Blockmoor Farm
BLOCKMOOR FARM: Private airstrip (Aka SOHAM)
Note: The first three pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©. The area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
Location: Just SW of the A142, about 2.5nm NNW of Soham town centre. Roughly 3nm SE of Ely city centre
Period of operation: Unknown? Certainly from 1999 to -
Runway: 14/32 330 grass
NOTES: We have Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for pointing out this location. He also mentioned that the Maule G-BSKG has been noted as being seen here.
A bit more delving on my part reveals something rather unusual. This is that the Maule MX-7-180 Star Rocket, G-BSKG, was registered twice by the same owner to this address. Firstly from September 1995 until June 2005, when it was offered for sale. That did not happen, and it was re-registered here from February 2006 until March 2010.
Thinking aloud, probably a mistake of course, I tend to suspect that a Maule was by this time, which had a reputation for being something of a handful for many pilots, especially those relatively inexperienced, had lost much of its attraction. Mainly because advanced microlight and ultralight types were readily available, with much reduced operating costs, easier to handle and with similar STOL capabilities.
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