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EGYE RAF Barkston Heath UNK

  • Name
    RAF Barkston Heath
  • ICAO / GPS
    EGYE / EGYE
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    4:45 am (GMT)
  • Municipality
    Grantham
  • Coordinates
    52° 57′ 43″ N 0° 33′ 41″ E
  • Elevation
    367 ft (112 m MSL)

About RAF Barkston Heath

Royal Air Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

RAF Barkston Heath has the Naval Element of No. 3 Flying Training School RAF (3 FTS) which, for a period between approximately 1995 and 2010, operated the Slingsby T67M260 Firefly, followed by the Grob Tutor T.1 operated between 2010 and 2018.

No. 3 FTS currently provide elementary flying training for Royal Navy students on the Grob Prefect T.1. A secondary role of RAF Barkston Heath is as a Relief Landing Ground for the flying training activities at RAF Cranwell.

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