Comments on: RAF Cranwell and a conference http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell-and-a-conference/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell-and-a-conference/#comment-66786 Brett Holman Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:20:19 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell/#comment-66786 No worries, Theo, and I'm still enjoying it. I don't keep tabs on contemporary military stuff as much as I probably should, and KOW is a refreshingly non-political and non-American way of doing so (not that there is anything particularly wrong with either of those, but it's easy to find both in the blogosphere without even trying). So, keep up the good work! No worries, Theo, and I’m still enjoying it. I don’t keep tabs on contemporary military stuff as much as I probably should, and KOW is a refreshingly non-political and non-American way of doing so (not that there is anything particularly wrong with either of those, but it’s easy to find both in the blogosphere without even trying). So, keep up the good work!

]]> By: Theo Farrell http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell-and-a-conference/#comment-66708 Theo Farrell Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:19:47 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell/#comment-66708 Brett: many thanks for the nice comment about KOW. And I'm also delighted to hear that my colleagues at Cranwell organised such a good Air Power conference. Brett: many thanks for the nice comment about KOW. And I’m also delighted to hear that my colleagues at Cranwell organised such a good Air Power conference.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell-and-a-conference/#comment-64858 Brett Holman Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:57:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell/#comment-64858 If you go to maps.google.co.uk and search for "cardington, bedford", on satellite or hybrid view (or click <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=cardington,+bedford&sll=51.512737,-0.117374&sspn=0.007131,0.020084&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12&om=1" rel="nofollow">here</a>), the sheds are easily visible even on the default magnification. Those things are big! <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=cardington,+bedford&sll=51.512737,-0.117374&sspn=0.007131,0.020084&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=52.108996,-0.422362&spn=0.003519,0.010042&z=17&iwloc=addr" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> a close-up. If you go to maps.google.co.uk and search for “cardington, bedford”, on satellite or hybrid view (or click here), the sheds are easily visible even on the default magnification. Those things are big! Here’s a close-up.

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell-and-a-conference/#comment-64652 Chris Williams Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:04:29 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell/#comment-64652 Don't quote me on this, but I think that the sheds at Cranwell (by then RAF, even if ex-RNAS) had been demolished by the time the college moved in. I don't think that any were big ones for rigids. Of the Cardington sheds (wot I have just gone past in a train), one was built there, the other was orginally at Pulham in Norfolk. The third big shed base was Howden, IIRC. Don’t quote me on this, but I think that the sheds at Cranwell (by then RAF, even if ex-RNAS) had been demolished by the time the college moved in. I don’t think that any were big ones for rigids. Of the Cardington sheds (wot I have just gone past in a train), one was built there, the other was orginally at Pulham in Norfolk. The third big shed base was Howden, IIRC.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell-and-a-conference/#comment-64631 Brett Holman Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:14:27 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell/#comment-64631 Actually, I didn't realise it was used for airships too -- the Navy did have a lot of them by the end of WWI. Are there really still airship hangars there, though? Or are you thinking of <a href="http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/sheds/Cardington.htm" rel="nofollow">Cardington</a>? That was the centre for the really big airships after the war. Anyway, I definitely didn't see any, as I didn't think it sensible to go wandering about about the base, what with the armed guards and all! Actually, I didn’t realise it was used for airships too — the Navy did have a lot of them by the end of WWI. Are there really still airship hangars there, though? Or are you thinking of Cardington? That was the centre for the really big airships after the war.

Anyway, I definitely didn’t see any, as I didn’t think it sensible to go wandering about about the base, what with the armed guards and all!

]]> By: CK http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell-and-a-conference/#comment-64622 CK Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:26 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell/#comment-64622 Brett, this is Cranwell RAFB, right? Sorry, but didn't read the complete post. This was the airship base. Did you see the hangars? Brett, this is Cranwell RAFB, right?

Sorry, but didn’t read the complete post. This was the airship base. Did you see the hangars?

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