IanF

My brother has just got an Audi TT (I know, I know !!!) and wants to do some high speed runs and driving that would not be suitable on the public road.

Looking for some private land, possibly airstrip or a circuit that would hire out time on an hourly basis.

Does anyone know of anywhere, preferably in the South or Midlands?

Cheers
IanF

Paulo P

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Where are you based exactly? I know a place near chesham (bucks I think) that does that sort of thing. I think brooklands does it too. It might be helpful if you gave us more detail of where you are.

Paul

Wurzel

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Come to Germany you can doit on the open road

CraigH

Bruntingthorpe does @ £50ph, min 2 hours.

IanF

Craig,
Thanks mate. Where is Bruntingthorpe?
Regards
IanF

Tim Bomford

Enstone airfield, Oxfordshire.

Bruntingthorpe is in leicestershire.

Tim

CraigH

15mins off J20 M1

IanF

Looks like Enstone is going to be the best option (thanks Tim). Spoke to them this morning and they hire out £30 per hour. Very helpful as well.

Going to check out Bovingdon though, just need to get some contact details. Can anyone help?

Also thanks to Paul for his help.

Regards
IanF

Paulo P

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Ian

I tried for about an hour to find info on bovingdon but came up with nothing Have you got a date in mind for enstone? Do they charge per car or per hour to you?

Paul

IanF

Paul,
Not sure on dates yet. Not sure if it was per car or not, suspect it is per hour with however many cars.

Regards
IanF

Paulo P

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Hmmm fancy taking 2 cars or more and splitting the cost? Astraboy may be up for it too then

Mike Stokes

IanF

You wouldn't happen to have contact details for Enstone would you? Email me please if you don't want to give them a public airing to the address in the profile

Ta muchly

Mike

IanF

For using Enstone Airfield you need to speak to Oxfordshire Sports Flying Club who can be contacted on 01608 677208. Speak to either Mike or Ray, very helpful. Is located on the A44, just north of Oxford.

They have a 400 metre strip you can use, and also a longer strip if required for special testing, but is shared with light planes!!! Be careful!!!

Regards
IanF

IWatkins

Enstone runway is always active during daylight. But it is quite wide so for car testing you use one side of the runway, light aircraft the other. As the runway sits on a hill one end isn't visible from the other end. Therefore, I wouldn't suggest that more than one car at a time is possible (or safe). You can imagine the problems coming over the creat at 100+mph and seeing a car coming the other way.

Oh, and last time we were up there we couldn't actually use the full length due to some politics.

Cheers

Ian

IanF

Ian,
Thanks for the info. Was a bit confused when the guy said that I share the runways with the planes.

On the politics thing, the airfield apparently is owned/operated by 4 or 5 different organisations, so I guess that may have something to do with it.

They have told me that the 400m strip will be solely be available to me/my brother and the longer main runway will be shared with the planes. To be honest the 400m strip might be enough.

Regards
IanF

Harps WRX

Craig H

A few of us have been planning a trip to Buntingthorpe but have no idea who to contact. Do you know who we can get in touch with?

Cheers