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Stanley
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2002
Original
VCR on top of Terminal building (© Ian Truman)
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Stanley
Park Airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Blackpool
Zoo, Hotel, golfcourse
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Tower Type:
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Pre-war civil VCR on
top of Terminal building
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Tower:
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Now
part of zoo buildings - Elephant House!
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Other
Buildings:
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Hangars,
pillboxes
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History:
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Officially
opened as Blackpools municipal airport by Prime Minister Ramsey McDonald
in 1931. See Squires Gate for more details.
During wartime was No. 3 School of Technical Training. |
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2002
(© Ian Truman)
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1999
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Training, aircraft production
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Opened:
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/1931
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Closed:
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/1945
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ID Code:
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?
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3 grass
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Hangars:
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1 pre-war civil, 1+?
Blister, 4 Bellman
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County:
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Lancashire
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Location:
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E of Blackpool
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OS Ref:
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SD335355
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Links:
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Blackpools other aerodrome:
Squires Gate
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1999
Stanley Parks original hangar with later WW2 Bellmans behind
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For
airfield & control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman
2001
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