After a year in which every show I’ve been to has been spoilt by cloud, took a day off work and drove to Lincolnshire this week for one of ‘Just Jane’s last taxy-runs of the year. Thought I’d do a quick tour of Bomber Command relics, too.
It’s a long drive and I left very early – arriving at Fiskerton just as the early=morning mist was burning off the old runways….
The memorial there is very nicely done.
Next on the list was Metheringham – always a strange sensation to drive along that old runway….
As you can see, the weather was just perfect……and it was good to be at East Kirkby again.
It was a long drive there-and-back in a day – but it was worth it !
By: Kokpit - 7th November 2009 at 20:46
A great post, thanks for sharing, and I too love the Tower-Lanc-Hanger shot!
Kev.
By: Morthin - 3rd November 2009 at 11:18
Excellent thank you
By: Martin Bull - 3rd November 2009 at 08:23
I was interested to see photos you had of an old runway, have you got anything similar with regards to old ww2 runways as they do interst me.
Sadly these are vanishing fast but I’ve been visiting them since 1979…..:o
Here’s a couple for you. The first is Thorpe Abbotts main runway taken in August 1988 ( US 8th AF, 100th BG B-17s ). Very shortly afterwards this last section was removed for hardcore and this view can no longer be seen.
And here’s the main runway at RAF Bourn ( 97 ( PFF ) Squadron Lancasters ) taken in the depths of winter 2004. It’s still there, but the view has been altered by the building of a new dual-carriageway at the end….
Pictures can never capture the atmosphere but I’m glad I took them, nonetheless.
By: Morthin - 1st November 2009 at 15:42
Great photos, i visited there last year because i was given a VIP day outing with Just Jane by my kids as a birthday gift.
I was interested to see photos you had of an old runway, have you got anything similar with regards to old ww2 runways as they do interst me.
Living in north wst Wales we have only a few.
regards
Martin
By: steve rowell - 1st November 2009 at 04:58
Beautiful shots.
By: SEMAE - 1st November 2009 at 00:22
I like that one too.
Cheers
Martin
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st October 2009 at 16:13
Really like the tower/lanc/hangar shot!
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