Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:39 pm
Sorry, don't have anything. O H
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:45 pm
Not much of a clue, but I used to work there in my youth
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:23 pm
We are getting nowhere Woody. Could be anywhere. Clues please.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:58 pm
Berkshire with an Atomic outlook, unfortunately no longer glowing 
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:44 pm
Blimey, I worked at Harwell, and still don't recognise it.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 11:14 pm
Aldermaston, I'd have thought - played cricket at the AWRE once as a stripling
Harwell's Oxfordshire, I think
Harwell's Oxfordshire, I think
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:43 am
Opsboi is in the area.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:21 pm
Greenham Common no longer glows.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:25 pm
Wrong direction!
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:01 pm
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:27 am
I’m away for a few days, so I’ll reveal the Round Oak, Padworth Common, which is an ex-pub 
O/H is the order of the day.
O/H is the order of the day.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:15 am
A bit of a lull. No airfields for some time. A few clues here, some may recognise it.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:37 pm
Weston-On-The-Green. Flew in there once donkeys years ago when they weren't parachuting. No idea why!
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:02 am
You have it C16. I think that I probably have more take offs and landings there than any other airfield/airport in the world. With the BN2T we could do 4 drops an hour from 12,000. The balloon pan can be seen by the hangar. It was and probably still is the largest DZ in the country and they still managed to miss it. Pig farm top left. If they landed off the DZ a rescue vehicle had to go out to check that they were OK and bring them back. Except if they had landed in the pig farm, then they had to walk. 
C16's drop.
C16's drop.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:48 pm
Thought we might as well stay on airfields so here's one......
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:28 pm
That be Hethel in Norfolk. The home of Lotus cars.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:03 am
Yes, 'tis Hethel. I think I've mentioned before on here that not long after "The Spy Who Love Me" Bond film was released I had the opportunity to drive one of the two Esprit road cars used in the film round the Hethel test track. Great fun!
All yours Smeagol!
All yours Smeagol!
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:28 pm
Thank you C16, I have had that view of Hethel as I had a flight in a Pitts a few years ago ( a birthday present) and we performed aeros directly over head Hethel.
No more airfields, airports or even aerodromes. Just a street. But it is quite a famous one.
No more airfields, airports or even aerodromes. Just a street. But it is quite a famous one.
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:58 pm
Mont St Michel
Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:20 am
Via Dolorosa?