View Full Version : Barton VOR [defunct] location co-ordinates.
NacelleStrake
13th Aug 2017, 19:53
Good evening, chaps,
Would anyone have the co-ordinates for the Barton VOR that used to be located on EGCC SID's? [1970's]
It was taken out of service and is now a fix. Can the co-ordinates be readable on a Google Earth search, please.
The 1970's AERAD chart [HI] have the VOR but, alas, not the location. I haven't got the accompanying area chart. :rolleyes:
ETOPS
13th Aug 2017, 20:38
Try this ... N53 27 30 W02 27 21
Cribbed from a previous Pprune thread asking exactly the same question :rolleyes:
Certainly fits my recollection of the site - I flew over it 6 times a day for about 4 years !!
NacelleStrake
13th Aug 2017, 22:39
Many thanks, ETOPS. May this week be CAVU for you.
DaveReidUK
14th Aug 2017, 06:41
Interesting that there's no discernable trace of the VOR any more.
Granted, it was decommissioned many years ago, but when you think how many WWII hardstandings are still visible on GE it's a little odd.
spargazer
27th Aug 2017, 17:11
This link may help, it is in OSGB36 NGR, cucaera (http://www.cucaera.co.uk/grp/?refs=SJ734975&map=ordnance_1937_1961&vcs=true&graticule=true&nsgrids=false&zoom=16&lat=53.47251788779768&lon=-2.3951804637908936)
or http://www.cucaera.co.uk/grp/?refs=SJ734975&map=ordnance_1937_1961&vcs=true&graticule=true&nsgrids=false&zoom=16&lat=53.47438252734813&lon=-2.4047505855560303
it really is bandit country in those parts
DaveReidUK
27th Aug 2017, 18:46
This link may help, it is in OSGB36 NGR, cucaera (http://www.cucaera.co.uk/grp/?refs=SJ734975&map=ordnance_1937_1961&vcs=true&graticule=true&nsgrids=false&zoom=16&lat=53.47251788779768&lon=-2.3951804637908936)
or cucaera (http://www.cucaera.co.uk/grp/?refs=SJ734975&map=ordnance_1937_1961&vcs=true&graticule=true&nsgrids=false&zoom=16&lat=53.47438252734813&lon=-2.4047505855560303)
it really is bandit country in those parts
Now I'm confused - that's about 4km from the previously-quoted position.
as posted previously
http://www.pprune.org/spectators-balcony-spotters-corner/427474-co-ordinates-barton-vor-near-manchester-airport.html?#post5935854
BTN VOR/DME (freq. 112.4) was located at N53 27 30 W02 27 21
The above details extracted from Pooley's Flight Guide 1980.