Royal Air Force Stations in Nottinghamshire - RAF Langar, RAF Balderton, RAF Syerston, RAF Newton, Newark RAF Langar, RAF Balderton, RAF Syerston, RAF Newton, Newark Air Museum, RAF Watnall, RAF Hucknall Air Museum, RAF Watnall, RAF Hucknall (Paperback)

Chapters: Raf Langar, Raf Balderton, Raf Syerston, Raf Newton, Newark Air Museum, Raf Watnall, Raf Hucknall. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: RAF Station Langar is a former military airfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The airfield is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east-southeast of Radcliffe on Trent; about 100 miles (160 km) north-northwest of London Opened in 1942 during World War II, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force. During the war it was used primarily as troop carrier transport airfield. After the war it was provided to the Royal Canadian Air Force which used it as an operational base until 1963. Today the airfield is the base for the British Parachute Schools, who use the original control tower for their headquarters. The former Avro industrial complex is used by private industry. Local groups of modified car enthusiasts meet for speed tests. Langar airfield was built during the early months of 1942 to Class A airfield specifications, the main feature of which was a set of three converging runways each containing a concrete runway for takeoffs and landings, optimally placed at 60 degree angles to each other in a triangular pattern. The concrete runways were a main of 6,000 ft at 01/19, and two secondaries of 4,200 ft at 07/25 and 4,200 ft at 13/31. The original 36 dispersal hardstands were of the pan type but in the summer of 1943 14 loops were added to bring the total to 50 connecting to an enclosing perimeter track, of a standard width of 50 feet. The ground support station was constructed largely of Nissen huts of various sizes. The support station was where the group and ground station commanders and squadron headquarters and orderly rooms were located. Also on the ground station were...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=8729648