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 Denham Aerodrome Control Tower | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Bickerton's Aerodromes Ltd | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Gerrards Cross | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 249 ft / 76 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°35′18″N000°30′47″W / 51.58833°N 0.51306°W /51.58833; -0.51306 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Denham Aerodrome (ICAO:EGLD) is an operationalgeneral aviationaerodrome located 1.5 NM (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east ofGerrards Cross, nearDenham,Buckinghamshire,England. It also serves as an importantreliever airport forHeathrow Airport and lies beneath itsClass D airspace LondonCTR. VFR entry/exit points are atMaple Cross (CHT) and St Giles Church. Entry lanes and circuit height are at 1,000 ft (300 m) MSL. It has one paved runway, aligned 06/24, a parallel grass runway and another grass runway aligned 12/30. It also has substantial hangarage.
Denham Aerodrome has aCAA Ordinary Licence (Number P646) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Bickertons Aerodromes Limited).[2]
There are records that flying has been taking place at Denham Aerodrome since 1915, when during theFirst World War, RAF Denham was established as a flying training school for Flight Cadets.[3]
The airfield was first licensed as a private use airfield to Squadron Leader J. M. Bickerton by the CAA on 19 May 1938. During theSecond World War, the airfield was used again as a training school. The largest based aircraft was aDouglas DC-3 of Gregory Air Services and occasional airshows have been staged here. The airfield was the home to one of the earliest parachuting clubs in the UK, starting in 1955 the "British Parachute Club" was based here until May 1956 when they moved toBlackbushe Airport in Hampshire. The club at Denham was run by instructor Dumbo Willans and is known as the first civilian parachuting school in Britain.[4]
Presently, there are a number of charter and flight instruction and filming operators based at Denham Aerodrome as well as a helicopter maintenance facility. The Pilot Center flying school,[5] HeliAir,[6] Aerospace Design Facilities, AS Aerospace Ltd, FlyingTV Ltd, Helicopter Film Services, JetFly. A restaurant near the control tower is named "Biggles", afterthe fictional airman of that name, there is also a small café called "The Crew Room" on the north side of the airfield.[7]
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