2011

TR0621 : Lydd Airport (London-Ashford)

taken 13 years ago, near to Lydd (london-Ashford) Airport, Kent, England

Lydd Airport (London-Ashford)
Lydd Airport (London-Ashford)
Lydd Airport is located 2.2 km; (1.4 miles) northeast of the town of Lydd and 22 km; 14 miles south of Ashford in the District of Shepway within Kent. It is also known as London Ashford Airport.

Lydd Airport was the first airport built in the UK after the Second World War, in 1956. It was used initially for air ferry services, and was known as Lydd Ferryfield. The airlines operating at that time included Silver City Airways (operating Douglas Dakotas) and British United Air Ferries (BUAF) – later becoming British United Airways, (BUA) – which flew Bristol Freighters, Superfreighters and Aviation Traders Carvair aircraft, the latter three types being used for transporting cars and their occupants across the English Channel. One common destination was Le Touquet.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Bristol Superfreighter [5] · Cars [5] · Aircraft [4] · London Ashford [2] · Lydd Airport London-Ashford [2] · Silver City [2] ·
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TR0621, 15 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Brian Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 12 August, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 15 August, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 0614 2129 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:57.2497N 0:56.0192E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 0612 2129
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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