AIRCRAFT BASED AT LADDINGFORD

Aircraft : G-BROZ    Piper PA18-150

Owners : Anna Walker   &   Peter Kynsey

Aircraft : G-ORVG    Vans RV6

Owners : John Ball   &   P. Kynsey   &   A. Walker

Aircraft : G-KELS    Vans RV7

Owners : Geoff Collins   &   Paul Kinsella

Aircraft : G-BXDY    Europa Classic Mono

Owner : David Watts

Aircraft : G-BWDP    Europa Classic Mono

Owner : Sarah Attubato 

Aircraft : G-FLOX   Europa Classic Mono

Owner : Nigel Read

Aircraft : G-APIZ      Turbulent

Owner : Richard Meredith

Aircraft : G-EGLE    Christen Eagle

Owner : Darren Thorpe

Aircraft : G-NRST        Cessna C182  Skylane

Owner : Neil Thomason

                 Aircraft:   G-BUTX    Bucker BU133C

                 Jungmeister

                 Owner:    Stephen Stead

                 Aircraft : G-UTSI    Rand KR-2

                 Owner : Kevin Gutridge

Laddingford Aerodrome was set up in the early eighties by David Woods' family, on their farm, to operate amongst other aircraft the DeHaviland Tiger Moths that David, Mollie and their 2 sons flew. The farm had been an apple orchard but now grows a hay crop. As they steadily cleared the trees and improved the aerodrome, it grew to the point that at one stage it had no less than 5 runways, although this slowly reduced back to the 2 main runways, plus an emergency runway (now used as a taxiway) that exist today on the farm.

By 2001 the family were finding it hard work to maintain the farm and aerodrome and took the decision to lease the site out, making the offer to Peter Kember, who at the time was one of those who had other aircraft based there. Peter asked 3 friends, Peter Bridges, Paul Matthews and David Watts to join him in the arrangement, and the 4 ran the farm and aerodrome for the next 5 years, making many improvements, the most significant being the drainage plan, which has allowed the airfield to be used throughout the year.

In 2006 David Woods offered the 4 leaseholders the option to buy the aerodrome,

but only Peter Kember took this up, and after finding 9 others to join him, Laddingford Farm Ltd (LFL) was formed to operate the farm and aerodrome, retaining David Watts as Manager.

Since the formation of LFL, improvements have still continued on the aerodrome, the most significant being the construction of a substantial log cabin clubhouse. Also two of the three agricultural storage and aircraft hangar buildings were repaired and upgraded, and the access road and parking area was also improved. We also installed a comprehensive CCTV system covering the whole site and in 2015, 2016 and 2022 further extensive drainage work was contracted on the main runway to extend and improve that originally undertaken. The land also continues to generate a farm income for the owners from the crops grown on the majority of the site not directly used by aircraft.

The 10 Directors/Owners of Laddingford Aerodrome are Bowden Family, Nigel Cotrell, Peter Greenyer, Kevin Gutteridge, David Moorman, Roger Pyne, Stephen Stead, Neil Thomason, Anna Walker and the Woods Brothers.

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