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Blackbushe (Hartfordbridge)

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Also known as: Blackbush (misspelling) / Blackbushe Airport / Blackbushe Sunday Market / Hartford Bridge Flats / RAF Blackbushe / RAF Hartfordbridge / RAF Station, Blackbushe / RAF Station, Hartfordbridge
County: Hampshire
Current Status: Aviation / Industry / Leisure activity
Date: Opened World War One (alleged)
Current Use: Active
Used By: RAF (main user) / RAF (Dutch) / RAF (French) / RAF (Polish) / Civil (main user) / RCAF / US Navy
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved (alleged), later paved
Prominent People: Donald Bennett
Aircraft Roles: Airliner (main role) / Bomber (main role) / Communications / Experimental / Fighter (main role) / Fighter-reconnaissance / General aviation (main role) / Maritime patrol / Transport (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Aerobility - charity giving disabled individuals the chance to fly an aircraft
  • Blackbushe Airport Ltd - operator
  • Blackbushe Sunday Market
  • Blackwater and Hawley Town Council
  • British Car Auctions
  • Camberley Kart Club
  • Eversley Parish Council
  • Hartley Wintney Parish Council
  • The Bushe Cafe
  • Yateley Town Council

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 2 Gp Servicing Section
  • 2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Flight

  • 2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Sqn

  • No 16 Sqn

  • No 21 Sqn

  • No 24 Sqn
  • No 34 Wing Support Unit

  • No 69 Sqn

  • No 88 Sqn

  • No 107 Sqn

  • No 121 (Major) Staging Post
  • No 128 Sqn

  • No 137 Airfield

  • No 137 (Bomber) Wing

  • No 138 (Bomber) Wing

  • No 140 Sqn

  • No 141 Airfield

  • No 141 (Fighter) Wing

  • No 141 (Fighter Bomber) Wing

  • No 142 (Fighter) Wing

  • No 160 Staging Post

  • No 162 Sqn

  • No 167 Sqn

  • No 171 Sqn

  • No 226 Sqn

  • No 264 Sqn

  • No 301 Sqn

  • No 305 Sqn

  • No 322 Sqn

  • No 342 Sqn

  • No 416 Repair & Salvage Unit
  • No 418 Sqn

  • No 430 Sqn

  • No 605 Sqn

  • No 613 Sqn

  • No 622 Sqn

  • No 1422 (Night Fighter) Flight
  • No 2770 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2773 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2780 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2800 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2811 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2871 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2880 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 4156 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
  • Aeromart Flying Club

  • Air Charter

  • Air Despatch Letter Service Sqn

  • Air Swift

  • Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment

  • Airlines Flying Club

  • Ascot Flying Group

  • Blackbushe Aero Club

  • Blackbushe Aviation
  • Blackbushe Flying Group
  • Blackbushe School of Flying
  • Clearprop! Microlight School
  • Community Flying Club

  • Dan-Air

  • Eagle Airways

  • Eagle Aviation

  • Falcon Airways

  • FASRON-200

  • Gaucho Flying Group

  • Monarch Aero Club

  • Reading Flying Group

  • Signals Communication Flight
  • Silver City Airways

  • Special Signals Communication Flight

  • Station Flight, Blackbushe
  • Station Flight, Hartfordbridge
  • Three Counties Aero Club

  • VR-24

  • Westminster Airways

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One of the disused runways at Blackbushe, 7 March 2010.

002Runway 08:26 (now 07:25). Looking east from the runway 14:32 intersection - 4 February 2017.png

Runway 08:26, (now 07:25), looking east from the runway 14:32 intersection, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg

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Runway 25 threshold, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg

004Runway 08:26 (now 07:25). Looking west from the runway 14:32 intersection - 4 February 2017.png

Runway 08:26 (now 07:25), looking west from the runway 14:32 intersection, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg

005Control Tower & Terminal 2 - 4 February 2017.png

Control Tower and Terminal at Blackbushe, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg

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Control Tower and Terminal at Blackbushe, 4 February 2017. © Richard Flagg

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F.I.D.O. at Blackbushe, 1952. Courtesy of British Pathé

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Drag racing at Blackbushe, 1964. Courtesy of British Pathé

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Eagle Airways Viking leaving Blackbushe, as well as Hawker Hunters at Wattisham. Courtesy of ClassicAviationTV

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Dragster Festival at Blackbushe, 1965. Courtesy of British Pathé

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Drag racing at Blackbushe, 1970. Courtesy of Nick Pettitt

Associated Airfield(s):

Tangmere

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