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The former RAF station then became known as Belfast-Nutts Corner Airport. By the end of the 1950s the steep approach necessary for aircraft flying to Nutts Corner was deemed unsuitable. This was due to the location of the airport, close to the Belfast mountains and the obstacles located there, particularly transmitters and aerials.
Langford Lodge Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces and Royal Air Force station near Belfast, Northern Ireland.Today the airfield is owned by RLC (UK) a subsidiary of RLC Engineering Group which is headquartered in the Isle of Man. Langford Lodge is located on the eastern shores of Lough Neagh and close to RAF Aldergrove/Belfast International Airport and the former RAF Nutts Corner.
5 January 1953 – British European Airways Vickers Viking G-AJDL crashed on approach to Nutts Corner Airport, Belfast. Twenty-seven of the 35 people on board were killed. [94] 28 January – Aquila Airways Short Sunderland G-AGKY capsized and sank off Calshot, Hampshire following a take-off accident in The Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight. All ...
Pages in category "Royal Air Force stations in Northern Ireland" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... RAF Newtownards; RAF Nutts Corner; S.
The snowiest weather station is Clones, County Monaghan, which receives, on average, 18 days of snow and/or sleet per year. Of these, 6.2 days have snow lying at 09:00. [33] The least snowy weather station is Valentia Island, County Kerry; which receives, on average, 5.6 days of snow and/or sleet per year. Of these, 0.8 days have snow lying at ...
An intense blast of cold air has taken up shop in the central United States this week with temperatures up to 50 degrees below average and over 200 daily cold records at risk of being broken.
One of the outcomes of the wartime airfield construction programme was the building of Nutts Corner Airport, just 3 mi (4.8 km) from Aldergrove. On 1 December 1946, the new site replaced Belfast Harbour Airport (now George Best Belfast City Airport) as Northern Ireland's civil airport, as the Harbour Airport was considered unsuitable.
No. 757 Defence Squadron was formed at RAF Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland in late 1940 and on 19 December 1941 was re-numbered to No. 2757 Squadron. However, the scale of the German assault in Crete and the speed at which the airfield had fallen acted as a catalyst on British Defence planning and highlighted the need for the coordinated ...