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Old 4th Sep 2012, 17:39
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Halfbaked_Boy
 
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davidjohnstone and DX Wombat -

Just out of curiosity I decided to have a look for an industrial estate to the south of Leominster on Google Earth, and see if I could find any roads that could be mistaken for runways, and I found one...

... And I found the right one! Because if you zoom in to it there are a few image buttons you can click, one of which is entitled 'Ooops my mistake'.

Type in 'Owen Way, Leominster' into the search function on Google Earth, the pictures of the aircraft after landing are all there, and to be fair to the pilot, even though some alarm bells should have started ringing during the final stages of the approach, I can definitely see how you could mistake that area for an airfield, given that the buildings on the East side of the road kind of look like hangars from above!
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