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Manchester Woodford
Could anyone advise please on how active Woodford is these days, and are there any rumours as to its future; I have a relative who is looking into buying a house close by, and I'd appreciate any information about things to watch out for.
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Woodford is a shadow of its former self, days can go by without any movements, BAe are currently working on the Nimrod 3 development aircraft and are hoping for an order from the RAF. Even if this came (and I am very sceptical) it still wouldnt be busy. The airfield is licenced as a factory airfield and cannot operate commercial flights. There has been rumours for years that it will one day become a huge housing estate again I think thats unlikely as planning permissions for new build in this area are as rare as rocking horse droppings.
It is a very desirable and affluent area to live and wish I could afford it, so I would say your relative has nothing to worry about.
It is a very desirable and affluent area to live and wish I could afford it, so I would say your relative has nothing to worry about.
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i would disagree, its fairly common knowledge that even if the nimrod order does go ahead(which is unlikely)there are no plans to tender for further work when that is compleated , its only a matter of time before this valuable asset is sold off and its a fairly good bet the site will be redevolped for housing, however one thing you can be sure of, aircraft noise is not a problem these days, i live close to the site and its very unusual to hear anything coming in or going out, even the days of traffic congestion around the place are long gone as i think only a couple of hundred are employed there compared to the thousands which up to fairly recently worked there
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Originally Posted by jay_hl
I am led to believe that there is a fair amount of light aircraft flying goes on around there.
Nope - very little indeed.
Most light aircraft flying over Woodford are in the visual Hilltop Farm hold, waiting for the big stuff to land at MAN before they hop over and drop in on 24R or 24L.
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Manchester School of Flying based at EGCC do a fair amount of circuit training at Woodford on weekdays, although this is only in PA-38/PA-28's. It's not all done at Woodford, sometimes they go to Sleap/Tatenhill. I'll never forget my days battling a crosswind on 07 with the turbulence coming off the hangers whilst trying to put a PA-38 on the ground, a difficult enough task as it is when you've only got a few hours under your belt! Think my old flying instructor would rather forget a few of those touchdowns....
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I've just come back from the area and there were quite a few a/c in the Hilltop Farm hold and also a few t & g's from EGCD, from what I could see.
They all seemed to be MSF type aircraft.
They all seemed to be MSF type aircraft.
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Whether housing is built there is surely a local authority / planning permission issue. It's certainly an affluent area in years gone by I saw Gordon Strachan in the pub between Woodford and Wilmslow - and the Beckhams used to frequent Alderley Edge.
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If you mean the Unicorn, it is still frequented by the odd footballer.
And Jaap Stam, Laurent Blanc and Cristiano Ronaldo have all lived in the same Woodford house owned by United, only a couple of hundred yeards from BAe Systems.
And Jaap Stam, Laurent Blanc and Cristiano Ronaldo have all lived in the same Woodford house owned by United, only a couple of hundred yeards from BAe Systems.
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Woodford has a 2292m runway (longer than BLK)
Would it not make an ideal low cost alternative to MAN? A terminal on the Eastern side of the runway would link onto the Poynton bypass (due to be built by 2010) and the Manchester Airport Eastern link road which should be extended from Handforth to the airport at the same time. Terminal would also only be a few hundred metres from West coast mainline which also carries local services between Manchester and Macclesfield where a station could be built or a link bus could link the terminal with Adlington station. Only 20 min by train to Piccadilly.
Would it not make an ideal low cost alternative to MAN? A terminal on the Eastern side of the runway would link onto the Poynton bypass (due to be built by 2010) and the Manchester Airport Eastern link road which should be extended from Handforth to the airport at the same time. Terminal would also only be a few hundred metres from West coast mainline which also carries local services between Manchester and Macclesfield where a station could be built or a link bus could link the terminal with Adlington station. Only 20 min by train to Piccadilly.
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In the "Old Days", when Woodford had a [minimal] set of "Scheduled" movements......ALL Manchester "Southbounds" had to stop!.....to allow an HS125 [or similar] to depart....
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Still happens when the Nimrods go out or there are flypasts with the RJs.
All Manchester traffic stops until the Woodford traffic is clear, but it causes a fair bit of friction I believe.
All Manchester traffic stops until the Woodford traffic is clear, but it causes a fair bit of friction I believe.
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If (when) flying stops, what else can happen, except the building of new houses? Return to farm-land? Industry?
If the council deny planning permission for houses, it'll go to appeal and as it's a "brown field" site, Prezza won't think twice about it. No doubt Manchester Airport will write a letter of support for the planning application.
If the council deny planning permission for houses, it'll go to appeal and as it's a "brown field" site, Prezza won't think twice about it. No doubt Manchester Airport will write a letter of support for the planning application.
From the AIP, Woodford would appear to have obsatcle clearance problems on the 25 end. The ILS GP is 3.6 deg and with the displaced threshold, the LDA is 1671m.
Does the International Test Pilot School still operate from there?
Does the International Test Pilot School still operate from there?
