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Gloucestershire Airport , formerly Staverton Airport, is located at Staverton, in the Borough of Tewkesbury within Gloucestershire, England. It lies west of Cheltenham, near the city of Gloucester and close to the M5 motorway. According to the sign at the airport's entrance it is Gloucestershire's largest general aviation airfield.〔According to the sign at the entrance to the airport (see photo on official web site) it's "The Southwest's Premier General Aviation Airport"〕 It is regularly used for private charter flights to destinations such as Jersey and Guernsey, and the airline Citywing now operates scheduled flights from the Airport and markets the airport as an alternative to Birmingham Airport, Bristol Airport and to a lesser extent London Oxford Airport. This is due the airport's ease of use and lack of time spent at the airport compared to its larger counterparts.〔()〕 Citywing promotes the airport as "Gloucester (M5) Airport".〔(Manx2 Press Release ) referring to Gloucestershire Airport as Gloucester (M5)〕 == History == Originally opened in 1931 and named after Down Hatherley it was situated near the present site and later renamed to Staverton after the move. Like other airports, Staverton served as a training base for pilots during the Second World War and was known as RAF Staverton. It was later used by Alan Cobham as he developed in-flight refuelling. After the war, what is now Smiths Group used the airport as test site for various aircraft. At the same time the airport provided scheduled service to the Channel Islands, Dublin and Isle of Man. In the 1960s the Skyfame Museum, dedicated to WWII aircraft, opened. In the 1990s both the Police Aviation Services and Bond Air Services stationed helicopters and their headquarters at Staverton. In 1993 Staverton was changed to Gloucestershire Airport in an effort to "...reflect its increasing prominence as the business aviation centre for the county."〔(History )〕 Gloucestershire Airport currently plans to expand〔(Tewkesbury Council – Planning Applications ) 06/01668/FUL, 06/01669/FUL, 06/01670/FUL and 06/01671/FUL, pending consideration. See (Planning Application Enquiry ) and search using Gloucestershire Airport in Applicant Name:〕 in order to lengthen a runway.〔(Gloucestershire Airport FAQs ) regarding expansion and runway extension〕 The plans are controversial and have proved divisive amongst the local community and authorities.〔(BBC Gloucestershire Feature ) on Gloucestershire Airport expansion, including audio interview with airport director and local views〕〔(Concerned residents Against Staverton Expansion )〕 Environmentalists have objected to the expansion due to potential for increases in carbon dioxide emissions. On 14 November 2014, BBC Radio Gloucestershire and its listeners had set a new world record for the longest line of cakes ever, to raise money for Children in Need. Volunteers around the region baked 14,392 cupcakes which were laid in a line at the Airport. At about 16:45 GMT, an adjudicator from Guinness confirmed the breaking of the world record which now stands at 885.6 metres of cakes (2,905ft). The previous record of 606m (1,988ft) was set in Colombia in 2013. During the 1990s, Staverton was the home of the MidWest production facility where the company manufactured the MidWest AE series of single- and twin-rotor Wankel aero-engines for light aircraft. The twin-rotor enngine was first installed into two ARV Super2 aircrraft. Midwest was eventually closed down, and its assets bought by Diamond Aircraft Industries, of Vienna, Austria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gloucestershire Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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