2013

TQ0757 : Wisley Airfield

taken 11 years ago, near to Ockham, Surrey, England

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Wisley Airfield
Wisley Airfield
Built in 1944, the airfield was built for the flight testing of aircraft built at the Vickers later British Aircraft Corporation aircraft factory at nearby Brooklands. New aircraft types making their first flights from Wisley included the Vickers VC.1 Viking, Valetta, Varsity, Viscount and Valiant. The airfield saw an extended use with the development of military aircraft during the Cold War, before it closed in 1972.

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Geographical Context: Air transport Derelict, Disused
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TQ0757, 95 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 9 June, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 7 September, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0716 5747 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:18.3763N 0:27.8454W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0709 5750
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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