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Re: Unknown Airfields, (Private strips)

--- In airstripslist-uk@..., "Richard Flagg" <reflagg@...> wrote:

> Does anyone have the names to hand of these airfields please?


> 1 = Just to the north west of Swaffham;
> http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.660027&lon=0.641241&z=16.4&r=0&src=msl

I've seen reported a Swaffham-Etthornes Farm on the old Fly site a Google search
still brings this up. But I've not tracked down other documents to support that
name, however the OS map shows this area as 'Great Friars Thornes' so maybe that
is the name of the site. The Google Earth show quite a few battery farm type
buildings not on the Flash Earth image so maybe no longer active?



> 2 = Between Elsworth and Conington, Cambs
> http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.271889&lon=-0.071635&z=16.9&r=0&src=msl

This is Main Hall Farm, Conington - (page 217 of Lockyears 5th edition)
confusion is possible due to two Conington villages in Cambridgeshire!, the
other one having Peterborough-Conington Airfield (EGSF) near to it.

> 3 = Small grass airstrip that runs NE/SW and the centre is the gap in the
hedge here (airfield newer than flashearth image);
> http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.285192&lon=-0.02989&z=17.2&r=0&src=msl

No idea on this one!

regards
Sabrejv




Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:19 am

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Does anyone have the names to hand of these airfields please? 1 = Just to the north west of Swaffham; ...
Richard Flagg
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Mar 22, 2009
9:50 pm

Does anyone have the names to hand of these airfields please? 1 = Just to the north west of Swaffham; ...
Richard Flagg
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Mar 22, 2009
11:43 pm

I can add my input, to confirm that The strip just north of swaffham is known as Etthornes Farm, base for flying G-BIZK Nord 3203B. The other two Nords are in...
TopHat27DT
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Mar 23, 2009
11:46 am

Thank you so much everyone for the help so far. I have posted the photos on the AiX forum if you want to have a look at the airfields. The photos have all been...
Richard Flagg
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Mar 24, 2009
9:25 am

Flashearth is well out of date.. i don,t think 2 of those sites are active any more going by google earth... try Google earth you have to load down the...
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Mar 23, 2009
9:07 am

... I've seen reported a Swaffham-Etthornes Farm on the old Fly site a Google search still brings this up. But I've not tracked down other documents to...
sabrejv
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Mar 23, 2009
9:19 am

Hi I am having problems getting google earth on my computer at present In the meantime, if you can give me approx grid ref's or lat/long's, I may be able to...
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Mar 23, 2009
10:22 am

Martin The links in Richard's original message have lat/long embeded. HTH Sabrejv...
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