Google Earth UPDATE – Yorkshire

Secret Airbase…..

Can anyone try to find the Kielder Forest. The crashsite of Halifax DK116 (very substantial that one, at least it was) is located there on private ground.
Perhaps it can be spotted from the air.

Cheers

Cees

Find newcastle, and go north west, Keilder is the largest forest visible. It surrounds the reservoir. If I get some co-ordinates, I’ll post them later. Part of the fuselage of that Halifax (DK116) is at North East Aircraft Museum. Again, I’ll get a photo and post it later if you like. Don’t know the rest of the site…. Incidentaly, there are no big bits of wreckage visible on the Cheviot even though there is a Lancaster, a B29, and dozens of fighters littering the area….

edit : Keilder forest and reservoir are visable at 55`12’41.43 N , 2`25’38.41W
at an eye height of approx 13 miles, the whole of the park is visable with the reservoir at its centre. Hope it helps… happy hunting

Spadeadam ranges in Northumberland has a veritable aircraft musum. go to
55`03’43.82N 2`32’50.69 W and you will find 4 x T-33s and 8 other aircraft which I cannot recognise… maybe mysteres….

Just Jane is on the ramp at East Kirby….

some airfield pics almost bang up to date, with runway removal at acaster malbis, and goxhill, taking place.:(

the pics of north lincolnshire are after 2003 because the controltower at goxhill has been demolished as i took the pictures for the controltowers website of it been demolished. also you can see the controltower at hibaldstow and a few others around the area ie-
elsham wolds
killingholme
sandtoft
hemswell
blyton
sturgate
waltham
kirmington

regards

just having a peer for the hali now, any idea what her approx location of the forest is, as it does seem to be rather a large place 😀

Shame about goxhill and malbis. At goxhill is the graveyard from the base or civilian?? Also has anyone ever thought about going roud the old dispersal pans looking for parts and stuff? I imagine lots to be found with a metal detector and permission:)

Can anyone try to find the Kielder Forest. The crashsite of Halifax DK116 (very substantial that one, at least it was) is located there on private ground.
Perhaps it can be spotted from the air.

Cheers

Cees

Hangar 4, that’ll be the one that was demolished last month then!

yeah….. sob……

🙁 🙁

The area around my house is fairly recent on Google Earth. Two cars I had are visible. They were only ever together last March…..

Usworth (Nissan) is reasonably up to date with the space left by the Lamella hangar visible. Bloody Japanese car builders….. Its now a car park.

Coventry airport is pre-Lancaster and even pre Canberra T4…. which puts it way back…

Sorry, but you’ve got to find it for yourself – clue: east of the minster. Do you know where Beverley is? Come on, its fun.

Cheers got it now and to prove it there is a green thing under the wing.

just had a look

Shame about goxhill and malbis. At goxhill is the graveyard from the base or civilian?? Also has anyone ever thought about going roud the old dispersal pans looking for parts and stuff? I imagine lots to be found with a metal detector and permission:)

Oh and there’s Leconfield… one of my heles…. and hangar 4…. I need to cry now….:(

Elvington looks good.. even pictures of Lindy herself….

Hangar 4, that’ll be the one that was demolished last month then!

some airfield pics almost bang up to date, with runway removal at acaster malbis, and goxhill, taking place.:(

Oh and there’s Leconfield… one of my heles…. and hangar 4…. I need to cry now….:(

Elvington looks good.. even pictures of Lindy herself….

I must be as blind as a blind bat what are the co-ordinates for the Bev?

Sorry, but you’ve got to find it for yourself – clue: east of the minster. Do you know where Beverley is? Come on, its fun.

Norfolk has improved, but the images look like they were taken around 1999!

The site at which I now work is shown before we moved in and redeveloped it back in 2001/2!

Oddly, my own house was taken about 3-4 years ago – much more current!

Bruce

I must be as blind as a blind bat what are the co-ordinates for the Bev?

Parts of Shropshire and Herefordshire have improved dramatically as well!

Phillip,

Can you also zoom in onto the Kielder Forest?

Cees