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STOL UK

Not-for-profit airsports organisation providing guidance and competition rules to help airfields run competitive STOL flying events in the UK. 🇬🇧

03/09/2026

Now this is a first for the UK! We can’t wait to welcome Sam Whatmough and the only UK-based Slepcev Storch to Popham Airfields STOL Competition at the end of this month! (25th,26th and 27th September 2026)

We asked Sam a bit more about this incredible aircraft:

“It’s a 75% scale version of the Fieseler Storch which was used by the Luftwaffe in WW2 for liaison and reconnaissance. The Slepcev version has proved incredibly popular in outback Australia for sheep farmers!

My best fried and I bought it so that we could recreate “The Last Dogfight” at Airshows. Amazingly the last air to air combat in Wurope during WW2 was when an L4 Cub and a Storch engaged in a dogfight using hand pistols with the Cub successfully downing the Storch and the Cub’s pilot, Lt Duane Francis, being awarded the last “kill”. We recreate this amazing story!

The aircraft has incredible short field performance, with terrain being almost no barrier due to it not needing much terrain at all….I love its capability - as the Americans would say - “you can turn on a Dime and get a Nickel change”.

Pilots! There’s still time to enter this year’s competition at Popham Airfield! Express your interest by emailing [email protected]. 🇬🇧

03/09/2026

Backcountry and STOL at the 2026 LAA Rally!

If you’re flying a backcountry or STOL type into this year’s LAA Rally, we’ve got a spot for you. Join fellow STOL and backcountry aircraft parked together right by the show entrance, in ‘The STOL Line’— pride of place, easy to spot, easy to swap stories.

Getting marshalled in is simple: just place “STOL” on a piece of A4 in your window and the team will guide you across. Camping under the wing is available too, so you can make a proper weekend of it.

Come and say hello — Ben Inker and Ed Smiley-Jones will be there from STOL UK, alongside the Farm Strip Flying team.

Drop [email protected] a line to let us know you’re coming — it’s first come, first served, so don’t leave it too late. 🇬🇧

31/08/2026

Farm Strip Flying - The official Training Partner to STOL UK

We’re pleased to announce that the team at Farm Strip Flying are now the Official Training Partner to STOL UK.

Ahead of and during our competitions, the .co.uk and teams will work side by side on the pre-competition Competitor Evaluation, helping every entrant arrive prepared and confident.

Together we’re also developing a dedicated training programme for STOL (short take-off and landing) and backcountry flying for anyone keen to build new skills, or to sharpen up before they compete. Launching in the first quarter of 2027.

Both organisations share a firm commitment to safety both in competition and in everyday off-airport flying. We believe these programmes will help pilots fly better, and safer.

Want to know more? Message .co.uk or 🇬🇧

30/08/2026

ALL types are welcome, if you don’t see your aircraft listed, please enter by weight! Contact us today! 🇬🇧

25/08/2026

Meet the team - Tom Holland - CEO

Twenty years as an airline pilot, most of them deep in flight operations. Tom Holland is a Senior Flight Operations Manager for a major UK airline, responsible for crew procedures, route network and operational safety across one of the country's newest jet fleets. He's flown as airline trainer and functional test pilot, and works with the CAA, FAA and EASA on flight safety and regulation.

That's the day job. The flying closest to him happens off the airfield: Tom flies many SEP types, but it's his own Mk4 Kitfox that takes him into the STOL world, where he also test-flies for the UK community. A committed champion of grass-roots aviation, he gives talks at universities and aviation societies to show people the sky is more within reach than they think.

At STOL UK, Tom sets the direction - leading the organisation and working with the team and wider community to grow STOL and backcountry flying across the UK. 🇬🇧

24/08/2026

The event UK backcountry pilots have been waiting for is finally here…in 2026!

This September 25th/26th/27th, STOL UK proudly hosts its inaugural competition at the historic Popham Airfield in the south of England. Renowned within the aviation community, Popham is the perfect venue, with the capacity to welcome hundreds of aircraft and pilots, for an unforgettable weekend of precision flying.

We’re excited to welcome pilots from across the UK and beyond to compete in the inaugural STOL UK competition. Flying is divided into classes, giving competitors the chance to showcase their precision and skill against others in their category.

Pilots wishing to compete should email [email protected] to register their interest. The official STOL UK rules and competition regulations will then be provided. It’s all about precision, performance and safely building your flying skills.

See you on the flight line this September at Popham Airfield.

Visiting aircraft should PPR as per normal operating procedures at Popham Airfield. STOL UK should only be contacted by pilots wishing to compete in this year’s competition. 🇬🇧

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