had a drive up to binbrook and hemswell yesterday. and what a sad state they look to. was the 1st time that i had seen both bases. had a walk down binbrooks flightline its just looks like a ghost town. can anyone tell me when was the control tower taken down?. after walking past the last hangar i spotted XR-724 looking like she could do with a roof over her. can anyone tell me why this beast is not kept in one of the hangars?
and XM-192 at hemswell
By: f4 - 2nd June 2003 at 20:29
XR724 was kicked out of the hangars when the airfield was sold off three years ago. The group that own her can’t afford the rent, simple as that. Since 2000 the taxiways and runways have been removed with indecent haste by the farmers, a tragedy of epic proportions given the potential for a historic flying museum site. The control tower was demolished about ’93-’94 after being gutted by fire caused by arsonists. The only crumb of comfort is that the hangars seem to be well looked after with the 5 and 11 Squadron crests recently painted (well, in the last two years).
Many happy memories of the 02 approach, pretending to be revising for exams as the Lightnings did their stuff…
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June 2, 2003 at 8:13 pm