THE site of the Cornish Perranporth airfield will become a major new centre of general aviation in the area, and create new jobs and income for the local community, if plans in place are allowed to go ahead.The new owners of the coastal airfield have big ideas for the ex-WW2 site, which at present is running massively under capacity amid concerns about noise from local residents.The site was recently bought by pilot entrepreneur John George ... more

THERE are restorations and there are restorations. Take a look at the pile of bits that were unearthed in a Kabul scrapyard, and ask yourself if you fancy the challenge of turning them back into an airworthy plane.That is what’s in store for Hawker Hind expert Patrick Chriswick, who hopes to be able to turn the remnant airframes of six of the pre-WW2 two-seat trainer/bombers into at least one working example.The parts were first discovere ... more

WE are all used to hearing stories about regional airfi elds getting stick from local residents – but under fire Lee-on-Solent is finding they are proving to be some of their most staunch supporters as is battles to stay open to GA.The airfield, which is still under threat of closure to GA traffic despite a court order to prevent its closure by the managing police authorities, held a special Aviation Day in the local village last month, a ... more