Sywell Aerodrome is located 6 miles north-east of Northampton and was originally opened in 1928. During the Second World War RAF Sywell was used as a training facility and was later an important centre for the repair of Wellington bombers. Extensive sheds and hangars from this time still remain on the site.
These days the aerodrome caters for private flying, flight training and corporate flights. There is one fixed-wing flying school, one microlight school and a helicopter school. Sywell has three all-grass operational runways and a fourth all-weather concrete runway.
There is a 1930s Art Deco hotel with a bar and restaurant facilities with access to a large garden overlooking the apron and runways. On the day we visited to have lunch we were entertained by a pilot from The Blades aerobatic display team, practising in the skies above.
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