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Streetrod
Original Poster
4,989 posts
75 months
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Sorry guys I don’t know how to attach a Google Earth image, but was wondering if anyone knew anything about the airstrip that is East of Ripley, North of Ockham and west of Marty’s Green, it is just off the A3 in Surrey. Looking at on Google Earth it appears to be abandoned
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JonnyFive
26,734 posts
58 months
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Eric Mc
67,263 posts
134 months
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Wisley was the main airfield of Vickers Aircraft Ltd. From there, lots of famous aircraft were tested - the Viscount, Valiant, VC-10 etc. It was constructed because the runway at nearby Brooklands was too short for the newer, heavier aircraft being developed towards the end of World War 2.
As far as I am aware, the runway still exists.
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JonnyFive
26,734 posts
58 months
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Eric Mc said: As far as I am aware, the runway still exists. I went over about a year ago to see what it was like.. Theres security on the gate and quite a few big trucks were in there.
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CoolC
1,862 posts
83 months
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Streetrod
Original Poster
4,989 posts
75 months
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Thanks guys, on Google Earth it appears superficially to be in reasonable nick, who owns it now and is used for anything. I’m thinking it could be used for a little bit of local drag race action as I only live half an hour away 
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CraigVmax
12,107 posts
151 months
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already looked into it  in terrible order apparently 
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Crafty_
4,563 posts
69 months
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Streetrod said: Thanks guys, on Google Earth it appears superficially to be in reasonable nick, who owns it now and is used for anything. I’m thinking it could be used for a little bit of local drag race action as I only live half an hour away http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisley_Airfield "In March 2010, the then-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, John Denham, gave permission to Wharf Land Investments to build a composting facility on the airfield. The plant would be capable of processing 30,000 tonnes of waste per year, and take up 17 hectares (42 acres) of the airfield"From the pic on wiki the surface wouldn't be suitable at all, I doubt its improved since then.
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Total loss
1,498 posts
96 months
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Crafty_ said: From the pic on wiki the surface wouldn't be suitable at all, I doubt its improved since then. You haven't seen York Raceway have you 
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Dr G
9,289 posts
111 months
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Hmmmmm, Hatch Lane appears to go directly across the runway...
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badgers_back
301 posts
55 months
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Its got armco across the runway to stop all fun..
Well it did 20 years ago when I cycled around there....
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smack
8,287 posts
60 months
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Streetrod said: I’m thinking it could be used for a little bit of local drag race action as I only live half an hour away A mate lived in one of the villages nearby, and in the 90's when they first owned cars, they would lift the gate off it's hinges for access to the VOR navigational beacon and race their cars up and down the runway in the middle of the night. The local farmer had constructed barriers over the runway, but you could still drive up the sides of the runway.
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