Shoreham Airport
February 2007
Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport is a growing UK aviation facility located on the south coast of England. Close to the town of Worthing, this airport hosts general aviation activities, aviation technical trades training, several aviation support businesses and a major annual air show.
The following images appear by kind permission of Marie Shaw.
Tornado XX947 is on 'gate guard' duty at the headquarters and distribution
centre of pilot/aircrew equipment supply company Transair. The aircraft
was Tornado prototype P03 and enjoyed long service in the air and as a ground
technical and trades instructional airframe. It replaced a British
Aerospace Harrier GR.3 that had been Transair's previous 'guard'.
The Swiss-built Pilatus PC-12 has met with great success since its introduction
in the mid-1990s. One of over 600 aircraft delivered, G-OLTT is seen here
on the apron. The weather has 'socked in' the airport to the point that,
as the saying goes, 'even the birds are walking' in the field beyond.
Among the many courses of study offered by Northbrook College is education in
aerospace engineering and aircraft maintenance engineering. One of the
aircraft available to students at Shoreham is British Aerospace (formerly
Scottish Aviation) Jetstream G-AWVJ/XX475. Beginning life on the civil
register, the aircraft went on to serve with the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and
Ministry of Defence test establishments before arriving at Northbrook College.
With the contrasting dark sky and sunshine and the 19th century Lancing College
adding to the atmosphere of the image, these two Sussex Flying Club types enjoy
a break from flying. In the foreground is Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior
II G-BRBE while next to it is Cessna 152 G-BTYT.
Representing the new generation of training aircraft, Diamond DA40D G-CDEK from
Flying Time AirBase is
seen taxiing out for a flight. The clean lines of the Diamond family of
aircraft are made possible by extensive use of modern composite materials.