by JLS)

First landing for Cross Aviation's new
Citation XLS - 11th Feb 2008

G-MKXI Spitfire PR11 visits on a sunny 8th
Feb 2008

3 smart machines on the apron

The apron being used whilst the grass was
waterlogged, dominated by Thomsonfly aircraft (22nd Jan 2008)

Dauphin II visiting on New Year's Eve 2007

3rd Dec 2007

Busy 'B' Apron

Runway 18/36 looking good after the December
2007 work

Colourful sunrise - 11th December 2007

New based PA32 after arrival from Greece -
6th December 2007

December gales 2007

Visiting P40 Kittyhawk G-KITT from North
Weald - Nov 2007

First Manx registered a/c to visit - Nov
2007

Autumnal fog obscuring the hill - Nov 2007

Visiting Cessna 195A - September 2007

Formation flying practice August 2007

DC6 flypast July 2007

Texan August 2007 (Photo by JLS)

Rapide on pleasure flights August 2007
(Photo by JLS)

Robin HR200 on a run and break August 2007
(Photo by JLS)


Probably the worst flooding ever at the
airfield, as seen on these 2 webcam views from 20th July 2007

Pollly Vacher arriving at 15:00 on the 14th June on
her Wings Around Britain voyage.

Crowds gather around Polly

Barbeque during the British Aerobatics
Association Competition

Barbeque Formation


Looks real, but this is a half scale at the
airfield barbeque June 2007 (Photo by JLS)

Michael Owen's Dauphin II



Local vintage aircraft





Visiting P51 G-SIJJ on 7th November 2005

Visiting Spitfire, G-BKMI on departure 14-08-05

Another visiting Spitfire, G-MKXI on 09-10-05

Diverted EC135 en route to Oxford

A Slight Mishap in Strong Winds, September 2005


Two of Three Dutch Based EC-120s Visiting for refuel, September 2005

Yak invasion 22nd August 2005 (6 Yak 50s
divert in for fuel)

Visiting Spitfire from Filton on 14th August
2005

XM655 performing a fast taxi down runway 18
on 19th June 2005. Thanks to Michael
Baldock for supplying the photo.


1st visit of a DA-42 Twin Star

Prentice G-APJB on 27th August 2004

Visiting Rapide on 27th August 2004

spring cleaning with Rise
& Shine March 2005

Wintry scenes in February 2005

Sunrise on a frosty January morning 2005

A happy Adam from
Wellesbourne Aviation after his 1st solo on his 16th Birthday!
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Based aircraft from 2003/2004

ATR 42 training from Coventry

The Airfield's Tacr2 Fire Appliance
Aerial shots
Citations parked on the new apron (2004)
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