page_title: Denham Aerodrome
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Denham Aerodrome / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Denham Aerodrome Windsock. The windsock hangs limp in the still air. Also at the airfield are the Denham School of Flying and the Biggles Restaurant.
context_page_description: Denham Aerodrome is an operational general aviation aerodrome located 1.5 NM east of Gerrards Cross, near Denham, Buckinghamshire, England. It lies beneath London's Class D airspace. VFR entry/exit points are at Maple Cross and St Giles Church. Entry lanes and circuit height are at 1,000 ft MSL. It has one paved runway, aligned 06/24, a grass runway also aligned 06/24 which is referred to as the northside grass and one grass runway aligned 12/30. It also has substantial hangarage.
  Denham Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
context_section_description: There are records that flying has been taking place at Denham Aerodrome since the 1900s.  During the First World War in 1915, RAF Denham was established as a flying training school for Flight Cadets.
  The airfield was first licensed as a private use airfield to Squadron Leader J. M. Bickerton by the CAA on 19 May 1938. During the Second World War, the airfield was used again as a training school. The largest based aircraft was a Douglas DC-3 of Gregory Air Services and occasional airshows have been staged here. 
  The airfield was the home to one of the earliest parachuting clubs in the UK, starting in 1955 the "British Parachute Club" was based here until May 1956 when they moved to Blackbushe Airport in Surrey/Hampshire. The club at Denham was run by instructor Dumbo Willans and also known as the "No. 1 Civil Parachute Training School".
caption: Light aircraft at the aerodrome
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