Stow Maries Aerodrome

Now some of you who know me will know that one of my main interests is WW1 aviation, I am one of the original founders of Dawn Patrol, (yep i am one of the ones to blame!!) as part of this interest for some 4 years now we, DP, have been supporters of this fantastic project and this news is what we have been waiting for.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24517585

if you are anywhere near (or not) this is a fantastic day out, and Dawn Patrol will be there again for the armistice weekend in november, (rememberance day) with some displays of our models,

here,s their website, but for upto date info go to their facebook pages

search for Freinds of Stow Maries Aerodrome FOSMA

chris

www.stowmaries.com/

Thanks for that post Chris, I did see the news item, and all power to the peeps involved.

What a pity this didnt also apply to RAF Swinderby, which is intact as far as runways are concerned , and is going to be torn up for gravel extraction. Such a shame

Garry

yes it is, more a crime than a shame,

the volunteers and Russel have spent considerable efforts over the last 12 months to secure the future of Stow, as other interests wanted to turn it into a lorry/container park or housing, as it has no concrete runways it escaped the attention of the gravel miners i spose, but it now has a future it deserves, and for those not to aviation minded there is also opportunities for some ace wildlife, for those watching the BBC series the great british year, will have seen lots of footage from Stow maries in the Winter episode

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01db15t/T...British_Year_Winter/

chris

I saw that episode Chris, but stress SAW and wasnt listening, and didnt realize it was done from Stow.

We are wild life program fanatics

Garry

I saw that, love wildlife and great news well done to all those for all their hard work making this happen

shame that the model club that flew there for years has had to move to a new site though.
still it is good news that it is being restored though rather than bulldozed for housing.

Couldnt agree more, too much of our past is being torn up or demolished in the name of progress .
Sorry, I dont subscribe to that, its all about money , money, and more money :sick: :sick: :sick:

Garry

I believe the model club were moved on due to some problems with their behavior on site, i have no details, they were most welcome there untill earlier this year,

chris