by This year the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Great Britain, when the sky over Great Britain for three and a half months littered with the throat roar of the Supermarine Spitzfeuer and the Hawker -Hurrican of the Kehle from the German Air Force.
So there could hardly be a better moment for Britain’s airfields in order to flourish as they are currently, since many renamed the country as the new largest day of Heritage.
The indictment with his revision of Compton Abbas Airfield in Dorset is director Guy Ritchie-aber He is not the only one: From West Sussex to Bedfordshire, these bastions of Aviation’s Golden Age offer the chance to see the chance (and even to fly out of vintage vintage and modern-up and a slap-up meal.
Tried? Here are the best of the pile and everything you need to know to plan your visit.
Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset
Near the pretty city of Shaftesbury, Guy Ritchie’s airfield offers visitors the opportunity to watch double-formation starts and spectacular loops in the air, and then lunch with a smoked pork belly or beef brisket on the tradition of the sky, the sister restaurant, the London Pub, the Lore of the country.
According to Jason Hammond, the ex-military veteran at the top of the Compon Abbas airfield, Ritchie has a “clear nostalgia”, and “tends to have a reserved pint on the converted horse bar or an ice cream in the smoking fan snack bar.
If Spectating offers insufficient excitement, opt for the 40-minute “needle” of Aero Legends (from £ 4,250 per person), in which you rise in a spitfire and climb over the Isle of Wight.
Alternatively, you can fly 15 minutes in a tiger moth (from £ 179 per person) or in a bright yellow American T-6 texan (from £ 519). If you are located in the southeast, note that Aero legends also offer aviation experiences from the North Wead Airfield in Epping, one of the battle fighters in Great Britain, and from the head corn airfield in Kent.
Details: comptonairfield.com
Where is staying: The King John Inn in the nearby Tollard Royal is a dog-friendly Victorian country inn with eight en-suite rooms, which costs from £ 110 per night.
Sandown Airport, Isle of Wight
Sandown Airport was invoiced as a British “Premier Destination Airfield” and offers helicopter flights with floring lodges (from 99 pounds for an 18-mile landscape route) and even parachute jump over the spectacular rolling landscape of the island as well as wood fire pizzas and barbecues in its popular island bistro.
On the premises is also the Wight Aviation Museum in a disused hangar (open on Friday to the end of October), where she finds a replica of Black Arrow Rocket, a British satellite wearer that was developed in the 1960s.
The airport, which served as a training airfield during the Second World War, makes a wonderful day for the holiday on the east side of the island, where they also have the Roman villa, the dinosaur island and several dog -friendly beaches within reach.
Details: eghn.org.uk
Where is staying: Haven Hall is a five-star country House Hotel in the nearby Shanklin with a view of Sandown Bay and room from £ 35 per night.
Goodwood Airodrome, West Sussex
The airfield, which is known as RAF Westhampnett during the Second World War, draws pilots and passengers alike with the promise to promise bird’s eye views about the Solent and Isle of Wight.
While the flight experiences offered here by the Spitfire Academy are at eye level (from £ 3,250 for 30 minutes), those in modern Cessna, one of the most popular training aircraft in the world, are good business with £ 185 for 30 minutes or £ 525 with an air pilot with an air pilot in a two-seater-aircraft.
If a helicopter ride is more of your speed, choose a 17-mile tour through the 11,000 hectares of Goodwood Estate (from 75 GBP per person), before you on the way to the country’s excellent restaurant, farmer, butcher, chef, for a hearty meal with beef, pork or lamb on the Goodwood home farm.
Details: Goodwood.com
Where is staying: The Goodwood Hotel, an intelligent, comfortable four-star on the edge of the South Downs National Park, has rooms of £ 225 per night.
Old guard flight, bedfordshire
In this private airfield in private ownership, a breathtaking garden of the Regency era, a forest sculpture path, 875 hectar hectares of parking landscapes on the lake and superlative shuttery collection, houses a treasures vintage aircraft, cars, motorcycles and agricultural vehicles.
There are seven action-air shows per season, including the Summer Air Show on July 26th. Flying proms (you can expect fireworks and air pyrotechnics on August 16); And a Best of British Air Show on August 30th. Take time for a stopover in the delightful Runway Café that serves seasonal dishes.
Details: Shuttleworth.org
Where is staying: The goalkeeper’s cottage, a model house that is hidden in the forest of the estate is available via the Landmark Trust from 412 GBP per night.
Imperial was Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire
No selection of the British homage to Vintage aircraft would be without the mention of Duxford, home to the country’s largest aviation museum.
The airfield, built in the First World War, was one of the earliest Royal Air Force stations and now houses galleries that the personal stories of life through conflicts, a permanent battle for British exhibition and an American air museum with a huge B-52 Stratofortress Long-term drive strategy bomber bomber bomber bomber-bomber bomber bomber bomber) and those who have been affected for those who are affected, for those who are affected, are affected.
On October 26, a packed calendar of events comprises an air exhibition of the British in Great Britain (September 6th to 7th) and the popular Duxford dash-a “family mile”, 5k or 10 km.
Details: iwm.org.uk
Where is staying: Cambridge Lodge is a holiday home with two bedrooms in the nearby Audley End House and Gardens, an English cultural heritage property, from £ 515 per night (sleeps four).
Dunkeswell Aerodrome, Devon
The village of Dunkeswell – deep in the national landscape of Blackdown Hills near the border between Somerset – houses the highest licensed airfield in the UK. It was built in 1943 and was occupied by the USAAF 479. Anti -u -boot -Squadron and later the US Marine.
In fact, after March 1944, Dunkeswell was the only basis for the US Navy across Europe. Today the terrace of the Aviator Coffee Bar and the restaurant is a wonderful place from which you can enjoy uninterrupted views of various aviation activities. If you prefer to achieve the campaign, you will reset with a 30-minute spitfire flight via exeter and Torbay £ 3,400. During skydiving and wing walking (not for the faint of heart) there are as well, as well as exciting flights from microrics and helicopters.
There is also a Heritage Center in which visitors can search souvenirs and archive photography.
Details: Dunkeswell.co.uk
Where is staying: Drive south of Honiton to the pig in Combe, which has rooms of £ 209 per night.
