{"id":11148,"date":"2017-03-04T17:45:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?p=11148"},"modified":"2025-03-30T21:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T19:06:29","slug":"old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2017\/03\/04\/old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Sarum Airfield, United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Role of Old Sarum Airfield<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Old Sarum Airfield<\/strong> itself has historical significance, having been used in both <strong>World Wars<\/strong> for military operations. Today, it serves as a civilian airfield and a base for the <strong>Boscombe Down Aviation Collection<\/strong>, where many of the aircraft on display were originally tested.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The site also hosts regular <strong>aviation-related events<\/strong>, including <strong>airshows<\/strong> and <strong>fly-ins<\/strong>, where visitors can see both vintage and modern aircraft in action. The airfield&#8217;s connection to aviation history and the museum\u2019s presence there further enhances the experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"section-info-text\"><strong>Old Sarum Airfield<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"section-info-text\">Old Sarum <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"section-info-text\">Salisbury SP4 6DZ<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/30\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d160347.22564809368!2d-1.9237226836756935!3d51.10061097957028!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4873eeb41a21f9e3%3A0xecb98a7482505ed8!2sOld+Sarum+Airfield!5e0!3m2!1snl!2snl!4v1488641095494\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/boscombe-down-aviation-collection\/\">Boscombe Down Aviation Collection<\/a> at <span class=\"section-info-text\">Old Sarum Airfield<\/span> we saw the following historic Aircraft:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2017\/03\/04\/old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom\/de-havilland-canada-dhc-1-chipmunk-22-g-aotd-wb558-d-raf-private\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-Canada-DHC-1-Chipmunk-22-G-AOTD-WB558-D-RAF-private-728x485.jpg\" alt=\"de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 G-AOTD WB558 D RAF private\" class=\"wp-image-11150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-Canada-DHC-1-Chipmunk-22-G-AOTD-WB558-D-RAF-private-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-Canada-DHC-1-Chipmunk-22-G-AOTD-WB558-D-RAF-private-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-Canada-DHC-1-Chipmunk-22-G-AOTD-WB558-D-RAF-private-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-Canada-DHC-1-Chipmunk-22-G-AOTD-WB558-D-RAF-private-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-Canada-DHC-1-Chipmunk-22-G-AOTD-WB558-D-RAF-private.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 G-AOTD\/ WB558\/D RAF private<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2017\/03\/04\/old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom\/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-g-anng-private-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11152\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-2-728x530.jpg\" alt=\"de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth G-ANNG private\" class=\"wp-image-11152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-2-728x530.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-2-240x175.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-2-420x306.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-2-600x437.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-2.jpg 1603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth G-ANNG private<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2017\/03\/04\/old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom\/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-g-anng-private-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-3-728x485.jpg\" alt=\"de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth G-ANNG private\" class=\"wp-image-11153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-3-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-3-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-3-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-ANNG-private-3.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth G-ANNG private<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2017\/03\/04\/old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom\/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-g-emsy-private\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-EMSY-private-728x485.jpg\" alt=\"de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth G-EMSY private\" class=\"wp-image-11154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-EMSY-private-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-EMSY-private-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-EMSY-private-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-EMSY-private-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de-Havilland-DH.82a-Tiger-Moth-G-EMSY-private.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth G-EMSY private<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2017\/03\/04\/old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom\/piper-l-4j-cub-g-bdms-fr886-raf-private\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11155\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-728x485.jpg\" alt=\"Piper L-4J Cub G-BDMS FR886 RAF private\" class=\"wp-image-11155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Piper L-4J Cub G-BDMS\/FR886 RAF private<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2017\/03\/04\/old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom\/piper-l-4j-cub-g-bdms-fr886-raf-private-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-3-728x485.jpg\" alt=\"Piper L-4J Cub G-BDMS FR886 RAF private\" class=\"wp-image-11156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-3-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-3-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-3-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Piper-L-4J-Cub-G-BDMS-FR886-RAF-private-3.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Piper L-4J Cub G-BDMS\/FR886 RAF private<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2017\/03\/04\/old-sarum-airfield-united-kingdom\/stolp-sa-500-starlet-g-aztv-private\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11157\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stolp-SA-500-Starlet-G-AZTV-private-728x581.jpg\" alt=\"Stolp SA-500 Starlet G-AZTV private\" class=\"wp-image-11157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stolp-SA-500-Starlet-G-AZTV-private-728x581.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stolp-SA-500-Starlet-G-AZTV-private-240x191.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stolp-SA-500-Starlet-G-AZTV-private-420x335.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stolp-SA-500-Starlet-G-AZTV-private-600x479.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stolp-SA-500-Starlet-G-AZTV-private.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stolp SA-500 Starlet G-AZTV private<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos Rob Vogelaar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Role of Old Sarum Airfield: Old Sarum Airfield itself has historical significance, having been used in both World Wars for military operations. Today, it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[172,73],"class_list":["post-11148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotted","tag-old-sarum-airfield","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11148"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35321,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11148\/revisions\/35321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}