Renaming airports
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Annie Lennox is not a fan of Aberdeen, despite coming from here!!!
No thanks!!
How about Sir Alex Ferguson Intl, Willie Miller Intl or...Donald Trump Intl
Or given the current weather, Haar Intl
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Found this on Aviation History & Nostalgia Pprune Board, posted by Genghis the Engineer
RJ Mitchell Airport?
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The following was in the letters page of this month's "Motoring and Leisure", which is the magazine of the Civil Service Motoring Association - although actually tends to cover quite a bit more than motoring...
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The prototype Spitfire, K5054, made it's first flight at Eastleigh Airport on 5 march 1936. This was followed by intensive flight testing in the subsequent months, often with it's design R J Mitchell (my father) in attendance.
Flight testing of production Spitfires then began and continued testing throughou the 1939-1945 war and included the testing of all the new Marks as they were developed by Supermarine. In total over 11,000 Spitfires and Seafires (the naval equivalent) were test flown at Eastleigh Airport. Therefore the association between R J Mitchell and Eastleigh (now Southampton) Airport is collosal. Accordingly I would like to propose re-naming the airport as: R J Mitchell International (Southampton) in recognition of the historic link.
This is particularly important since my father never received any award for his endeavours and high honours, such as a knighthood, have never been awarded postumously.
If you feel you can support this proposal it would be much appreciated if you would write to the owners of Southampton Airport, namely the BAA. Please address your letters to: Mr Marcus Agius, Chairman, BAA plc, 130 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1LQ.
I do have the goodwill of many influentual people, but this is going to need all the support I can get. Thank you for your help.
Dr. Gordon Mitchell, Cheltenham, Glos
RJ Mitchell Airport?
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The following was in the letters page of this month's "Motoring and Leisure", which is the magazine of the Civil Service Motoring Association - although actually tends to cover quite a bit more than motoring...
Quote:
The prototype Spitfire, K5054, made it's first flight at Eastleigh Airport on 5 march 1936. This was followed by intensive flight testing in the subsequent months, often with it's design R J Mitchell (my father) in attendance.
Flight testing of production Spitfires then began and continued testing throughou the 1939-1945 war and included the testing of all the new Marks as they were developed by Supermarine. In total over 11,000 Spitfires and Seafires (the naval equivalent) were test flown at Eastleigh Airport. Therefore the association between R J Mitchell and Eastleigh (now Southampton) Airport is collosal. Accordingly I would like to propose re-naming the airport as: R J Mitchell International (Southampton) in recognition of the historic link.
This is particularly important since my father never received any award for his endeavours and high honours, such as a knighthood, have never been awarded postumously.
If you feel you can support this proposal it would be much appreciated if you would write to the owners of Southampton Airport, namely the BAA. Please address your letters to: Mr Marcus Agius, Chairman, BAA plc, 130 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1LQ.
I do have the goodwill of many influentual people, but this is going to need all the support I can get. Thank you for your help.
Dr. Gordon Mitchell, Cheltenham, Glos
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Leeds Bradford - Harry Ramsden International
Newcastle United - Alan Shearer International
Manchester - Gallagher International
Blackpool - Neil Tennant International
Glasgow - Rab C Nesbitt International
Norwich - Delia Smith International
Newcastle United - Alan Shearer International
Manchester - Gallagher International
Blackpool - Neil Tennant International
Glasgow - Rab C Nesbitt International
Norwich - Delia Smith International
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Interesting thread. Quite topical in my home town of Ayr at the moment is Glasgow Prestwick. Anyone who has flown there recently will have seen the 20 year old "pure dead brilliant" catchphrase from Rab C Nesbitt plastered all over the place-pure dead !!!!e!. I think,along with many other locals that Robert Burns airport has a good ring to it.
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Be a bit confusing if every UK airport was called LFC24!
What does it have to do with the CAA? All airports are privately owned (as opposed to nationalised) & not by CAA.
Personal names have been given to transport throughout the years by manufacturers and operators
DC3 - Dakota, B17 - Flying Fortress? - "Memphis Belle", P1127/45 - Harrier,
'Shackleton' 'Lancaster' 'Comet' 'Concorde' 'Spitfire' 'Challenger' (shuttle)
"Rocket" "Mallard", SS "Great Britain" "Titanic", "Bluebird"
Airport names can be changed, unlike their unique 4 letter ident. Some interesting & humourous suggestions have been made. If we can only call them by their ident I suspect there will be a move for personal codes
eg Cardiff - TAFF, Heathrow - SH1T ( in memory of the sewage works!)
Humberside - FISH. What would the CAA prefer?
We could try the Communist system - public school No 346
What does it have to do with the CAA? All airports are privately owned (as opposed to nationalised) & not by CAA.
Personal names have been given to transport throughout the years by manufacturers and operators
DC3 - Dakota, B17 - Flying Fortress? - "Memphis Belle", P1127/45 - Harrier,
'Shackleton' 'Lancaster' 'Comet' 'Concorde' 'Spitfire' 'Challenger' (shuttle)
"Rocket" "Mallard", SS "Great Britain" "Titanic", "Bluebird"
Airport names can be changed, unlike their unique 4 letter ident. Some interesting & humourous suggestions have been made. If we can only call them by their ident I suspect there will be a move for personal codes
eg Cardiff - TAFF, Heathrow - SH1T ( in memory of the sewage works!)
Humberside - FISH. What would the CAA prefer?
We could try the Communist system - public school No 346
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Many airports in India that had previously geographically-based names have been renamed for political reasons.
Delhi Palam is now Indira Gandhi, which is fairly understandable.
Bombay Sahar (intl) and Santa Cruz (domestic) are now collectively called Chatrapati Shivaji Airport, so now you have to tell drivers which terminal you want to go to. Renaming has just made things more complex.
Calcutta Dum Dum is now Netaji Shubash Chandra Bose, another mouthful when Dum Dum rolled off the tongue so well.
Delhi Palam is now Indira Gandhi, which is fairly understandable.
Bombay Sahar (intl) and Santa Cruz (domestic) are now collectively called Chatrapati Shivaji Airport, so now you have to tell drivers which terminal you want to go to. Renaming has just made things more complex.
Calcutta Dum Dum is now Netaji Shubash Chandra Bose, another mouthful when Dum Dum rolled off the tongue so well.
