I can confirm that Westonzoyland is one word....it says so on the roadsign outside
The airfield itself is a few fields away from the site of the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685 and Brian Clough, the football gaffa, did some of his National Service in the RAF at Westonzoyland...
I did mention to Trev that it would be nice to have a 50's setup with Canberras, etc. but he rightly pointed out that there is no photo evidence for that era. Another complication is that when the airfield was extended the A372 road from Bridgwater to Othery was re-routed..it was reinstated in the 70's and now forms part of what used to be the main runway...wouldn't want to model that....
Derek
'My Auntie Mabel told me I'd make a great soldier, though I don't know how 30 years working in a biscuit factory had qualified her to make that judgement.....' Eddie Nugent
I have got bored watching the AI do their stuff (checking my modelling!) so I have made a start on the next airfield....possibly the most northerly airfield (but not glider field!) in the England??? Any guesses?????
Hi Dave another guy has an Abingdon half done, so I will wait and see if he releases it soon. It's a big place to make, only to find another one released when you are halfway through it. I am doing RAF Bicester (grass though ) in Oxfordshire soon, just waiting to get a book on it when I am back in the UK in a few weeks. Others are coming are Thurleigh and Wisley as well as Portsmouth. Pompey will be a real back from the ashes of a housing estate though!!
Just discovered a very interesting site. MS Virtual Earth:UK Active & Disused Airports, Airfields, Heliports & Landing Sites. Just click on the name of the airfield, and it appears in top down view. Zoom in and out, and drag where you will.
I apologise if this is old hat, but it's new to me. Check out the links at the bottom of the page, lots of interesting reading. Loved the old Aviation Adverts.
By using the map, I found that Winfield is actually north of the border.
D.
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RAF Millfield is the most northerly, but it is a glider field (and has been done for Horizon/VFR) only. RAF Boulmer is up there too, but only has heli-pads. The one I am doing is next to the A1 road
I suffer from paranoid amnesia. I can't remember who I don't trust.
) in Oxfordshire soon, just waiting to get a book on it when I am back in the UK in a few weeks. Others are coming are Thurleigh and Wisley as well as Portsmouth. Pompey will be a real back from the ashes of a housing estate though!!
