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Dunstable Downs
| Also known as: | Dunstable |
| County: | Bedfordshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened 1930 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | Civil |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Role(s): | General aviation |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2016):
- Dunstable and District Local History Society
- Eaton Bray Parish Council
- Totternhoe Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- London GC
Entrance of the airfield, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Looking south west across the flying field, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
London Gliding Club Hangar and Clubhouse, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Hangar, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
The Evans Workshop and Hangar, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
A Schleicher ASK-13 at Dunstable Downs, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Buildings of the London Gliding Club at Dunstable, 1 August 2014.
Footage of the London Gliding Club at Dunstable in the 1930s. Courtesy of Gliding Heritage Centre Video
Footage of Dunstable in the 1930s. Courtesy of HuntleyFilmArchives
Gliding at Dunstable, 1937. Courtesy of British Pathé
Gliding at Dunstable, 1938. Courtesy of British Pathé
