Dunstable Downs
Also known as: | Dunstable |
County: | Bedfordshire |
Current Status: | Aviation |
Date: | Opened 1930 |
Current Use: | Active |
Used By: | Civil |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
Aircraft Roles: | General aviation |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2016):
- Dunstable and District Local History Society
- Eaton Bray Parish Council
- Totternhoe Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- London GC

Entrance of the airfield, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

Looking south west across the flying field, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

London Gliding Club Hangar and Clubhouse, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

Hangar, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

The Evans Workshop and Hangar, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

A Schleicher ASK-13 at Dunstable Downs, 26 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Footage of the London Gliding Club at Dunstable in the 1930s. Courtesy of Gliding Heritage Centre Video
Footage of Dunstable in the 1930s. Courtesy of HuntleyFilmArchives
Gliding at Dunstable, 1937. Courtesy of British Pathé
Gliding at Dunstable, 1938. Courtesy of British Pathé