[jhb] Re: Glassonby Airfield
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:06:03 -0000
I can't recall the name of the original Irish site but it had airfields
going back to WW2 and very comprehensive notes for each one of them. With so
few airfields he could afford to do this - a task somewhat impossible for me
without creating pages for every airfield.
Unfortunately I can't provide the same level of historical accuracy as I
only started listing Irish airfields on starting in ATC in 1968. I don't
have any earlier data at all, nor have I found the resources to get this
information - at least not to the same comprehensive level.
Having said that, with no obvious online data I might review my own stuff
and publish a new page for Ireland. At least it might kick start some
further work if people see some effort being made. It's worth doing because
Ireland has some very interesting aviation history -especially during WW2. I
presume their neutrality and later politics dictated their silence on what
went on but they were not as neutral as many suppose.
bones
bones@xxxxxxx
http://woodair.net
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 18 August 2011 18:39
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Glassonby Airfield
The Irish database you refer to was probably the one I've been trying to
trace. Initially the owner was only prepared to provide details if
emailed. Then it seemed he was about to provide the sort of access that
you do, for the UK. Next, unfortunately, he died!
I've just traced another one, covering the whole of Ireland but offering
only photographs, as far as I can make out. It's at
http://www.irishavsites.com/index.php
Gerry Winskill
On 18/08/2011 18:54, Fossil wrote:
> Strange place for airfields is Ireland - they are far more transitory than
> in the UK.
>
> When I first drew up a list of UK airfields in 1994 the list also included
> all known Irish airfields. Over the years only the paved airfields have
> remained static and almost all grass strips I knew then have gone. Even
some
> paved airfields have waning fortunes with the once very popular Castlebar
> now closed after losing all its traffic to Knock.
>
> Galway nearly closed too after Aer Arann fell out with the owner and moved
> to a new site at Connemara. It only survived because it had been earmarked
> for regional development (EU funding) and this duly saw the building of a
> new runway - as also happened at Donegal, Sligo, Kerry and Waterford.
>
> When I published the UK airfield data I decided that I wouldn't include
the
> Irish listing as there was a site already covering this information.
> Unfortunately this site disappeared some time ago so I don't think there
is
> any online data for historical Irish airfields - just the usual sites that
> cover currently active listings.
>
> bones
>
> bones@xxxxxxx
> http://woodair.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Gerry Winskill
> Sent: 18 August 2011 14:16
> To: JHB Restricted
> Subject: [jhb] Glassonby Airfield
>
> This month's copy of Flyer has an article on flying in the Lake
> District. It covers not only Cark, Carlisle and Kirkbride but also one
> of that's new to me; Glassonby Airfield. I set out to do it as a farm
> strip but when I eventually located its co-ordinates it was to find
> there's already an airstrip there!
>
> So, if anyone has the Northern Version of the UK VFR Airfields, you
> already have access to Glassonbury. Which frees me up to look at a
> couple of farms in the Ireland photoscenery area.
>
> Gerry Winskill
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