Fly In 2026!
2026 News
Our first Fly In of the year is scheduled to take place on Sunday June 7th, sadly the owners have decided not to proceed with any further big public open days at this time, however the smaller private Fly Ins are allowed to continue. In addition to this plans are being made for a return of the Vans RV Rendezvous and Homebuilders Fly In on Sunday 26th July. With both Fly Ins on a Sunday not only will the White Heather be open for their famous Sunday Lunch but we'll also have a mobile caterer on site for the day. We hope to see you there and thank you for your continued support of Kirkbride Airfield.
Our first Fly In of the year is scheduled to take place on Sunday June 7th, sadly the owners have decided not to proceed with any further big public open days at this time, however the smaller private Fly Ins are allowed to continue. In addition to this plans are being made for a return of the Vans RV Rendezvous and Homebuilders Fly In on Sunday 26th July. With both Fly Ins on a Sunday not only will the White Heather be open for their famous Sunday Lunch but we'll also have a mobile caterer on site for the day. We hope to see you there and thank you for your continued support of Kirkbride Airfield.
Some lovely spring sunshine on March 6th brought our first jet movement of 2022. The Teesside based Jet Provost Mk.III XM479 / G-BVEZ is no stranger to Kirkbride but it's always a treat to see and smell this stunning vintage jet.
Saturday 13th November saw Dave Murray (centre) pull Carlisle Flight Trainings PA-28 G-EJRS along Kirkbride Airfields runway in a Charity pull. Dave is raising funds for the local Hospital as well as the Veterans Garden in Dumfries. You can find out more at the link... https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/dave-murray-1 He is pictured with Carlisle flight Trainings owner Alan Rayson and Kirkbrides John Plaskett.
On the 15th & 16th April 663sq AAC sent a team to set up a Forward Air Refuelling Point (FARP) at Kirkbride. Over the two days there were multiple visits by their WAH-64D Apache Longbows. The Squadron very kindly let a few of us have a tour of their impressive helicopters. Many thanks go out to all involved and we hope to see you at the airfield again at some point in the future.
What a few weeks it has been at the Airfield, first the Mustang now a Hurricane. Saturday 20th June saw Kirkbride get a very special visitor. R4118 is a combat veteran from the Battle of Britain. It's almost 80 exactly since she was taken on charge by 22 Maintenance unit at RAF Silloth before being delivered to 605 Squadron. Hurricane Heritage bought the aircraft up to Kirkbride with some little friends including a Harvard FE511, Nanchang CJ-6 and a pair of Vans an RV9 and RV4.
Above: Hawker Hurricane Mk1 R4118 / G-HUPW belonging to Hurricane Heritage.
Below: Hurricane Heritage also brought their Harvard FE511 / G-CIUW to Kirkbride.
Below: Hurricane Heritage also brought their Harvard FE511 / G-CIUW to Kirkbride.
Saturday 30th May saw the first WWII Warbird to land at Kirkbride in what we think is over 60 years. Shaun Patrick brought his North American P-51D Mustang in to visit the airfield. This aircraft is a familiar sight on the UK Airshow circuit as it used to wear the familiar Shark mouth markings, however it has just been given a new coat of markings in the colours of Lt Col Donald Blakeslee.
