Shenington Gliding Club

Shenington Gliding Club is a British gliding club near the village of Shenington in the Cotswolds, seven miles north west of Banbury.

The present club was founded in 1991, though gliding had been a regular activity at the airfield since 1984. The club operates every day of the week and currently has three K13, a Twin Astir, three K8, an Astir, a motor glider, two lpg powered winches and a super cub tug. There are xx privately owned gliders.

History of the airfield

The airfield was completed in 1941 and called RAF Edgehill. No. 21 Operational Training Unit (OTU) was based at the airfield operating Vickers Wellingtons, Miles Martinets and Hawker Hurricanes.

The airfield was also used for the flight testing of the Gloster E28/39 in 1942 after it had made its maiden flights at RAF Cranwell.

After the war it became a storage depot. After a brief period as Flying Training School, it finally closed as an RAF station in 1953.

See also: "The Story of RAF Edgehill", by Eric G. Kaye, The Self-Publishing Association Ltd.,1990 ISBN I85421 079 3

External links

* [http://www.pixture.co.uk/Airfields/Pages/Shennington.htm WW II Airfields of Oxfordshire]
* [http://www.shenington-gliding.co.uk Shenington Gliding Club]
* [http://users.tinyworld.co.uk/paulduffy/rafframes.htm History of the airfield]