Llanbedr Airfield
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Llanbedr Airfield
Llanbedr Airfield may come back to life soon as Llanbedr Airfield Estates LLP aims to establish an aircraft maintenance, decommissioning and disassembly operation creating between 34-50 jobs in it's third year.
Plan for aircraft decommissioning operation in Snowdonia National Park - click here
Snowdonia National Park Authority backs passenger jet breakers yard plans - click here
Airliner scrapyard plans on hold at Llanbedr Airfield - click here
Plan for aircraft decommissioning operation in Snowdonia National Park - click here
Snowdonia National Park Authority backs passenger jet breakers yard plans - click here
Airliner scrapyard plans on hold at Llanbedr Airfield - click here
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i would like to visit a relative close to llanbedr.
does anyone know a contact for Llanbedr estates to see if they will give me permission to land?
has anyone else tried?
many thanks
does anyone know a contact for Llanbedr estates to see if they will give me permission to land?
has anyone else tried?
many thanks
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I'm not sure of the contact for LLanbedr Airfield Estates however it is the same company that ownes Kemble. It maybe a suggestion to contact Kemble for information on LLanbedr.
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It looks like the plans are no longer on hold after the Environment Minister John Griffiths jad decided against calling in a bid.
Green light for Snowdonia airfield to be tunrned into dismantling yard - click here
Green light for Snowdonia airfield to be tunrned into dismantling yard - click here
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Llanbedr airfield to be included as part of the Snowdonia Enterprise Zone. Also talks of 60 jobs to be created as part of plan for aircraft dismantling yard.
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Boeing 747s could be landed on airfield in Snowdonia - North Wales Weekly News
Brace yoursleves for the single most ridiculous piece of reporting ever!
Apparently, aircraft going to Llanbedr to be scrapped, some as big as a B747 will ..... wait for it ... FLY IN, rather than come by road!!!
And there was me standing by the roadside in Snowdonia waiting with my camera for a low loader with a complete 747 on board to tootle past on its way to the Welsh coast from Heathrow!
Me thinks Mr. Journo got the wrong end of the stick when Network Rail were asking about increased traffic over the level crossing near the airfield.
Brace yoursleves for the single most ridiculous piece of reporting ever!
Apparently, aircraft going to Llanbedr to be scrapped, some as big as a B747 will ..... wait for it ... FLY IN, rather than come by road!!!
And there was me standing by the roadside in Snowdonia waiting with my camera for a low loader with a complete 747 on board to tootle past on its way to the Welsh coast from Heathrow!
Me thinks Mr. Journo got the wrong end of the stick when Network Rail were asking about increased traffic over the level crossing near the airfield.
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Why on earth would you choose West Wales for this sort of operation ?
There is no labour with the skills in that area as far as I am aware...
Or is there master plan to ship people in ?
Surface transport is shocking !
If you are going to choose a base in Wales surely you choose somewhere like Hawarden ?
Good runway, superb ATC, excellent road connections and a skilled workforce in situ !
There is no labour with the skills in that area as far as I am aware...
Or is there master plan to ship people in ?
Surface transport is shocking !
If you are going to choose a base in Wales surely you choose somewhere like Hawarden ?
Good runway, superb ATC, excellent road connections and a skilled workforce in situ !
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Why on earth would you choose West Wales for this sort of operation ?
There is no labour with the skills in that area as far as I am aware...
Or is there master plan to ship people in ?
There is no labour with the skills in that area as far as I am aware...
Or is there master plan to ship people in ?
I know its RAF but there are a few civvies on site too.
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Since when do you need skilled labour to cut up an airliner ?
I saw a B727 get cut up with small grinding discs in Joburg a few years ago by a bunch of local labourers.
Better still one day to chop a DC8 with a JCB.
OK I will have it that you need supervision and technicians to retrieve reusable parts but surely you don't need many skilled staff.
Good luck to Llanbedr, this corner of Wales needs all the help and employment it can get.
I cant help thinking though, why didnt Woodford get used for this kind of operation.
I saw a B727 get cut up with small grinding discs in Joburg a few years ago by a bunch of local labourers.
Better still one day to chop a DC8 with a JCB.
OK I will have it that you need supervision and technicians to retrieve reusable parts but surely you don't need many skilled staff.
Good luck to Llanbedr, this corner of Wales needs all the help and employment it can get.
I cant help thinking though, why didnt Woodford get used for this kind of operation.
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Emirates have never even looked at Dsa have they?
Although its got a runway capa of taking all their aircraft.
And the winds are quieter than Lba so why not.
They have no Yorkshire presence.
All other Ek flights from regional airports are packed.
Although its got a runway capa of taking all their aircraft.
And the winds are quieter than Lba so why not.
They have no Yorkshire presence.
All other Ek flights from regional airports are packed.
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All of the other regional airports have something known as lots of demand leading to lots of passengers, even the smallest of those, NCL, handles about 6 times as many passengers per year as DSA does!
It appears that preparations are being made to bring the airfield back to life. I hear that QinetiQ are involved and currently making enquiries to ANSPs for provision of ATC.
As QinetiQ are involved is it related to operation of UAVs, maybe trying to wrestle away business from West Wales Airport (Aberporth), just down the road, who appear to be the UK leaders in this field?
Please let it not be Welsh Assembly Government behind this, ready to throw away another few million of Welsh taxpayers money.
A few weeks ago I was able to see how UAVs operate at West Wales Airport, a very impressive operation run safely and efficiently by a the airport operator, I would speculate at a fraction of the cost of something that the QinetiQ empire would cobble together.
Llanbedr may be able handle the larger UAVs (Reaper etc), which West Wales cannot, due to runway length, but its going to take one hell of a lot of UAV movements to even pay for ATC, unless of course if QinetiQ are sending out the bills!
As QinetiQ are involved is it related to operation of UAVs, maybe trying to wrestle away business from West Wales Airport (Aberporth), just down the road, who appear to be the UK leaders in this field?
Please let it not be Welsh Assembly Government behind this, ready to throw away another few million of Welsh taxpayers money.
A few weeks ago I was able to see how UAVs operate at West Wales Airport, a very impressive operation run safely and efficiently by a the airport operator, I would speculate at a fraction of the cost of something that the QinetiQ empire would cobble together.
Llanbedr may be able handle the larger UAVs (Reaper etc), which West Wales cannot, due to runway length, but its going to take one hell of a lot of UAV movements to even pay for ATC, unless of course if QinetiQ are sending out the bills!
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They have no Yorkshire presence.
All other Ek flights from regional airports are packed.
All other Ek flights from regional airports are packed.
