Bicester 09/10/21

[jph727]

Met up here with an old mate from Woking who had called ahead for airside access even though he's not a spotter! Anyway, here is a log and some photos, I had more but a lot of them are similar to keithh's post from September...


G-ADRA PIETENPOL

G-AHAN TIGER MOTH

G-APNT AIRYMOUSE

G-AVTC NIPPER

G-AXPG MIGNET

G-BCOB L4

G-BILI L4

G-BRPH C120

G-BTXI HARVARD

G-BXFE CAP10

G-CIJR MICROLIGHT

G-DCJY GLID

G-FRDM STEARMAN

G-GIWT EUROPA

G-IIIL PITTS

G-ISZA PITTS

G-KBOJ AUTOGYRO

G-KIAU FALKE

G-KLUB FALKE

G-MAIN MICROLIGHT

G-MIIL EXTRA

G-OOSY TIGER MOTH

G-RMAV C42

G-SASF SF25

G-SATN PAWNEE



G-OOSY | de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth A by James Howe, on Flickr


G-BCOB | Piper L-4H Grasshopper by James Howe, on Flickr


G-KIAU | Scheibe SF-25 Falke 2000 C by James Howe, on Flickr


G-KLUB | Scheibe SF-25 Rotax-Falke C by James Howe, on Flickr


G-CIJR | P & M Aviation Pegasus Quantum 15-912 & G-MAIN | Mainair Blade by James Howe, on Flickr


G-AVTC | Tipsy T.66 Nipper IIIA by James Howe, on Flickr


G-ISZA | Aerotek S-2A Special by James Howe, on Flickr


G-BTXI | Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIb by James Howe, on Flickr


G-BTXI | Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIb by James Howe, on Flickr


G-BTXI | Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIb by James Howe, on Flickr

[graham]

Lovely shots James, thank you, a field I've never visited

[billsamuels]

Hi James,

Great report, as ever. I thought Bicester had closed… Looks very much alive and kicking.

Like Graham, I’ve never visited the place but feel it may not be too late even at this stage…

Great to hear from you. All the best.

Bill

[jph727]

Yeah I read about it closing but it wasn’t mentioned by the bloke we spoke to. I think maybe there used to be a lot more based? Certainly wasn’t many glider boxes parked over the other side when I’m sure it used to be a massive place for gliding? Also, only one of the big 3 hangars has aircraft in, the other two seem to be for the many car companies there

[graham]

Didn't we have a tour booked Bill, prior to the first lockdown but it was cancelled? Seems to ring a bell.