Pendleton Airport

Pendleton Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is located Template:Convert northwest of Pendleton, Ontario, Canada, east of Ottawa. The airfield is currently operated by the Gatineau Gliding Club.

History

World War II (1942–1945)

Airport hangar behind cracked pavement

Second-World-War hangar at Pendleton Airport

During the Second World War, Pendleton Airport was established as RCAF Station Pendleton and hosted No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan after the school moved from Hamilton in 1942. The school provided initial pilot training on Tiger Moth and Finch aircraft. While most of the airports involved in the plan have either closed or gone through extensive changes, Pendleton still preserves most of the original character of a BCATP airport: it has the original three short runways arranged in a triangle (though some are in disrepair), and several of the original World War II buildings, including the main hangar.

Aerodrome information

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Pendleton, Ontario at Template:Coord with a variation of 14 degrees east and elevation of Template:Convert. Three runways were listed as follows:

Runway name	Length	Width	Surface
17/35	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
13/31	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
8/26	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced

Post-war (1945–present)

The Gatineau Gliding Club purchased the airfield from Crown Assets in 1961, and has been the owner since then. The club is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting motorless flight in Canada.

See also

• List of airports in the Ottawa area

External links

• Gatineau Gliding Club
• Page about this airport Template:Webarchive on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Soaring Association of Canada
• Video: landing at the Pendleton Airport from a motor-glider cockpit