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Old 16th Feb 2017, 08:17
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Chris Scott
 
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jensdad is correct! Turnhouse in 1966:



The main runway was designated 13/31, with 13 having Turnhouse's only ILS. (Some of us cut our insstrument-rating teeth flying it in a 2000-foot wind of 270/30-40...)** It is now designated 12/30. The civil apron can be seen on the right of the photo, and is still used. Rwy 26, with its final approach over a down-sloping golf course, is closed. The apron in the middle of the photo, with a black hangar to its left, may have belonged to Ferranti?

In the background, today, would be the current main runway, 06/24, with an ILS on both ends. That was built in the 1970s, and originally designated 07/25. Careful inspection of the Google satellite-view reveals the residual mark "7"under the "6" of the "06" at the runway threshold.

For those who've never been there to admire it, here's the view to the left on Finals to what is now Rwy 12:

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