Bishops Court
BISHOPS COURT: Military aerodrome later microlight airfield
Note: These items were kindly provided by Mr Mike Holder in July 2023.
Military users: WW2: RAF Flying Training Command 29 Group
7 AFU [Advanced Flying Unit] (Avro Ansons)
12 AGS [Air Gunnery School] (Avro Ansons and Miles Martinets)
1980s: 664 VGS [Volunteer Gliding School]
Microlight school: Euroflight Microlight Club
Location: W of A2, 3nm NNE of Ardglass, 5nm SSE of Downpatrick
Period of operation: Military: 1943 to beyond 1985?
Microlight strip from?
Runways: WW2: 06/24 1828x46 hard 12/30 1280x46 hard
18/36 1280x46 hard
NOTES: In 2006 Euroflight Microlight Club were offering tuition with one Thruster T300.
Reporting this as being a base only for microlight types seems a slight mistake as an AAIB report, EW/G2013/06/15 states that the Gulfstream AA-5B Tiger, G-BJAJ, took-off from here in June 2013. Any info on this airfield in recent years will be much appreciated.
Note: This area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
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