ozboz
Guru
- Location
- Richmond ,Surrey
It was a Fighter Sqn base in WW2
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It was a Fighter Sqn base in WW2
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Indeed it was, protecting the manufacturing capabilities in Leeds/Doncaster (& the Blackburn factory at Sherburn-in-Elmet)
http://www.rafchurchfenton.org.uk/
http://sherburninelmethistory.co.uk/aviation/
Can these be seen?
ozboz
Guru
- Location
- Richmond ,Surrey
Yep , can see em !
Nice Memorial
Id say the fighters from there were well handy if needed to help out with bombing on Manchester and Liverpool areas also
Nice Memorial
Id say the fighters from there were well handy if needed to help out with bombing on Manchester and Liverpool areas also
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
August 2017
gbb
Legendary Member
- Location
- Peterborough
Flying a couple curcuits round RAF Alconbury this afternoon..an Apache type helicopter...
And off he went, no idea where they'e based,Mildenhall perhaps ?
And off he went, no idea where they'e based,Mildenhall perhaps ?
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
A Chinook over-flew a couple of days ago, heading north-west
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Some loops and climbs and various manoeuvres spotted this afternoon. A400M Atlas jobbie. Trainee out of Brize Norton?
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
I've been at (ex) RAF Church Fenton a couple of times recently, on the inside of the security barrier, as my daughter has been taking (pre-17) driving tuition on the grounds
The last time was on Saturday 17th February
https://www.youngdriver.eu/venues/northern/leeds_church_fenton
It's just one of the activities that take place there now
http://leedseastairport.co.uk/gallery/
There's production studios, the recent TV drama 'Victoria' was partly filmed there
There's also a costumiers
http://churchfentonstudios.co.uk/
The café Is good, but sadly, only available to those on the inside of the barriers (moving into the old Guard House soon, apparently!)
Also............................
On the same Saturday, I was down Doncaster way, & went to a place I've been before, but not in
The last time I was down there, a row of Conifers partly obscured the main entrance (my picture). & menacingly poking through the trees were the barrels of two Chieftains, or Centurians (can't remember) on both sides!!!
The last time was on Saturday 17th February
https://www.youngdriver.eu/venues/northern/leeds_church_fenton
It's just one of the activities that take place there now
http://leedseastairport.co.uk/gallery/
There's production studios, the recent TV drama 'Victoria' was partly filmed there
There's also a costumiers
http://churchfentonstudios.co.uk/
The café Is good, but sadly, only available to those on the inside of the barriers (moving into the old Guard House soon, apparently!)
Also............................
On the same Saturday, I was down Doncaster way, & went to a place I've been before, but not in
The last time I was down there, a row of Conifers partly obscured the main entrance (my picture). & menacingly poking through the trees were the barrels of two Chieftains, or Centurians (can't remember) on both sides!!!
Misson, is a couple of miles east of (RAF) Finningley...... which is now Robin Hood/Doncaster Airport
The Bloodhounds were there as the surface-air defence system, for the airfield..... which was a V-Bomber (nuclear) base
Co-incidentally XH558 was stationed at Finningley for 8(?) years
It's still known as 'The Rocket Site', as shown by the sign
If you open this, & look at the aerial photographs, the launch points can be easily seen
http://www.ljacksonandco.com/index.php/visit-us
Fast accelerating little buggers too!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_(missile)
As this quote, in the text, states;
"By the time the missile has just cleared the launcher it is doing 400 mph. By the time the missile is 25 feet from the launcher it has reached the speed of sound (around 720 mph). Three seconds after launch, as the four boost rockets fall away, it has reached Mach 2.5 which is roughly 1,800 mph"
The Bloodhounds were there as the surface-air defence system, for the airfield..... which was a V-Bomber (nuclear) base
Co-incidentally XH558 was stationed at Finningley for 8(?) years
It's still known as 'The Rocket Site', as shown by the sign
If you open this, & look at the aerial photographs, the launch points can be easily seen
http://www.ljacksonandco.com/index.php/visit-us
Fast accelerating little buggers too!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_(missile)
As this quote, in the text, states;
"By the time the missile has just cleared the launcher it is doing 400 mph. By the time the missile is 25 feet from the launcher it has reached the speed of sound (around 720 mph). Three seconds after launch, as the four boost rockets fall away, it has reached Mach 2.5 which is roughly 1,800 mph"
gbb
Legendary Member
- Location
- Peterborough
Can' remember where but probably at one of dads RAF bases, so Wyton, possibly Hemswell, or perhaps just an airbase we were driving past in Lincs in the late 60s, early 70s..i remember seeing what seemed like lines and lines of Bloodhounds, all stood erect (ooer missus), and ready (looking) for action (to a maybe 11 or 12 year old boy)
classic33
Leg End Member
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Good tracking shot!
classic33
Leg End Member
Not mine as I said. But you go out for a quiet walk in the country and
Only ever had harriers fly below me, in North Wales.
