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RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 1960s. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Waddington began as a training base for the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. Between this time and 1919, the station was home to a number of squadrons both under RFC, and later, RAF control. Nos. 82, 97, 105, 117 and 123 Squadrons RFC between 1917 and 1918, and Nos. 23, 203 and 204 Squadrons RAF throughout 1919 were based at ...
RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2000-2021- Main runway- blurred. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Scampton's location can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when, named Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, it served as a landing field for the Royal Flying Corps. From here operated No. 3 Squadron 'A' Flight equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b albeit briefly in the anti-Zeppel...
RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2000-2021. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Scampton's location can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when, named Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, it served as a landing field for the Royal Flying Corps. From here operated No. 3 Squadron 'A' Flight equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b albeit briefly in the anti-Zeppelin role. This unit was...
RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 1950's-1970's. 875mm(W) x 450mm(H) 34 inches x 17 inches(H)
Scottow Aerodrome was built in 1939. Renamed Coltishall, it was activated in May 1940 and one of the first units to operate from the station was No. 242 Squadron flying the Hawker Hurricane and led by Douglas Bader. 242 Squadron left for RAF Duxford shortly afterwards. The station became a night fighter base for most of the ...
Da Nang Air Base, 1970-71. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
Armee de l'Air:
The history of the air base at Da Nang goes back to the days of French Indochina. Tourane Airfield as it was then called, was constructed during the 1930's. In 1940, the French Vichy Government agreed to let Imperial Japan use the base as a stationing post for Japanese troops along with several other bases in the area including Cam ...
RAF Marham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 2018-. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Marham can trace its history back to 1916 when it started service as a night landing ground near RNAS Narborough, and also as an airfield to launch defensive operations against German Zeppelin attacks against Norfolk. The first unit stationed here was No. 51 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps flying Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 and B.E....
RAF Wildenrath, West Germany, 1967. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
Construction of RAF Wildenrath began in 1950, with the station coming onto 'active' status in 1952. It was the first of four 'clutch' bases operated by the RAF in West Germany; the others being Geilenkirchen, Bruggen and Laarbruch.
From 1953, the first units to operate from Wildenrath were Nos. 67 and 71 Squadrons flying North-American F-8...
USS Nimitz (CVN-68), No. 2 Elevator, 2020. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
Named after Chester W. Nimitz, the ship was launched in May 1972 and commissioned in May 1975, originally as CVAN-68 and thereafter CVN-68. Her first deployment was to the Mediterranean in July 1976 and she returned to the United States in February the following year. This was followed by further deployments to the Mediterranean, first...
Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton (H.M.S. Heron), 1990's onwards. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RNAS Yeovilton was built in 1939, with 750 NAS commencing operations from the base in the same year, and followed by 751 and 752 NAS shortly afterwards. 794 NAS was formed in 1940 and 827 NAS started operations from the base in 1943. This unit was the first to receive the Fairy Barracuda torpedo bomber. Yeovilton...
RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2005-2021. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Coningsby was built in the late 1930's and after officially opening in November 1940, became operational in February 1941. No. 106 Squadron was the first unit to begin offensive operations from the base flying Handley Page Hampden's. A second unit, No. 97 Squadron, arrived in April equipped with Avro Manchester's, and ...
Soviet Union/Russia/Warsaw Pact/People's Republic of China: PAG-14 pre-stressed concrete slab- early 1970's to present. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
This model represents the 6 metre by 2 metre slab type that replaced the earlier 1.8 metre hexagonal slab in use from the 1950's to the early 1970's. By the 1980's, most Soviet/Russian and WarPac bases had been relaid with this type which provided much better ...
'Marston Mat' Pierced Steel Plank (PSP). 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
'Marston Mat', was a very common covering used for makeshift runways, parking areas and other military uses where rough ground was prevalent. Each panel measured 1 ft 7.5 in by 11 ft 9.75 in, and interlocked with its neighbour by a series of flat 'T' hooks and slots along each of the longest sides, which allowed a degree of flexibility o...
Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact/People's Republic of China- People's Liberation Army Air Force: Hexagonal slab dispersal/parking area, 1.8 metre radius type, 1950's to early 1970's. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
This model represents the 1.8 metre slab type that replaced the earlier 1.2 metre hexagonal slab in use from the 1930's to the late 1940's, and the 1.5 metre hexagonal slabs in use from the late 1940's to ...
RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2000-2021- Main runway- blurred. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
RAF Scampton's location can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when, named Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, it served as a landing field for the Royal Flying Corps. From here operated No. 3 Squadron 'A' Flight equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b albeit briefly in the anti-Zeppel...
RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2000-2021. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
RAF Scampton's location can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when, named Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, it served as a landing field for the Royal Flying Corps. From here operated No. 3 Squadron 'A' Flight equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b albeit briefly in the anti-Zeppelin role. This unit was...
RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 1950's-1970's. 1314mm(W) x 675mm(H) 51 inches x 26 inches(H)
Scottow Aerodrome was built in 1939. Renamed Coltishall, it was activated in May 1940 and one of the first units to operate from the station was No. 242 Squadron flying the Hawker Hurricane and led by Douglas Bader. 242 Squadron left for RAF Duxford shortly afterwards. The station became a night fighter base for most of the...
Da Nang Air Base, 1970-71. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
Armee de l'Air:
The history of the air base at Da Nang goes back to the days of French Indochina. Tourane Airfield as it was then called, was constructed during the 1930's. In 1940, the French Vichy Government agreed to let Imperial Japan use the base as a stationing post for Japanese troops along with several other bases in the area including Cam ...
RAF Marham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 2018-. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
RAF Marham can trace its history back to 1916 when it started service as a night landing ground near RNAS Narborough, and also as an airfield to launch defensive operations against German Zeppelin attacks against Norfolk. The first unit stationed here was No. 51 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps flying Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 and B.E....
RAF Wildenrath, West Germany, 1967. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
Construction of RAF Wildenrath began in 1950, with the station coming onto 'active' status in 1952. It was the first of four 'clutch' bases operated by the RAF in West Germany; the others being Geilenkirchen, Bruggen and Laarbruch.
From 1953, the first units to operate from Wildenrath were Nos. 67 and 71 Squadrons flying North-American F-8...
USS Nimitz (CVN-68), No. 2 Elevator, 2020. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
Named after Chester W. Nimitz, the ship was launched in May 1972 and commissioned in May 1975, originally as CVAN-68 and thereafter CVN-68. Her first deployment was to the Mediterranean in July 1976 and she returned to the United States in February the following year. This was followed by further deployments to the Mediterranean, first...
Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton (H.M.S. Heron), 1990's onwards. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
RNAS Yeovilton was built in 1939, with 750 NAS commencing operations from the base in the same year, and followed by 751 and 752 NAS shortly afterwards. 794 NAS was formed in 1940 and 827 NAS started operations from the base in 1943. This unit was the first to receive the Fairy Barracuda torpedo bomber. Yeovilton...
RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2005-2021.675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
RAF Coningsby was built in the late 1930's and after officially opening in November 1940, became operational in February 1941. No. 106 Squadron was the first unit to begin offensive operations from the base flying Handley Page Hampden's. A second unit, No. 97 Squadron, arrived in April equipped with Avro Manchester's, and i...
Soviet Union/Russia/Warsaw Pact/People's Republic of China: PAG-14 pre-stressed concrete slab- early 1970's to present. 675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
This model represents the 6 metre by 2 metre slab type that replaced the earlier 1.8 metre hexagonal slab in use from the 1950's to the early 1970's. By the 1980's, most Soviet/Russian and WarPac bases had been relaid with this type which provided much better ...
'Marston Mat' Pierced Steel Plank (PSP).675mm(W) x 675mm(H) 26inches(W) x 26inches(H).
'Marston Mat', was a very common covering used for makeshift runways, parking areas and other military uses where rough ground was prevalent. Each panel measured 1 ft 7.5 in by 11 ft 9.75 in, and interlocked with its neighbour by a series of flat 'T' hooks and slots along each of the longest sides, which allowed a degree of flexibility of...
London Gatwick Airport Size 675mm x 675mm
Founding and early years
Today, Gatwick airport is one of the United Kingdom's major airport hubs, second only to Heathrow.
Originally, partially the area now occupied by the airport was a racecourse, and was founded in 1891. From 1907, a golf course was added but this closed shortly after the end of the Great War. During the late 1920's the land adjacent to the course was ...