St Mawgan Rip
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St Mawgan Rip
NEXTmonday RAF ST MAWGAN is handed over to cornwall county council and i guess becomes NEWQUAY CORNWALL AIRPORT WHAT A SAD DAY.
I have just been looking through the loads of pictures i have taken there over
the last 30 years i should be thankfull to have seen it all i suppose. ALL we have left now is a high fence right around, and the parking spots filled with earth to stop parking. i felt i had to make some comment.
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I have just been looking through the loads of pictures i have taken there over
the last 30 years i should be thankfull to have seen it all i suppose. ALL we have left now is a high fence right around, and the parking spots filled with earth to stop parking. i felt i had to make some comment.
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I moved out of Cornwall last year so not sure how St Mawgan looks now with all the changes.
I believe they had a Shackleton as gate guard. Is that still there?
I believe they had a Shackleton as gate guard. Is that still there?
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Great stuff. I remember seeing it in 2004 when me and my flying school (when i was at perranporth at the time) made a visit to meet the air traffic controllers there.
Seems weird that there wont be anymore military traffic there.
Seems weird that there wont be anymore military traffic there.
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My first ever flight was in a Shackleton when at a cadet camp at a place called Penhale, not far from Perranporth, but we flew out of an airfield called RAF St Eval, if my memory serves me correctly, it would have been around 1954/5 and I'm sure the Shack had a tail wheel, is that possible?
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Yes, Shackletons had both tail and nose wheels in its life time.
There will still be military aircraft coming into Newquay (Mawgan - old habits die hard!) but they will be parked at the Terminal and handled by airport staff. And they'll have to pay! The airport will not turn away customers - they'll be looking to swell the coffers any way they can.
I agree though, its not the same as the "good old days".
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It would appear St Mawgan will live on a little longer:
BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Airport transfer date is deferred
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BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Airport transfer date is deferred
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I believe, in the early 70's there was a US marine base at St Mawgan - anyone recall that?
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A friend of mine who was based there at that time mentioned to me he used to see US Marines there regularly doing physical exercises. I think they were to do with guarding some facility - maybe weapons. -Perhaps someone could shed more light on it.
I believe, in the early 70's there was a US marine base at St Mawgan - anyone recall that?
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A friend of mine who was based there at that time mentioned to me he used to see US Marines there regularly doing physical exercises. I think they were to do with guarding some facility - maybe weapons. -Perhaps someone could shed more light on it.
If you look on Google Earth you will see the Shackleton is well beyond the main gate and I doubt it would be visible from the road.
There were certainly Americans at St Mawgan, there was a US Naval Aviation Weapons Facility there, the guarding of which was supplemented by RAF personnel in the event of fog, which was quite common. Later the US took entire responsibility for guarding the facility, hence the Marines.
The weapons facility had a sister establishment at RAF Machrihanish. A spot of Googling should reveal more.
There were certainly Americans at St Mawgan, there was a US Naval Aviation Weapons Facility there, the guarding of which was supplemented by RAF personnel in the event of fog, which was quite common. Later the US took entire responsibility for guarding the facility, hence the Marines.
The weapons facility had a sister establishment at RAF Machrihanish. A spot of Googling should reveal more.
