History

History

Upper Rissington village is located part of the former RAF Little Rissington station, once home to the Central Flying School (CFS), the Red Pelicans and then later, the Red Arrows. The station opened in 1938 and closed in 1994, with the former married-quarters (becoming the village of Upper Rissington) and the former hangars sold in 1996.

The airfield is still in use by the Ministry of Defence, used by 2 Flying Training School to deliver gliding to the Royal Air Force Air Cadets via 621 and 637 Volunteer Gliding Squadrons, using the Grob Viking aircraft.

We’ll update this page in due course with more information on the history of Upper Rissington.