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Old 20th Mar 2009, 11:46
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nacluv
 
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Well done, Jenkins. The picture is indeed Kirknewton in it's USAF/CIA days (early 50's) as a cold war listening station. It also kept an eye on the Washington/Moscow 'batphone' cable which ran nearby apparently. Now home to 661 VGS.

There are very few images on the net for Kirknewton, although I found a great one showing it in current times which I would have loved to post here, but it had the copyright mark on it so I dare not.

The mound in the picture is the old quarry in the ridge to the immediate NE of the aerodrome. It must have caused some interesting air mass movements in its time, but I never had any issues.

Jenkins has already declared Open House, so away you go!
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