HINTON IN THE HEDGES AIRFIELD

'Hinton in the Hedges Airfield', is an airfield on the outskirts of Brackley in Northamptonshire. The airfield is made up of several runways, one of which is tarmac. It consists of several well-drained short-mown grass runways. The field is flat and plays home to many activities, from power flying to glider flying. Both gliding and skydiving take place each weekend at the airfield. The gliding club is owned by a group called 'Aquila' who have been flying at Hinton in the Hedges for over 20 years. It has two tug planes - a Pawnee and a Super Cub. It is situated 1½ miles off the A422 road.
The gliders that operate at the airfield are a couple of K13's a K21 and a Ka6. There are also 3 grass runways which are:
:06G/24G - 09G/27G - 15G/33G.
There are also many privately owned gliders and single piston aircraft that operate at the airfield.
The skydiving plane takes the students up to about 12000ft. The plane takes off and lands on the main hard runway which is the direction of 06/24.