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14 Jun 2018 15:34 - 14 Jun 2018 19:08 #41
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On a return visit in May 1992 we landed at Larnaca and went along the 'new' A6 which is when I saw the other section.
Talking of Paphos, if you drive along the coast road eastbound from the town, not on the main road further inland, you come to a beach club where the coast road terminates. Turn inland here and you cross the remnants of the 'original' Paphos UN airfield runway built in the late '50s and several miles west of the present Paphos airport..
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That's nearly correct. I drove to Nico from Limassol on the A1 in Dec 1990 and the A6 to Larnaca (not Paphos) was still under construction. The Cypriot friend I was with kept asking 'could you land an F16 here' and I wondered what he was on about until we came to a section where the crash barriers were slotted into the ground and I realised, then there was another section a few miles further on.My recollection is that the motorways from Limasol to Larnaca, and from Limasol to Nicosia and therefore their highway strips, were built earlier than the motorway to Paphos and therefore its strip at Mandria
On a return visit in May 1992 we landed at Larnaca and went along the 'new' A6 which is when I saw the other section.
Talking of Paphos, if you drive along the coast road eastbound from the town, not on the main road further inland, you come to a beach club where the coast road terminates. Turn inland here and you cross the remnants of the 'original' Paphos UN airfield runway built in the late '50s and several miles west of the present Paphos airport..
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10 Oct 2018 09:54 #42
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No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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Just realised that it was this thread that really got me hooked on Bombing Ranges!
AIR 14/2634 (Summary of 92 Group, and it predecessor 7 Group, activities) contained a lot of interesting updates.
One section in the June 1942 update was called "Stage 1 Conferences" and I nearly ignored it.
8th July 1942 an on site conference was held at the proposed parent OTU to be called STUDHAM. The conference made proposals to extend the proposed runways lengths to conform with the latest standards.This was in No.10 Works Area.
22 July 1942 an on site conference was held at the proposed parent OTU to be called ROTHERWICK. It was proposed that the main runway be slewed in an anti-clockwise direction to avoid flying obstruction. This was in No.11 Works Area and the conference was also attended by Army representatives.
This is just a precis of the section but as neither locations seemed familiar I assumed they might be more that never were. Studham, I assume is in Bedfordshire but Rotherwick appears to be in Hampshire, unless it is a typo.
AIR 14/2634 (Summary of 92 Group, and it predecessor 7 Group, activities) contained a lot of interesting updates.
One section in the June 1942 update was called "Stage 1 Conferences" and I nearly ignored it.
8th July 1942 an on site conference was held at the proposed parent OTU to be called STUDHAM. The conference made proposals to extend the proposed runways lengths to conform with the latest standards.This was in No.10 Works Area.
22 July 1942 an on site conference was held at the proposed parent OTU to be called ROTHERWICK. It was proposed that the main runway be slewed in an anti-clockwise direction to avoid flying obstruction. This was in No.11 Works Area and the conference was also attended by Army representatives.
This is just a precis of the section but as neither locations seemed familiar I assumed they might be more that never were. Studham, I assume is in Bedfordshire but Rotherwick appears to be in Hampshire, unless it is a typo.
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10 Oct 2018 15:26 #43
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Here are a few others:-
Antrim
Ardglass
Ballymoney
Kells Point (Already mentioned)
Lisnaskea
and finally Millisle - Much of which was constructed but never finished.
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Antrim
Ardglass
Ballymoney
Kells Point (Already mentioned)
Lisnaskea
and finally Millisle - Much of which was constructed but never finished.
Andy
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14 Oct 2018 14:22 - 25 Oct 2018 11:10 #44
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Rotherwick is on an area of land to the north of Odiham and not far from the Bramley ammo depot, so maybe the runway was to be 'slewed' to avoid aircraft flying over it.
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Studham is near Markyate and not far from an old 'aerial farm' at Zouches Farm which I don't think exists any more.
8th July 1942 an on site conference was held at the proposed parent OTU to be called STUDHAM. The conference made proposals to extend the proposed runways lengths to conform with the latest standards.This was in No.10 Works Area.
22 July 1942 an on site conference was held at the proposed parent OTU to be called ROTHERWICK. It was proposed that the main runway be slewed in an anti-clockwise direction to avoid flying obstruction. This was in No.11 Works Area and the conference was also attended by Army representatives.
This is just a precis of the section but as neither locations seemed familiar I assumed they might be more that never were. Studham, I assume is in Bedfordshire but Rotherwick appears to be in Hampshire, unless it is a typo.
Rotherwick is on an area of land to the north of Odiham and not far from the Bramley ammo depot, so maybe the runway was to be 'slewed' to avoid aircraft flying over it.
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21 May 2020 15:40 #45
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In the introduction to a bit of my lockdown reading,- Airfield Focus - North Luffenham, Pickworth and Essendine are identified as airfields that were never built as satelites for NL
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22 May 2020 03:57 - 24 May 2020 21:20 #46
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I have a copy of the 1942 RSP for the Bomb Store of Essendine. It is unusual in that it has been carefully planned to include all the required storage in the most compact layout implying that space was at a premium.
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