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Title: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Martin Greaves on May 18, 2008, 19:17:34 pm So today me rocket ron and 49-rag have been driving around the Dorset country side. Looking for old world war two run ways and found this one. ;D
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/gold65turbo/runway.jpg) Tomorrow we will be mostly talking to the farmer who land it is. ;) Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Black Sheep on May 18, 2008, 19:30:54 pm Watch this space 8)
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Frank LUX on May 18, 2008, 19:32:17 pm Sounds Great...look like Bitburg... ;)
You're looking for a Privat Raceway Boom Boom...??? Frank Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Martin Greaves on May 18, 2008, 19:34:09 pm Yes and it half a hour from the port of Poole just if you guys want to come and play.
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: 67worshipper on May 18, 2008, 22:28:55 pm sweet keep us updated. live near bath/bristol area so not to far away.
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Rennsurfer on May 19, 2008, 06:29:45 am Just like finding empty drainage ditches/reservoirs and swimming pools to skateboard in... Google Earth is your friend.
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: andy M. on May 19, 2008, 07:37:53 am thats not a runway, they dont put hangars that close normally, unless you can absolutely guarantee that the pilot is a genius!
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Rocket Ron on May 19, 2008, 08:14:44 am Thats not a hanger thats a 30 year old farm building shown.
All the hangers have nice plane sized doors on them, but you are right that only one of the return roads !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: jick on May 19, 2008, 09:20:52 am good ideamen.....looks like a good find... :)
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Jon on May 19, 2008, 10:20:09 am Wow!! That is a nice find... I have a old German wartime runway 3 km from my house... unfortunately they made such a good job of it that its still used by Ryan Air with friends...
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: leec on May 19, 2008, 14:12:28 pm Where is that Martin?
Very local that must be to me! Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Phil West on May 19, 2008, 15:14:21 pm I was living in Newbury when they offically closed Greenham common airbase - largest runway in Europe at 2 miles long. In the end they developed a small area but left the runway...been sitting there empty and unused ever since...gutted
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: andy M. on May 19, 2008, 15:37:39 pm [
"All the hangers have nice plane sized doors on them," no shit! thats were i've been going wrong, but to be pedantic a hangEr is a thing for putting clothes on, A hangAr is where i park my spitfire! Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: BeetleBug on May 19, 2008, 15:44:09 pm What a fantastic find! During the war the Germans built their biggest airport very close to where I`m from and where Trond Dahl lives and even though most of it is today a HUGE business centre it is quite fun to drive around. It is easy to spot the old German concrete and your can see the old drainage channels everywhere. The old runway connecting the two strips is used a a road today and when driving on it you notice how wide it is.. and parts of it is used for street legal racing.
Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Martin Greaves on May 19, 2008, 17:30:33 pm [ "All the hangers have nice plane sized doors on them," no shit! thats were i've been going wrong, but to be pedantic a hangEr is a thing for putting clothes on, A hangAr is where i park my spitfire! Hi Andy it is a ex RAF airfield i will tell you about it in two weeks that if you are coming to Avon Park. ;D Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: ESH on May 19, 2008, 22:22:26 pm but to be pedantic a hangEr is a thing for putting clothes on, A hangAr is where i park my spitfire! But equally you could put clothes on a hangar, it'd be almost as daft as someone who's a turbo short of a racecar looking for tracks to race on but you could. :P (By the way, pleased to hear your Spitfire's got a home, anywhere you can think of to put a 28/30 seat twin engined 'trike' I measured the garden and it's not going to fit). ;D Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: WhiteTrash on May 19, 2008, 23:12:34 pm [ A hangAr is where i park my spitfire! Not if i spot the hangar during a flyby in my Messerschmidt ;D Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: Black Sheep on May 20, 2008, 07:23:40 am but to be pedantic a hangEr is a thing for putting clothes on, A hangAr is where i park my spitfire! But equally you could put clothes on a hangar, it'd be almost as daft as someone who's a turbo short of a racecar looking for tracks to race on but you could. :P (By the way, pleased to hear your Spitfire's got a home, anywhere you can think of to put a 28/30 seat twin engined 'trike' I measured the garden and it's not going to fit). ;D Title: Re: Today we have been mostly looking for old run ways. Post by: andy M. on May 20, 2008, 11:01:27 am talking of spitfires , we had the boys from Top Gear here yesterday doing a bit of flying, they had a 2 seater spitfire each and went off playing battle of britain for half an hour, although clarkson looked a bit cramped and the hamster couldn't see out!!
hopefully we are getting a FIA licence to do F1 lauch testing on the runway soon, fingers crossed. |