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Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:23 pm
by Flyin'Dutch'
ChampChump wrote:Big non-event
Of course.
The Government is incompetent, but they are not stupid.
This carefully managed demo is to show how prepared they are.
That in real life there will be chaos will be a total surprise.
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:36 pm
by CloudHound
What was the bin lorry going in there?
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:52 pm
by avtur3
CloudHound wrote:What was the bin lorry going in there?
Helping to make it look like a real-life Whacky Races
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:02 am
by PeteSpencer
CloudHound wrote:What was the bin lorry going in there?
Picking up all the lucozade bottles.
Peter
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:00 am
by Kittyhawk
BBC lunchtime news report described Manston as “the home of Concorde”.....
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:24 am
by kanga
Kittyhawk wrote:BBC lunchtime news report described Manston as “the home of Concorde”.....
.. well, it landed there at least once
:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/elsie/67223010
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:32 am
by malcolmfrost
A lot of base training was done there, subsequently moved to Chateauroux.
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:23 am
by chevvron
Flyin'Dutch' wrote:ChampChump wrote:Big non-event
Of course.
The Government is incompetent, but they are not stupid.
This carefully managed demo is to show how prepared they are.
That in real life there will be chaos will be a total surprise.
The government is incompetent and they leave it to the civil service to be stupid.
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:52 pm
by kanga
Mona being eyed as a potential lorry park for Holyhead, but not on the runway, reportedly:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-46825200
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:43 pm
by Taildra99er
Manston Airport sale agreed between RiverOak Strategic Partners and Stone Hill Park..
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:54 pm
by Rob P
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:55 pm
by Shoestring Flyer
Still a long way to go before re-opening I fear. But brilliant news nevertheless!
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:16 pm
by G-JWTP
3-4 years in my opinion.
Needs to be on standby until all this brexit cobblers is sorted out.
G-JWTP
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:29 pm
by Charles Hunt
Aren't River Oak primarily a house building company?
Re: MANSTON RE - OPENING ?
PostPosted:Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:06 pm
by chevvron
I know of another airport in Kent which could be re-opened; I'll post a thread on it shortly.
