l.garey
26th Aug 2011, 08:20
Last February I started a thread to see if any of our friends remembered an airfield/airstrip at Masafi, now in the UAE. We had a lot of interesting replies from Brakedwell, JW411, Old, not bold, Herod, Teeteringhead and others.
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/442349-old-airfield-masafi-uae-2.html
So I wonder if any of you, or anyone else, can help with the following.
I just got news from my friend in the UAE with whom I have explored a number of airstrips (including Masafi) that he recently came across what might be another old landing strip. It is NW of Shawkah in Ras al Khaimah Emirate, and about 20km SSW of Manama, that some of you knew. It is 370m long by 25m wide, oriented 11/29, and has piles of stones alongside the "runway", with V-shaped piles to mark the corners.
The Google Earth image is below; it is at 25 08 09N, 55 59 27E
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/showkah2.jpg
I looked on the map that Herod posted on the Masafi thread, but can't see anything relevant. Maybe he can though ...
Anyone been there or know of it? Thanks
Laurence
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/442349-old-airfield-masafi-uae-2.html
So I wonder if any of you, or anyone else, can help with the following.
I just got news from my friend in the UAE with whom I have explored a number of airstrips (including Masafi) that he recently came across what might be another old landing strip. It is NW of Shawkah in Ras al Khaimah Emirate, and about 20km SSW of Manama, that some of you knew. It is 370m long by 25m wide, oriented 11/29, and has piles of stones alongside the "runway", with V-shaped piles to mark the corners.
The Google Earth image is below; it is at 25 08 09N, 55 59 27E
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/showkah2.jpg
I looked on the map that Herod posted on the Masafi thread, but can't see anything relevant. Maybe he can though ...
Anyone been there or know of it? Thanks
Laurence