Wycombe Air Park to become a football stadium ?
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It's in the current plans... can't unfortunatly say where I got that from (and thus I realise no-one is going to believe me - that's the problem with anonymous forums), but it is from within AAA!
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Seem to recall that the announcement by Wycombe District Council was that there was going to be a six month survey/feasibility study. It would make sense for this to include several options, one of which being to realign (and potentially extend) the main runway. This would also then permit the operation of larger/heavier aircraft. So it could result in increased capacity....and even more complaints from those who live at the end of the runway.
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moaning minnies
One Six Right - Romance of Flying.
It's about Van Nuys airport in California. Lots of personal stories, history of the airport etc.
Funny how green the Valley was when the airport was built. Sure, it was expanded, more/longer runways etc over the decades, but the original idea was to create town around airport. The two of them as both integral parts of the community. Airport providing investments, jobs, etc.
Then they showed how it looks now. Airport squeezed into miles of residential houses. All around. You all know property, California, sun, cash...
No wonder that some residents aren't happy with bizjet traffic that wasn't there (or little) few decades ago.
Anyone who moves in close to estabilished busy GA airport should either put up with certain level of noise pollution or simply not be there in the first place.
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Let's just close all the big airports except country's capitals. Who needs so many of them lifting people for holidays to the Med and stag parties in the 'East' just to get pished? How could you say that airport is useless to community? Something very fishy about your 'fATPL' as smarthawke 'researched' your profile.
I'd rather see people taking coach to bigger airport than having Ryanair zooming down to every landable airport just to ferry folks to Ibiza or Tenerife.
Closing GA airports is bad. If one was to train at big international airport, landing fees would simply not allow so in the UK.
16R documentary also showed the pace of closing small airports in the USA. Also due to land value etc. Frightening.
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Just seen this thread. I know a bloke who tells me he manages the local shooting club (NW of the field if I recall?) also happens to play for Wasps.
Anything more than a coincidence?
Anything more than a coincidence?
Out of idle curiosity I took a look at the Google map of Booker and I think the good people of Lane End should have nothing to fear from this as an extended centre-line through there would give the shortest of possible runway configurations, requre the removal of most hangarage and have high ground immediately in the climb-out. I think it VERY unlikely. The airfield is in a tricky spot to extend any runway direction with M40 and the Lane End road blocking it in, high ground to the NW and quite major earthworks required for anything beyond what they already have. I can't immagine where they squeeze in a Rugby/Football stadium either.
Last edited by Dan Dare; 4th Sep 2008 at 13:28. Reason: trying to post image of Google map
