Biggin Hill airfield is located ten miles south of London. It is under the London TMA, which starts at 2500 ft.
Biggin Hill was the Club's first base, back in 2004. Then we left for a while but returned by popular demand. The airfield was closed to General Aviation in 2018 but the Club refused to leave, (only virtually!) and Club flights resumed there in 2020. It has always been a popular airfield as can be seen on this chart of the Club's flying activity at Biggin Hill over the last two years, as reported by our members using our PIREP facility.
Airfield charts and information are available from the NATS/AIS website
Brands Hatch is located near Swanley in Kent, and was used to host Formula 1 racing until the venue was moved to Silverstone in 1986. Nowadays it is host to quite a few motor racing and bike racing events, like the A1 Grand Prix, world touring cars, British F3, and the superbike World Championship, which attract about 50,000 people annually. During the week the circuit offers some general test days, and driving experiences. It can also be hired out for private testing, and track days. So it gives you the chance to see for yourself what its like to race in a sports car.
The Biggin
Hill Air Show takes
place every summer. The airshow usually has a good mix of historic
aircraft and modern military jets. Air Displays International
established the now world famous Biggin Hill International
Air Fair in 1963. Over the years the Air Fair has built a reputation
for providing an excitement packed day out for both aviation
enthusiasts and the general public alike. In addition to featuring
air show favourites such as the Red Arrows the organisers strive
to bring something new to each year's show.
Famous aircraft that have been on display or have done a fly past include Concorde, Avro Vulcan, Avro Lancaster / Battle of Britain memorial flight, the mighty Boeing 747 have all played there part in making the Air show truly spectacular.
FSX and P3D: Part 3 of UK2000 Airports by Gary Summons, also available as British Airports from Just Flight.
The Biggin Hill club house is available from the club web site under Downloads - Scenery. Our thanks to Pete Chapman for putting it together, and to non-member Ted Andrews for constructing the Clubhouse.
For X-Plane, freeware scenery is available by Chars Aug 2012. The default by Anthony_d was approved Dec 2016.