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Old 8th February 2004 | 06:11
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Phoenix09
 
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Smile White Waltham

So far, touch wood, in 7 years of operating out of White Waltham I have never known the grass runways to be closed.

I believe that during the war when the airfield was a base for the ATA a metal grid was laid beneath the grass to enable heavy bombers to be flown from there and this helps with stopping the grass from becoming too boggy.
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