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yellowtriumph 5th Jan 2017 18:02

Cotswold airfield.
 
I spent a pleasant new year in the Cotswolds and passed 'Cotswold Airport' whilst on the way to Cirencester. I assumed this was a modest local airport and was somewhat surprised to see two 747's parked up albeit without any engines.

Is this one of those airfields were aircraft are perhaps flown to be broken up or parted out for spares? No markings that I could see on the aeroplanes from my angle of view.

Johnny F@rt Pants 5th Jan 2017 18:13

Could be Kemble?? It is where many aeroplanes go to retire.

DaveReidUK 5th Jan 2017 18:13

Air Salvage International

yellowtriumph 6th Jan 2017 08:16

Thank you Johnny F@rt Pants and DaveReidUK.

Do you know if this was a purpose built facility or is it based on something perhaps more 'historical'? By this I mean, as a complete novice in such matters it would seem to me that very large aircraft like the ones described on their website would need a substantial runway to land etc. To purpose build one in the Cotswolds would seem to be quite a financial/technical undertaking.

So, I'm wondering if maybe it was founded on some previous military facility or infrastructure for example.

KelvinD 6th Jan 2017 09:13

ex RAF Kemble, I believe.
Here's a visdo showing a B747 arriving there in 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfr7Rj_5HLM

Groundloop 6th Jan 2017 10:02

As already mentioned, originally RAF Kemble:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotswold_Airport

Rasthem 6th Jan 2017 10:06

Was RAF Kemble, at one time home of Red Arrows. Now privately owned Cotswold Airport. There are several flying schools and various other businesses. Sometime used by F1 teams for aero testing.

yellowtriumph 7th Jan 2017 13:49

Many thanks for some interesting info and links.


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