View Full Version : chivenor runway in use again
flybeboy
9th Sep 2013, 10:00
chivenors runway fully useable again, with c-130 hercules landing today, and USAFE mc-130s due today and tomorrow from mildenhall, part of an exercise, if a herc can still use it it must be ok, hope many more will.:D;)
orgASMic
9th Sep 2013, 10:13
chivenors runway fully useable again
Says who? Sounds like it has been activated as a temporary landing zone for an exercise, nothing more.
MFC_Fly
9th Sep 2013, 10:23
if a herc can still use it it must be ok
You mean the herc that operates from fields, African scrub, deserts, beaches, etc. Yep, that must mean the runway is OK then :D
C130 - can land anywhere (within reason!) and a great piece of gear like the Chinook.
Agreed with above - does not mean R/W is servicable again whatsoever.
G:ok:
Rocket2
9th Sep 2013, 12:12
Saunton Sands beach too soft then?
Wander00
9th Sep 2013, 13:21
R2 - walking there yesterday evening and talking about the photos and video of the Hercules flying onto and off the beach
Rocket2
9th Sep 2013, 14:15
Wander00 - fantastic picture on the wall of the Saunton Sands Hotel car park :ok:
NigelOnDraft
9th Sep 2013, 15:45
chivenors runway fully useable again, with c-130 hercules landing today, and USAFE mc-130s due today and tomorrow from mildenhall, part of an exercise, if a herc can still use it it must be ok, hope many more wilOut of interest, from when has it (apparently) been "out of use"?
NoD
Wander00
9th Sep 2013, 17:35
R2 - yes, seen it thanks. Stunning picture. Guy who took it has gallery in Barnstaple (The Gallery, I think).
cuefaye
9th Sep 2013, 17:50
Who cares? Cannot be the same again
I used to have to run across that runway, in between 4-ships of Hunters taking off or landing, to get to work at the GCA site.
624 VGS still use the runway today.
Courtney Mil
10th Sep 2013, 10:27
NoD,
pretty much since the current occupants moved in 1994. I seem to recall that they even dug a trench across it just to make sure it was properly broken.
rolling20
12th Sep 2013, 10:36
Whilst I was in the church yard at Heanton Punchardon, I saw a light aircraft take off, or was it a motorised glider? Is the runway open to GA?
NigelOnDraft
12th Sep 2013, 16:47
NoD,
pretty much since the current occupants moved in 1994. I seem to recall that they even dug a trench across it just to make sure it was properly broken. Ummm... I thought the Touch and Goes I've done there in a Hunter in the last 2-3 years were a bit bumpy :eek:
AFAIK the runway has stayed available...
NoD