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Elstree Aerodrome

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Prior permission (PPR) is required to land. A flight information service for arriving, departing or transiting aircraft is provided by "Elstree Information" on the frequency of 122.405 MHz, and on the same frequency when required under the designation of "Elstree Radio" if the service requires
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Ordinary Licence P486, which allows flights for the purpose of the public transport of passengers and for the purpose of instruction in flying. It is licensed for night flying. The licensee is Montclare Shipping Company Ltd.
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on approach to the airfield in foggy conditions at night, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of the runway. The other five occupants of the twin-engine aircraft including driver
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The aerodrome has one asphalt runway (08/26) aligned roughly east–west. The runway is 651 meters (2,136 feet) in length making it suitable for most light aircraft up to the size of a
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Residents include aeroplane and helicopter schools, charter companies and maintenance services.
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The aerodrome was returned to civil aircraft operations in 1946. There is a large wartime built
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located in Elstree, situated 2.6 nautical miles (4.8 km; 3.0 mi) east of
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Graham Hill was killed when the Piper Aztec he was piloting crashed
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in 1986, at the BBC Domesday Project online, retrieved 22 Sep 2011
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Some areas of the airfield are occasionally used for filming.
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aircraft were tested at Elstree. Elstree also hosted a
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General aviation aerodrome in Hertfordshire, England
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IATA
ICAO
Elstree
Aldenham
Hertfordshire
AMSL
Coordinates
51°39′21″N 000°19′33″W / 51.65583°N 0.32583°W / 51.65583; -0.32583
EGTR is located in Hertfordshire
Runways
Direction
Asphalt
AIP
NATS
general aviation aerodrome
Watford, Hertfordshire
Civil Aviation Authority
King Air
Pilatus PC-12
Second World War
Westland Lysander
Link Trainer
124 Gliding School
Gibbs family

Bellman hangar
Graham Hill was killed when the Piper Aztec he was piloting crashed
Tony Brise
Embassy Hill

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