RAF Valley Taxiway Chart.
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RAF Valley Taxiway Chart.
Does anyone know where i could find a taxiway chart for EGOV? I am trying to build an airport for a flight simulator and would like to be able to label the taxiways correctly.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Or else, try Google Maps
raf valley - Google Maps
Isn't it funny how Google Maps/Satelitte have reasonably spot on pics of Military Bases in UK?
raf valley - Google Maps
Isn't it funny how Google Maps/Satelitte have reasonably spot on pics of Military Bases in UK?
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Thanks for the replies so far. I have been looking at the AIDU website, and will contact them later to today to see if its possible for a civilian to get access to some of their documents. With regard to the google maps suggestion, it is quite high resolution, but not high enough to see the taxiway signs unfortunately. Multimap does not have a birds eye view for Valley either. 
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Any other help or suggestions welcome!
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Thanks for posting that. Although i am specifically after a taxiway chart that has the taxiway designations marked on it. I have Aerodrome charts that show where the taxiways are, just nothing that shows what each taxiway is designated.
I don't think RAF airfields actually have taxiway designations, so I don't think you will be very successful in your search. In my 16 years in the RAF it was usually ""Taxy to holding point runway 27, call before crossing threshold runway 02." Something like that, anyway. You looked at your aerodrome chart and got on with it, because there was usually only one way to go - RAF airfields, in the main, had a wartime heritage and the layouts are pretty self explanatory, and similar. If you were new to a particular airfield, and unsure of a taxy route, you just asked!
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Thank-you for your interesting reply MrBernoulli, you make a good point! Would i be correct in assuming that if there are no taxiway designations marked on an aerodrome chart, then there are no taxiway designations in use at that airfield?
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Yes, but if you give your taxiways no designations then ATC will just say "AirForce 12 taxy to Runway 27 using Taxiway__" there will be just a short pause where that "__" is 
AI traffic will also take the SHORTEST route to the FULL LENGTH turn on to the runway, so their exact route will depend on where they are parked and not all will necessarily use the same route
It is hard to make AI traffic use an earlier runway entry than the full length but on landing they will turn off the runway at the first point available when their speed is reduced to about 12 or 14 knots...This can be adjusted a bit by changing their braking effectiveness or the drag on things like Gear and Spoilers
AI traffic will also take the SHORTEST route to the FULL LENGTH turn on to the runway, so their exact route will depend on where they are parked and not all will necessarily use the same route
It is hard to make AI traffic use an earlier runway entry than the full length but on landing they will turn off the runway at the first point available when their speed is reduced to about 12 or 14 knots...This can be adjusted a bit by changing their braking effectiveness or the drag on things like Gear and Spoilers
Looking at the google view
Someone has done a good job of mowing patterns on the triangular piece of grass in front of the hawks on the seaward side of the airfield.
And is that a hunter parked up on the top right side?
Someone has done a good job of mowing patterns on the triangular piece of grass in front of the hawks on the seaward side of the airfield.
And is that a hunter parked up on the top right side?
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Thank-you for the replies, they are all much appreciated.
There is a Hunter Gate Guardian at Valley - RAF Valley - Gate Guardian
There is a Hunter Gate Guardian at Valley - RAF Valley - Gate Guardian
Would i be correct in assuming that if there are no taxiway designations marked on an aerodrome chart, then there are no taxiway designations in use at that airfield?
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RAF Valley has no taxiway designation. I think that the only one's that do will be big bases like Brize, but you'd have to ask someone else. All the Fast Jet bases I've flown into, in the UK, have had no taxiway designators. Hope this helps.
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Pooleys Flight guide
I see this thread is a few months old, However if you're still searching for info. Have a look at Page 572 of Pooleys flight guide.
Although it does confirm that there are no taxi way designators, it does show the position of the tower and A/C parking, a hangar and a couple of buildings (Ops/Flight planning building) and two others (unnamed).
Although it does confirm that there are no taxi way designators, it does show the position of the tower and A/C parking, a hangar and a couple of buildings (Ops/Flight planning building) and two others (unnamed).
