16 September 2014
Panshanger Aerodrome has held its final event before its closure on 20 September.
On Sunday 14 September, the Aerodrome held an aerobatic day event on the last day of operations for visiting aircraft. The airfield is now expected to be developed to provide new housing, following the owner’s failure to review the aerodrome’s lease.
Amongst the event visitors on Saturday was the Cambridge Flying Group Tiger Moth G-AHIZ India Zulu which was based with the North London Flying School at Panshanger from 1947 until 1953. G-AHIZ is the oldest of their former aircraft still flying and still supports the original school yellow and silver colours.
Flying in with Cambridge Flying Group pilot, Howard Cook, was Chris Hodson whose father Gordon, whilst studying at de Havilland’s Hatfield, gained his pilot’s licence at Panshanger and flew India Zulu training there in 1949. Gordon Hodson then join the RAF and flew, Harvard, the Meteor T7 and F4 before moving back into the aerospace industry. He then went onto champion, as Head of Preliminary Design, the HS1182 programme, which today is known as the BAESYSTEMS Hawk. (Source: Peter Howard)
