Jim Saudi Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) Inspired by ursa_major. Here are some shots of Cottesmore. Hope they bring back memories for some of the chaps. Edited November 7, 2012 by Jim Saudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Another sad sight. Wonder what will become of it?? Industrial, Prison, Army camp ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 was on holiday not too far from there, wanted to and have a nose, then found out no aircraft as it was closed, summed my luck up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Saudi Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hi, Yeh I understand that the Anglian Regiment have taken ownership. Can anyone confirm? I can see my old married quarter and the Tornado Maintenance School where I instructed. Happy days. For info the photos were taken recently by my brother from his Skyranger. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Saw it from this angle in 1973 as an ATC Cadet from the flightdeck of an Argosy as we landed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkkeeper Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) I understand that the Anglian Regiment have taken ownership. Can anyone confirm? from MOD.uk webpages -- http://www.mod.uk/De...esConfirmed.htm 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (2 R ANGLIAN) to move from Cyprus to Cottesmore in Rutland in July 2012. 7 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) will move from Bielefeld in Germany to Cottesmore by Summer 2013. Edited November 7, 2012 by Hawkkeeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ursa_major Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 It certainly does bring back memories - spotting at the crashgate at the bend in the road all through the 80s & 90s, TTTE jets and exotic visitors galore, RIAT only an hour's drive from home (uber-win!), Leaping Heaps.... Then the final long, cold trudge across the field and round to the A1 end on that freezing, gloomy, overcast day in December to watch the last departures and arrivals, and the end of a type that'd been in service as long as I'd been alive. Comms with the MCO to try to get shots of the jets that had eluded me over the years, then the final opportunity to shoot the 'specials' that turned off short and bypassed the hundreds of toggies on the fence after the final flight. The escorted hangar tour, and subsequent amusement . Been there, done that, and got the mug. Miss the place and the 'Heaps almost as much as Colt & the Jags... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F111Fan Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Oh, that's so sad - my first ATC Camp in 2008 was there, some of the best memories I have come from that camp. That's a sad sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I can remember as a spotty CCF caadet an orienteering exercise around the far end of the airfield in spring 1975 in the middle of a snowstorm and watching an Argosy disappearing into the murk almost as soon as the wheels had left the concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHREAK Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) I lived there...3 Rutland Square (right hand edge of the frame) back in the late 50s / early 60s. Dad will have plonked a 15 squadron Victor onto the tarmac many a time! Edited November 7, 2012 by PHREAK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Saudi Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 from MOD.uk webpages -- http://www.mod.uk/De...esConfirmed.htm 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (2 R ANGLIAN) to move from Cyprus to Cottesmore in Rutland in July 2012. 7 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) will move from Bielefeld in Germany to Cottesmore by Summer 2013. Thanks for the confirmation. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonP Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) That brings back memories; did my airframe 'Q' course there back in '83 and dropped my Guzzi Le Mans in the wet on the peri' track (middle, left side of third picture) when we were on detatchment in'87 Had a few happy nights in the bowling alley followed by a burger from the TTTA (The Tornado Take Away ; I kid you not!) burger van Edited November 8, 2012 by JonP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Makes me sad, was my home for 3½ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickers McFunbus Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Kendrew Barracks is it's new name. There is some local relevance to that: (Major General) Douglas Kendrew was originally an officer of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ("The Tigers"), and played rugby union for Leicester, gained 10 caps for England, and toured with the Lions. I believe the former Leicester captain & Chief Exec (now Exec Director), Peter Wheeler, may be a local resident of Cottesmore. It's worth noting that they've just put a notam out in the last couple of weeks (2nm/2000ft) prohibiting use and "discouraging" overflight. Edited November 9, 2012 by Vickers McFunbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 It's a shame to see its days as an airfield are over The locals wanted a small airport there instead of the army. Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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