Chirk Ley Farm 19th November 2022

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Made a pre-arranged visit to Chirk yesterday Saturday for the first time since 2004- basically to see some of the based stuff since my last visit- the Rapides and Nordcrins are still there along with quite a bit of other stored aircraft and new residents which have arrived and which were in a couple of new hangars which had been erected.


BGA2866 Rocheteau-Scheibe CRA.60 Fauconnet Stored Dismantled

G-AIUL de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide Srs.A - 6 On rebuild

G-AJBJ de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide Srs.A On rebuild

G-AKRN de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide Srs.A Frame only outside

G-AKOE de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide Srs.A - 4 On rebuild

G-ANFC de Havilland Tiger Moth DH.82A Stored Dismantled

G-AZMX Piper PA-28 140 Cherokee Stored outside

G-BAYL Nord 1203 Norecrin VI Fuselage

G-BEDB Nord 1203 Norecrin II Fuselage

G-BTFG/441 Boeing Stearman A75N1 N2S-4 Kaydet

G-BUIL CFM Streak Shadow Stored Dismantled

G-BYOJ Raj Hamsa X-Air 582

G-CBNT Cyclone Airsports Pegasus Quantum

G-CIAW Comco Ikarus C42 FB80

G-CLEH Aeroprakt A32 Vixxen

G-CMCW Amateur Built Atos-VQ 190 Race

G-EVPI Evans VP-1 Volksplane Series 2 Stored Dismantled

G-KALM Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat

G-MTWS Mainair Sports Gemini Flash IIA Stored

G-MVES Mainair Sports Gemini Flash IIA Stored

G-MYGF TEAM Mini-Max 91 Stored Dismantled

G-MZCF Mainair Sports Mainair Blade Stored

G-VARK Vans RV-7


The Rapides are in the Museum and have not changed since my last visit and the Nordcrin's are in the scrap hangar together with lots of bits and pieces of other aircraft. The Rapide frame G-AKRN was only pointed out to me by the airfield owner and was sitting at the back of the scrap hangar- would not have even gave it any attention had it not been pointed out to me. He said that there were other bits in the scrap hangar and he was hoping to move it into the Museum with the others. I did however see G-AKRN at Southend in the late sixties.

Never the less a nice visit- with 12 hitting the books- if you did decide to visit- don't go uninvited he is onside and will give permission to visit provided given plenty of notice.


Happy Days

Bob

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Nice list - this is somewhere I’ve long wanted to go to. Must try and make it next year!
Cheers

[billsamuels]

Well done Bob, lovely report mate.

Forgive my ignorance but where is Chirk Ley?

Would love to see those Rapide’s…. 

Cheers Bob. All the best mate.

Bill

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Nov 21, 2022 9:51:56 GMT billsamuels said:

Well done Bob, lovely report mate.

Forgive my ignorance but where is Chirk Ley?

Would love to see those Rapide’s…. 

Cheers Bob. All the best mate.

Bill

Thanks Bill,

Chirk Ley Farm is off the A483 between Wrexham and Oswestry it was about 40 minutes' drive from my home in Runcorn. The Rapides have been there for a long long time and apart from moving hangars since my last visit in 2004 have not changed at all. Well worth the trip out to see them. 

Like I said in the report the owner Geraint is a real nice bloke- but would like contacting first before visiting. Lots of sheep on the strip as well and on Saturday the grass was very wet after the weather we have all had recently, which I nearly got stuck on when I first got there, but thankfully was able to reverse back onto the hard road surface. 

Happy Days

Bob

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