Northumbria Gliding Club
Currock Hill
Chopwell, Northumberland, NE17 7AX
26 August 2023 by David Thompson
Having tried to visit this airfield several times previously but only getting as far as the locked gate on the entrance road I finally made it to the clubhouse just as another heavy rain shower passed over the site and all of the equipment was being recovered back into the hangar , well it was the Bank Holiday weekend after all !
A friendly welcome from Rob and the members allowed me access to the club hangar , there is also a private hangar to the west which houses Grob G109 G-KNEK and an unidentified glider , and the opportunity to log the residents and take a few photographs and an invitation of a return visit and a flight on a better day . A few notes ;
Being recovered after flying were ;
G-BUDA Venture T2 , ex-ZA627
G-CGEL/GEL/BGA3772 SZD-50-3 Puchacz
G-MOYR Eurofox
Hangar
G-CFEN/FEN/BGA3203 SZD-50-3 Puchacz
G-CGBD/GBD/BGA3695 SZD-50-3 Puchacz
G-CJCF/JCF/BGA4401 Grob G102 Astir , BGA number not carried on
airframe
G-ETUG Eurofox
As well as the private hangar there were several glider trailers parked outside plus three (3) fully rigged and well wrapped gliders tied down outside none of which I visited due to the weather .
In the small hamlet to the east of Currock Hill and easily seen from the road is ; G-AWBH Cherokee , CoA expired 30 December 2004 and de-registered 16 March 2010
