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Nottinghamshire airfields

Post by old_git » Tue May 31, 2011 6:37 pm

Just picked up a really usefull pamphlet listing all the airfields in Nottinghamshire.

So here are the details of Civvy airfields in Nottinghamshire, any updates or better info please post.

Gamston ( retford )

Sheet 120 SK693762 3 miles s of Retford.

Active with light aircraft and Biz Jets.
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Hucknal

Sheet 129 SK5266470 5 miles NNM of Nottingham

Active light aircraft field owned and operated by The merlin flying Club ( Rolls Royce )
Viewing ok from car park next to tower.
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Langar

Sheet 129 SK740335 10 miles SE of Nottingham

Active airfield with parachuting ( BPS ) Public viewing area
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Syerston

Sheet 129 SK730480 6 Miles SW of Newark

Active with gliding only, poor viewing.
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Tollerton

Sheet 129 SK620360 3 Miles SE of Nottingham

Active with wide range of flying, helicopters, microlights.

Public viewing of operations is allowed from the flying club car parking area.
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Caunton.

Sheet 120 SK744586 4 miles NW of Newark

Currently an active landing site for microlight aircraft of the Derby & Notts Microlight club.
Unsure of viewing locations.
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Cromwell

Sheet 120 SK795608 4 miles N of Newark

Active landing strip
viewing unknown.
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Costock

Sheet 129 SK576267 Adjacent to A60 Notts to Loughborough road

Active helicopter pleasure flight site.
Viewing unknown.
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Darlton

Sheet 120 SK765732 3 Miles NE of Tuxford

Grass gliding site located off the A6075 Tuxford to Darlton road.
Viewing unknown.
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Grassthorpe Grange

Sheet 120 SK 794674 7 Miles NNW of Newark

Active landing strip
Viewing unknown.
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Greasley (Watnall)

Sheet 129 SK500481 7 miles NNW of Newark

Active landing strip.
Viewing Unknown.
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Lambley

Sheet 129 SK634463 3 miles NE of Nottingham

Grass strip located off green lane, single hangar bewteen Lambley and Woodborough
Some public paths pass close to threshold of runway. ( i used to fly from here )
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Leapool

Sheet 129 SK582487 3 miles N of Nottingham

Grass strip, believed not currently active.
No viewing details.
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Misk Hill

Sheet 129 SK504494 6 miles NNW of Notts

Active landing strip
No viewing details.
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Oxton.

Sheet 120 SK607520 6 miles N of Notts

Active landing strip.
No viewing details.
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Thurgarton.

Sheet 129 SK678497 7 Miles NE of Notts

Active landing strip, located next to former WW1 landing ground.
No Viewing details.
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Thats all for now, Derbyshire to follow.

Please feel free to post any info you have such as based aircraft or what you might see and photo opportunities etc.

I collate the data and we can grow a spotting database of places to go, including phot ops etc.

Geoff
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Re: Nottinghamshire airfields

Post by beefsteak » Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:28 am

Is that the booklet from the NAM Geoff ??
Facinating reading if it's the one I think it is.

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Re: Nottinghamshire airfields

Post by old_git » Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:50 am

Its published by Notts county council. and i actually picked it up from the Birthplace of DH Lawrence.

It is a cracking little book, we should publish a national version.
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Re: Nottinghamshire airfields

Post by beefsteak » Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:30 pm

Sure is, and I'd like to thank NAM updater off of our sister site, Fighter Control, for putting me onto it.

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