Another reason to visit East Kirkby . . .

[AlexP]

. . . as if I needed another reason to go and visit my favourite aviation museum. :roll:

D-Day veteran, C-47 N5831B ‘Drag-‘em-oot’ will be wintering at East Kirkby this year.

I hadn’t released it would be possible for an aircraft of this size to make use of East Kirkby’s grass airstrip. :o

I’m not sure of the exact details of what brought this about, but what a coup! Well done to all those involved.

For more information and some pictures of N5831B's arrival follow this link:

http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/news_and_images.cfm

Alex

[Chris Trott]

If it's more than 2000 feet long, there's no reason a lightly loaded C-47 can't get in and out of there. Hell, they've landed the CAF R4D-6S in under 1000 without putting undue stress on the brakes in the past.

[delticbob]

Landing Strip Length- Grass-590m, Concrete-360m
Combined length of 950m (3000ft)

Bob