Little Rissington
| Also known as: | Little Rissington Aerodrome / RAF Little Rissington / RAF Station, Little Rissington / Rissy (nickname) / Upper Rissington Business Park |
| County: | Gloucestershire |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Industry / Leisure activity |
| Date: | August 1938 - 1 September 1976 |
| Current Use: | Limited flying |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil |
N.B. - Little Rissington is situated across the two counties of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire but primarily geographically resides in Gloucestershire.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Great Rissington Parish Council
- The Hangar - restaurant
- Little Rissington Parish Council
- Rissington Kart Club
- The Rissingtons Local History Society
- St Peter's Church, Little Rissington
Main unit(s) present:
- No 6 FTS
- No 6 (P) AFU
- No 6 SFTS
- No 7 FIS (Advanced)
- No 8 ASU
- No 8 MU
- No 23 BAT Flight
- No 250 MU
- No 637 GS
- No 637 VGS
- No 1523 BAT Flight
- No 1537 BAT Flight
- CFS
- CFS (Advanced)
- CFS Flying Club
- Oxford UAS
- Station Flight, Little Rissington
- The Gliding Centre
- Western Union Examining Sqn
- Yam-Sing Flying Group
Looking north-west over Little Rissington, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Looking north-west over Little Rissington, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
A pair of storage sheds, immediately south of the airfield, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Looking north over Little Rissington, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Type C hangars at Little Rissington, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Three Type C hangars at Little Rissington, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Looking south over the eastern side of Little Rissington airfield, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Buildings at Little Rissington, 24 March 2009.
A hangar at Little Rissington, 24 March 2009.
Parachute Store at Little Rissington, 24 March 2009.
Firing butts at Little Rissington, 24 March 2009.
A pillbox at Little Rissington, 27 November 2011.
Looking across Little Rissington, 27 November 2011.
A hangar at Little Rissington, 18 August 2012.
Hangars at Little Rissington, 18 August 2012.
A Westland Wessex HC.2 at Little Rissington, 7 January 2017. © Richard Flagg
The history of the RAF Central Flying School at Little Rissington, 1960s. Courtesy of HuntleyFilmArchives
The Red Arrows at Little Rissington, 1965. Courtesy of British Pathé
Kart racing at Little Rissington, 1967. Courtesy of British Pathé
Little Rissington Air Show, 1971. Courtesy of wingsurfer
A hangar is demolished at Little Rissington. Courtesy of Simon Harris
Hangars being demolished at Little Rissington. Courtesy of Simon Harris
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| Relief Landing Ground(s): | Akeman Street / Aston Down / Chipping Norton / Enstone / Fairford / Kemble / Moreton-in-Marsh / Moreton Valence / South Cerney / Wellesbourne Mountford / Windrush |
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