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22 Sep 2023 10:37 #1
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Whilst trawling through the the aerial photos now made available by Historic England, I noticed an odd circular shape at the end of the runway at Bibury. Not attaching any importance to it I ignored it, until on the NLS site I noticed a similar circle on the runway at Everleigh. Is this just a coincidence or is this a design feature for temporary runways with no perimeter track?
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22 Sep 2023 13:59 #2
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It's an 'aiming point' used for parachuting usually gravel.
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22 Sep 2023 14:22 #3
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Anyway there are other aiming points at Netheravon and W.o.t.G.; used to be ones at Thruxton and Queens Parade but they seem to have disappeared.
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I wish the 'edit' wouldn't keep 'timing out; can't the MODs set it to permanent?It's an 'aiming point' used for parachuting usually gravel.
Anyway there are other aiming points at Netheravon and W.o.t.G.; used to be ones at Thruxton and Queens Parade but they seem to have disappeared.
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22 Sep 2023 14:26 #4
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Thanks for that. I will keep a look out for similar features elsewhere.
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22 Sep 2023 15:07 #5
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In an earlier instance of the forum a couple of users edited their posts so as to remove the content completely. Of course this destroyed the flow of the thread, so editing of posts were set to be time limited
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