Army does not want Coltishall
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Army does not want Coltishall
Report from local paper, Colt up for disposal. 
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http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/...A33%3A54%3A517
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http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/...A33%3A54%3A517
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I thought that the RAF needed to keep the Colt FQs to house the extra personnel taking on Marham's GR4 deep servicing task??
Great daily commute that'll be.
Great daily commute that'll be.
A great tragedy if everything goes. In particular, the outstanding museum must be saved for future generations.
Another sad casualty of the imploding RAF. If Colt goes, how many RAF aerodromes will be left in East Anglia? Marham and Wyton - and that's it. Another one to add to the list of East Anglian aerodromes which have closed since I joined:
Bassingbourn
Bentwaters
Gravely
Honington
North Weald (OK - it's still operating as a civil aerodrome!)
Oakington
Stradishall
Wattisham (only Army helicopters now)
Watton
West Raynham
..and others which I've probably missed out.
A great station - but served by an appalling rural road network. Take the wrong turning and you're likely to run into some inbred cyclopian local who will ask you to "Squeal like a pig" if you're unlucky.
Another sad casualty of the imploding RAF. If Colt goes, how many RAF aerodromes will be left in East Anglia? Marham and Wyton - and that's it. Another one to add to the list of East Anglian aerodromes which have closed since I joined:
Bassingbourn
Bentwaters
Gravely
Honington
North Weald (OK - it's still operating as a civil aerodrome!)
Oakington
Stradishall
Wattisham (only Army helicopters now)
Watton
West Raynham
..and others which I've probably missed out.
A great station - but served by an appalling rural road network. Take the wrong turning and you're likely to run into some inbred cyclopian local who will ask you to "Squeal like a pig" if you're unlucky.
Hiya Beags,
Don't forget 22 Sqn. Annoys the Army no end everytime a job well done is reported in the local media as "A Seaking from RAF Wattisham...". 
Best Regards,
LXGB
Wattisham (only Army helicopters now)
Best Regards,
LXGB
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some inbred cyclopian local
However, you cannot criticize the roads around here enough!
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I cordially invite Beagle for a few pints at the Recruiting Sargent at Coltishall, closley followed by an intimate chat with some of the "inbred cyclopian locals" - most of whom are military personnel or second home capitalists.
The real locals can't afford to live there any more, a situation which won't be improved once everyone "darn sarf" latches onto the fact that this extremely pleasant area of Norfolk no longer suffers from extreme noise pollution 8am to 6pm, Mon - Fri.
The real locals can't afford to live there any more, a situation which won't be improved once everyone "darn sarf" latches onto the fact that this extremely pleasant area of Norfolk no longer suffers from extreme noise pollution 8am to 6pm, Mon - Fri.
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I'm told the Army turned down Colt because they couldn't see the point of having an AIR Assault Brigade too close to an airhead.....bit of a lucky escape for the locals
Ah well, the Jolly Farmers has a beerfest on......
Ah well, the Jolly Farmers has a beerfest on......
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I was never stationed there but visited a few times and it always struck me as having a happy atmosphere, mind you most of the visits were when I was at Honington (with its morale vacuum at the time).
Ah well, we won Kirton-in-Lindsay back from the Brownjobs, is the airfield there useable BTW? Or did they knacker it by digging holes/driving tracked vehicles over it?
Ah well, we won Kirton-in-Lindsay back from the Brownjobs, is the airfield there useable BTW? Or did they knacker it by digging holes/driving tracked vehicles over it?
Gainesy,
The grass airfield at Kirton is fully serviceable and used for quite intensive gliding and powered tug flying. The airfield is fenced off from the rest of the station, rather like South Cerney.
The grass airfield at Kirton is fully serviceable and used for quite intensive gliding and powered tug flying. The airfield is fenced off from the rest of the station, rather like South Cerney.
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Proone,
Thank you, that's nice to hear.
The 12-year old Gainesy first got airborne there, as an ATC Cadet in a T.31 glider. Remember a big signals mast on the airfield and like Art said, it was bloody cold.
Thank you, that's nice to hear.
The 12-year old Gainesy first got airborne there, as an ATC Cadet in a T.31 glider. Remember a big signals mast on the airfield and like Art said, it was bloody cold.
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Not sure why the AABde would want an airhead that is an hour further away than the one they currently use on the doorstep that has much better road access anyway!
Call me a bluff old traditionalist and all that,
HEDP
Call me a bluff old traditionalist and all that,
HEDP
