Melbourne
Major
| Also known as: | Melbourne Aerodrome / Melbourne Raceway / Melrose Farm / RAF Melbourne / RAF Station, Melbourne / York Raceway |
| County: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Farmland / Leisure activity |
| Date: | September 1940 - circa 1951 |
| Current Use: | Limited flying |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved (1942) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/08/2020):
- Melbourne Parish Council
- North Humberside Motor Club
- NRH Engineering
- Pennine Drag Racing Club (PDRC)
- Rolawn York Depot
- Seaton Ross Parish Council
- Straightliners
- T.i. Rally School
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Seaton Ross ...a historic village in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Main unit(s) present:
- No 4 Gp Comm Flight
- No 10 Con Flight
- No 10 Sqn
- No 91 MU
- No 575 Sqn
- No 810 Defence Sqn
- No 1552 RAT Flight
- No 1553 RAT Flight
- No 1554 RAT Flight
- No 1658 HCU
- No 2810 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2820 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 4275 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- Air Crew Testing & Grading Unit
- Leeds GC
- Pocklington Gyroplane School
- Station Flight, Melbourne
- Transport Command Air Crew Examining Unit
Remains of the airfield at Melbourne, 2 April 2017.
Remains of a runway at Melbourne, 12 May 2019.
Remains of the airfield at Melbourne, 24 June 2020.
Drag racing at Melbourne, 1978. Courtesy of Nick Pettitt
Rallying at Melbourne, 2008. Courtesy of marktheoccasiontv
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