RAF Langford Lodge
Royal Air Force Langford Lodge or more simply RAF Langford Lodge is a former Royal Air Force station near Belfast, Northern Ireland. Today the airfield is owned by RLC (UK) a subsidiary of RLC Engineering Group which is headquartered in the Isle of Man. Langford Lodge is located on the eastern shores of Lough Neagh and close to RAF Aldergrove/Belfast International Airport and the former RAF Nutts Corner. The site was also known as No. 20 Satellite Landing Ground. History. Opened in 1942 the base was an air depot for the United States Army Air Forces , as such thousands of aircraft were processed on their way to active service in Britain, North Africa, the Mediterranean and mainland Europe. The following units were here at some point: Langford Lodge was a target in Operation Grün (Ireland), a second front to Operation Sea Lion, which was the planned Nazi invasion of Britain. German paratroopers were to capture Langford Lodge, Aldergrove and Nutts Corner while RAF Long Kesh, Lisburn was to be destroyed. Notably, on 2 March 1989 a Dan Air BAe 748 from Newcastle, bound for Belfast International Airport, mistakenly landed at Langford Lodge. Today. Langford Lodge is  currently home to two model flying clubs; Langford Model Aviation & Langford Model Heli Club. Some of the wartime airfield facilities used to house the Ulster Aviation Society's Heritage Centre. Exhibits included a Blackburn Buccaneer, a Hawker Sea Hawk, a Panavia Tornado, a BAC Jet Provost, an English Electric Canberra, a de Havilland Vampire and a McDonnell Douglas Phantom. The Society has now moved out and is finding a new home for the collection. There is a rocket sled track owned by Martin-Baker.