Is this a landing ground?

11 Mar 2009 15:22 #1 by mawganmad
Is this a landing ground? was created by mawganmad
Driving home a different way from St Athan today I saw some Nissens, TBs and what look like small hangars.
I don't know how to link Google Earth, but the site appears 0.5 mile east of Bonvilston on the A48, where it meets a minor road at a cross road. The site now appears to be a golf course.
The whole site is about 4.5 miles north of Cardiff airport.

Anyone know it, or is it a non aviation site?

James Thomas

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11 Mar 2009 21:03 #2 by listopad
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I see what you mean, it's on the left hand side of the road heading north. There also seems to be something on the south road too. I too am unable to provide the link

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11 Mar 2009 21:12 #3 by Peter Kirk
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mawganmad - had a quick look at "Airfields and landing grounds of Wales : South" by Ivor Jones but couln't see anything that looked to be in the area you gave. Could be wrong, but it looks to be a golf course in 1946 -1950.
Haven't you got Mr Jones' trilogy then?

Just to confirm - Is this the site?

www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.455588&lon=-3...&z=16.8&r=0&src="msl"

No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)

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11 Mar 2009 22:12 #4 by Stevo
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I think MM means this site next to the golf course? eastern side of Bonvilston

www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.461535&lon=-3...&z=18.4&r=0&src="msl"

:wink:

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11 Mar 2009 22:21 #5 by hugoj_air
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www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.45558 ... =0&src="msl"

Try this location.
Stevo, you done exactly as I just did. Scrolled right to the east of the village and selected the
link. But it reverted back to the original one. I'll try to get the right area now.

OK try this link.
wikimapia.org/#lat=51.4616746&lo ... Bonvilston
Is that the area you were looking at mawganmad.
This link seems to drop when I log off.

Hugo.

The historical listing of aviation sites in Ireland North and South www.avsitesireland.com

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12 Mar 2009 07:26 #6 by mawganmad
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Thanks chaps, Stevo and Hugos last link are spot on, even pin pointing the buildings I saw.
On Google Earth this area (immediately W of the lane, and N of the A48) appears to be part of the golf course which is seen to the East of the pinpointed area.

I don't have any books on the subject, and I do realise this area dosen't appear as a known airfield. Wondering if Q, radar or other aviation site maybe?

James Thomas

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