North Weald.
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North Weald.
Anyone here know what happened to the two DC4's that were parked at North Weald to be used in a movie about the Berlin Airlift?
I was supposed to fly for that movie but it never happened.
Is North Weald even there anymore?
Chuck E.
I was supposed to fly for that movie but it never happened.
Is North Weald even there anymore?
Chuck E.
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From: Mare Imbrium
NW is an excellent airfield with good facilities and helpful staff. A great place to visit with all sorts of resident aircraft from microlights, through the usual GA stuff, WWII fighters to cold war jets.
I worked there up to a couple of years ago and used to park my car under the DC-4s
I worked there up to a couple of years ago and used to park my car under the DC-4s
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From: The frozen north....
I was there a couple of weeks ago doing some testing on one of our race aircraft, deffo still parked up looking very sorry for themselves.
As for N Weald, fantastic place, very accommodating to the odd spot of hooliganism ;-)
As for N Weald, fantastic place, very accommodating to the odd spot of hooliganism ;-)
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From: Mare Imbrium
Yes they do.
Same people (The Squadron).
Yes (but its the M25, not that it matters ).
North Weald Airfield - Epping Forest District Council
Same people (The Squadron).
Yes (but its the M25, not that it matters
).North Weald Airfield - Epping Forest District Council
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From: east ESSEX
Chuck, you`re wecome anytime;we did try starting one of the -4s,but whilst they would turn and `chuff,fuel ran outwhen the pumps went on. A couple of yrs ago it ran for a while ,but the system was jury-rigged from a tank in the fuselage with pipes out along the wing to the engines,bypassing the mains.Nothing since. Other stuff you can find on the NW Thread on `Key publishing /Flypast site`.
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From: Nanaimo (CAC8)
Soon after the motorway opened in 1986 traffic levels exceeded the maximum design capacity and in 1990 the Secretary of State for Transport announced plans to widen the whole of the M25 to four lanes.By 1993 the motorway, which was designed for a maximum of 88,000 vehicles per day, was carrying 200,000 vehicles per day.
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I can remember listening to a documentary on BBC about the M25. The gist of it was that when the original computer projections were done, the conclusion was that it should be built with four lanes all the way round. Then some comedian decided that with the huge increase in oil prices in the 1970s, they could get away with three lanes.
We all know what happened afterwards.
What did make me smile was the opening statement by the presenter of the programme.
"We are about to meet Mr Smith. Now not many of you out there will have heard of Mr Smith but he is the gentleman who is in charge of the M25. If you don't think that is important then consider this. He has the undivided attention of more people sitting and standing still than the Pope".
It made me smile.
As to the two DC-4s at North Weald; I haven't been up close to them for some years and one of them was leaking like a sieve even then. My very first co-pilot in the RAF in 1966 was a South African and we have been best friends ever since. He flew the SAA Historical Flight DC-4s (and DC-3s and Ju-52) until age defeated him. He came over to stay with me last year and we had a day at Duxford. On the way back I offered to take him into North Weald to look at the DC-4s. He declined; he reckoned that the sight would break his heart.
We all know what happened afterwards.
What did make me smile was the opening statement by the presenter of the programme.
"We are about to meet Mr Smith. Now not many of you out there will have heard of Mr Smith but he is the gentleman who is in charge of the M25. If you don't think that is important then consider this. He has the undivided attention of more people sitting and standing still than the Pope".
It made me smile.
As to the two DC-4s at North Weald; I haven't been up close to them for some years and one of them was leaking like a sieve even then. My very first co-pilot in the RAF in 1966 was a South African and we have been best friends ever since. He flew the SAA Historical Flight DC-4s (and DC-3s and Ju-52) until age defeated him. He came over to stay with me last year and we had a day at Duxford. On the way back I offered to take him into North Weald to look at the DC-4s. He declined; he reckoned that the sight would break his heart.
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From: West Sussex, England
I was given a Fly-In sheet at Stow Maries (WWI airfield, Essex) a couple of weeks back when I landed.
If you are here to fly or drive, North Weald has a Vintage & Classic Fly-In run by Air-Britain 20th & 21st June. www.air-britain.com/flyin-about
PPR (free landings) 01992 524510.
By road - Vehicles with one driver £10, extra car pax £5 each.
mike hallam.
If you are here to fly or drive, North Weald has a Vintage & Classic Fly-In run by Air-Britain 20th & 21st June. www.air-britain.com/flyin-about
PPR (free landings) 01992 524510.
By road - Vehicles with one driver £10, extra car pax £5 each.
mike hallam.
