Compton Abbas Airfield

Compton Abbas has been chosen as the start and finish point for the airborne side of things in RB12 - Race Round Britain 2012: Land - Sea - Air.

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Members decided that a Compton club barbecue and sleepover was long overdue, so, in the usual meticulous way, plans were hatched. As with all camping activities we will see that the excitement was in tents.
Captain Grass was first on the job with cutting a swathe of grass on the far East of the car park

Photo shows Compton "Campers".

As microlighting becomes ever more popular in the aviation world, so it seems do Compton Abbas Microlight Fly – In’s! We had free landings for all our light weight visitors (this apparently coming as quite a shock, with most assuming that we had a speech impediment and digging into their wallets for ‘three’ pounds!) and with the fast track food and drink system in full flow, we had 56 visitors in total.

Photo shows G-HNGE Ikarus on Fly-in day.

The Royal Aero Club annually hold the Dorset Air Race at Compton Abbas. This year the great Summer weather continued and we had blue skies for the practice on Saturday morning, and for both races held on Saturday afternoon and on midday on the Sunday. Due to a few technical problems the turnout was less than expected – with only 13 aircraft racing.

Photo shows Geoffrey and Susie Boot in the SIAI-Marchetti SF-260W Warrior on Race Day.