Belle Vue
BELLE VUE: Private airfield, and once temporary aerodrome
Operated by: Mr D R Easterbrook and The Wingnuts Flying Club
Location: S of Huntshaw Cross, 1.5nm NE of Great Torrington, 5nm SE of Bideford, 6 nm SSW of Barnstaple
Period of operation: 1935 then 1991 to -
Belle Vue in 2000
Note: This map is reproduced with the kind permission of Pooleys Flight Equipment Ltd. Copyright Robert Pooley 2014.
Runway: 2000: 08/26 625x20 grass
2004: 08/26 540 grass (also described in 2004 as being 08/26 625x15 grass)
2005: 08/26 620 grass
NOTES: The venue address (27th August) for Alan Cobham’s 1935 No.1 Tour is Belle Vue, Torrington.
Today’s maps only show Great Torrington but in WW2 GREAT TORRINGTON is listed as a base for US Army liaison aircraft. Could this be the same site?
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