Old Sarum

Old Sarum , Wiltshire , England

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Satellite and aerial maps of Old Sarum with nearby locations


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  Old Sarum


1917 to present

51° 5' 56'' N     1° 47' 3'' W
1nm NE of Salisbury, Old Sarum, Wiltshire, England
ICAO: EGLS IATA:
Elevation: 285 feet


Originally known as Ford Farm and renamed RAF Old Sarum at the end of WWI, in 1918. It has been the scene of much Army Cooperation work, up to and through WWII when 9 AOP units were based here and as the location of joint services units, such as the School of Air Support and later the School of Land/Air Warfare. Although flying was mostly limited to communciations, important work was to be done by the RAF and the Army with the introduction of the helicopter, through the Helicopter Development Unit in the early 1960s. The RAF passed the base to the Army in 1971.
By 1979 it had been closed as a military establishment, although the Government still used some of the buildings. A factory for building a low volume civil aircraft had been opened but a fire in Jan 1987 burnt it down and the old guard house was demolished towards the end of 2002. A Flying Club started in 1992 and the airfield is now used for general aviation.
Early 1960 ARMY/RAF started A.A.T.D.C later J.A.T.E AAC Beavers and one Royal Navy Whirlwind



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  List of units at Old Sarum




Years Unit
2012-    BDACType 171 Sycamore, Wasp,
1963/79JWE
1961/63HDUType 171 Sycamore,
1921/41SACC.30,




List of aircraft and events at Old Sarum


By Date | By Serial | By Model

DatesOrg/TypeUnit
1963-apr-01 JWERAF Sycamore 3 WV783

1967-jun JWERN HAS7 XN299

1987-jan-16 Accident SA341G G-SFTE

2007-jun BDACBoscombe Down Aviation Collection Sycamore 4 XJ380

2008-may-25 AAC AH.1 XX447

2012-jul Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Wasp XT437

2013-nov Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Wasp XT437

2014-oct-24 Wasp XT437 / 423

2015-sep-14 ExhibitAAC AH.1 XP899

2017-feb-18 Cabri G2 G-ONVG
2017-may-01 Helicopter Services Ltd Cabri G2 G-PERU

2019-may-26 Cabri G2 G-ONVG

2022-feb-20 Sycamore 3 WA577



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