Brize move a farce..
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After all these months of being told everything is going to plan I am told that
1AMW will not be moving to Brize in November but delayed until at least April 12 because there is no accommodation available !!!!!
No shocks, perhaps the reality that Brize simply is not big enough is at last becoming apparent now that a significant number of personnel have at last been posted from Lyneham.
1AMW will not be moving to Brize in November but delayed until at least April 12 because there is no accommodation available !!!!!
No shocks, perhaps the reality that Brize simply is not big enough is at last becoming apparent now that a significant number of personnel have at last been posted from Lyneham.
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Well at least the car parking issue could be solved!!! See planning applications 03 may 11
http://carterton-tc.gov.uk/docs/pdf_627.pdf
I didn't understand it either but this link explains all!!
Portable and Temporary Car Parks | Fast Assembly Car Park Hire & Permanent Modular Parking | Another Level Car Parks Ltd
Of course other companies provide similar services.
Not sure where they would build this, would make sense in the long term car park by the gateway.
I wonder if they do demountable barrack blocks and SFA!!!!
With a seven month delay on 1AMW moving and possible knock effect to TMW, the 225 house earmarked for REEMA North still haven't had planning approval yet, this farce is set to continue.
http://carterton-tc.gov.uk/docs/pdf_627.pdf
I didn't understand it either but this link explains all!!
Portable and Temporary Car Parks | Fast Assembly Car Park Hire & Permanent Modular Parking | Another Level Car Parks Ltd
Of course other companies provide similar services.
Not sure where they would build this, would make sense in the long term car park by the gateway.
I wonder if they do demountable barrack blocks and SFA!!!!
With a seven month delay on 1AMW moving and possible knock effect to TMW, the 225 house earmarked for REEMA North still haven't had planning approval yet, this farce is set to continue.
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MQ, brings to mind an exchange at a Lyneham captain's board many years ago, something along the lines of:
Q: "Have you any suggestions that might enhance our operational capability?"
A: "Provide more car parking"
Q: "Have you any suggestions that might enhance our operational capability?"
A: "Provide more car parking"
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I was at Brize on Thursday and had a drive around the JR accom patch. Car parking is gonna be an absolute mare, there is hardly and spaces between the blocks, Multi story was discussed as the only way to solve this problem
A slight problem? There's a workshop on the base that could trim the desk if required...
Now I know that plan won't work for the families who can't fit in the available accomodation...
Now I know that plan won't work for the families who can't fit in the available accomodation...
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There's a workshop on the base that could trim the desk if required...
Even a decade or so ago, I needed an 8' length of 2x4 for a demo in my classroom teaching Antennas and Propagation. I went to the workshops, and was given the above line. It was much more pragmatic to buy my own for a couple of quid.
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The car park in that link seems identical to the one at Bicester outlet village - not that I go there too often, my wardrobe is well stocked with enough shocking shirts for now...
The locals aren't happy - "Arrival of new Hercules planes causes upset"
It seems that the 'droning skips' are causing a lot of complaints:
Arrival of new Hercules planes causes upset (From Oxford Mail)
Now, no doubt someone will bleat "Don't they know that there's a war on?". Well, yes they do - and have supported Brize activities for years. However, engine runs at 0100-0500 stretch the limit somewhat....
Arrival of new Hercules planes causes upset (From Oxford Mail)
Now, no doubt someone will bleat "Don't they know that there's a war on?". Well, yes they do - and have supported Brize activities for years. However, engine runs at 0100-0500 stretch the limit somewhat....
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I did like this comment...
compared to the VC10 which is so quiet....
Do have some sympathy for the locals with the sudden increase in activity but would much rather have the noise than the silence that is around the Lyneham area now.
The Hercules are incredibly noisy
Do have some sympathy for the locals with the sudden increase in activity but would much rather have the noise than the silence that is around the Lyneham area now.
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RAF Brize Norton spokesman Katie Zasada said “It is probably a 25 per cent increase over what we expected. We did not anticipate the number of engine ground runs.”
You mean nobody told you that 33 aircraft require maintenance?Oh hang on............
Ms Zasada said less Hercules had been stationed at the base than was expected and so each was having to run more missions – to destinations including Libya and Afghanistan – meaning more maintenance had to be done at night for a quicker turnaround of each plane.
“Without the test the aircraft would not be able to go out, and that could have dire consequences.”
Dear residents of the surrounding area of RAF Brize Norton. PFO and move somewhere else. Or better still move the Hercules back to RAF Lyneham where the locals appreciated them. You can then leave Brize Norton to the REMF shiney fleet.
