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Martin Greaves
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« 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. Grin


Tomorrow we will be mostly talking to the farmer who land it is. Wink
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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2008, 19:30:54 pm »
Watch this space  Cool
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2008, 19:32:17 pm »
Sounds Great...look like Bitburg... Wink

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« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2008, 22:28:55 pm »
sweet keep us updated. live near bath/bristol area so not to far away.
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« Reply #5 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.
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« Reply #6 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!
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« Reply #7 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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2008, 09:20:52 am »
good ideamen.....looks like a good find... Smiley
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« Reply #9 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...
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« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2008, 14:12:28 pm »
Where is that Martin?
Very local that must be to me!
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« Reply #11 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
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« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2008, 15:37:39 pm »
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"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!
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« Reply #13 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.

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« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2008, 17:30:33 pm »
Quote from: andy M. on May 19, 2008, 15:37:39 pm
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"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. Grin
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« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2008, 22:22:26 pm »
Quote from: andy M. on May 19, 2008, 15:37:39 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.  Tongue

(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).

 Grin
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« Reply #16 on: May 19, 2008, 23:12:34 pm »
Quote from: andy M. on May 19, 2008, 15:37:39 pm
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A hangAr is where i park my spitfire!

Not if i spot the hangar during a flyby in my Messerschmidt  Grin
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« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2008, 07:23:40 am »
Quote from: Mat Sanchez on May 19, 2008, 22:22:26 pm
Quote from: andy M. on May 19, 2008, 15:37:39 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.  Tongue

(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).

 Grin
Grin Grin Grin Grin Wink
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« Reply #18 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.
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