 The airfield was used for the launch of the first modern hot air balloon in the UK in 1967, called the Bristol Belle.The station comes under the control of the nearby RAF Brize Norton, home of No.1 Parachute Training School RAF.The grass airfield at Weston is used regularly as a drop zone for military static line and freefall parachute training for the UK military, using C-130 Hercules aircraft based at RAF Brize Norton.