I was kindly invited to come and visit a small farm strip, nestled between the Quantock Hills and Exmoor. Glebe Farm is not on any charts and is the kind of strip the personifies farm strip flying in the UK, short, gnarly, surrounded by fields on a very undulating piece of land.
A YouTube friend of mine, Giles Fowler (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBzU-LHghsqiHsB0UxJA42w)
operates a small flexwing Peebee sub 70kg microlight from here and although he wouldn’t be at the strip when we visited we thought it would be good to drop in on our way back to North Weald from a trip we had been on to Devon and check out the field.
We had been given the co-ordinates from Giles and I had seen the field on his YouTube channel but was warned that although the strip was over 400 meters long only 320 meters was usuable as the last 100 or so meters on the western side had a big downhill slope. I checked the dimensions on Googlemaps and determined that the Pipersport could operate from there safely even at all up weight.
So first problem, finding the place!
Come and join me in the cockpit for a the landing at this little grass farm strip and let’s see how I cope.
My name is Terry Kent and I am a General Aviation PPL private pilot operating out of North Weald EGSX about 12 miles to the north east of London in the UK. Short Field is my channel focused on the lighter side of aviation including flight and airfield reviews, equipment unboxing and review plus all things private pilot related. I use various cameras to record my videos and stills and edit them in Adobe Premiere Pro, I always attempt to post my videos in the highest possible quality, normally 4k.
I fly a 2011 Pipersport two seat single engine aircraft that is also known as the PS28 or SportCruiser. It cruises at 100-105 knots and has superb short take off and landing capabilities.
My videos may give helpful information to pilots but please remember these are just for entertainment, I am not an instructor nor should anything shown in my videos be used for real world aviation, also the airfields I visit may have totally changed or even closed since the making of the video so always consult the latest information for your country.
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IMPORTANT: Glebe Farm Airstrip is strictly PPR (Prior Permission Required) and requires confirmation from the operator/owner before visiting by aircraft. If you do visit it will be at your own risk! Flying schools and aircraft hirers may not be covered to visit unlicenced airfields.
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