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Doesn't it make you cry....
Posted: 08 Sep 2008, 08:33
by John
.. I was searching for some aircraft parts to decorate the new office when I came across this...
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/sho ... hp?t=32471
Kind regards
John
Re: Doesn't it make you cry....
Posted: 08 Sep 2008, 10:05
by Garry Russell
Very sad to see them just being left to rot :-(
I didn't realise they had got into such as state
Garry
Re: Doesn't it make you cry....
Posted: 08 Sep 2008, 10:18
by Garry Russell
Just looking on Google Earth
The whole airfields looks a mess :-(
52 08 07.64N 1 44 57.39W
Garry
Re: Doesn't it make you cry....
Posted: 08 Sep 2008, 10:51
by John
It's a shame that they can at least be used for spares for what must now be more worthy causes... like Peter Vallance's running Shaks at Charlwood.
Kind regards
John
Re: Doesn't it make you cry....
Posted: 09 Sep 2008, 10:29
by Hot_Charlie
Interesting site, even if some of the activities it encourage are of dubious legality.
Two threads of note, in a time when military healthcare is so controversial - one showing the demolition of the ex RAF hospital at Halton, and the other mentioning that the for RAF Nocton Hall is being well utilised as an "airsoft" battleground. Good-o...
Re: Doesn't it make you cry....
Posted: 09 Sep 2008, 17:24
by sketchy74
That does make you wince looking at great old airframes left like that.
Before I left the UK I was on Exercise on the Bramley training area near Basingstoke and came across this Whirlwind...
Re: Doesn't it make you cry....
Posted: 09 Sep 2008, 19:35
by John
I've always been a keen reader (browser?) of 'wrecks and relics' yet it never ceases to amaze me at how many airframes are out there and how long some survive.
Kind regards
John