Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Helicopters often use runways for takeoff, if one is available, for performance reasons.
Goodness, thank you for that. I’ve only 53 years of driving them around the world, both Mil and Civ.
Originally Posted by
Hangar_9
My interest is that of RAF / RN / AAC / USAF airfields (or any military), in the UK that were active and still open until circa. 1970.
I'd like to create a comprehensive list of all airfields with a concrete or asphalt runway that were in use in any way at all. It could be a training field (i.e Oakington) through to front line (Leuchars). The emphasis is on a physical in-use hard runway at this location.
I would have thought that RNAS Portland met those requirements, especially as a base for many frontline Naval Air Squadrons heavily involved in the Cold War.