Wroughton

[redbarron84]

Does anyone know if you can get on the old airfield at Wroughton? Have been karting there many times but after watching the last top gear and having a look on google earth, seems like the runway and taxiway's are in good nick.

[tog]

Not really. It's owned by the Science Museum and the access to the runway is gated. There are a couple of taxiways you can get to, but they're not very long and the easiest one runs over a blind crest, so with businesses in the hangars there there's not much opportunity to get your toe down.

[150RagingPonies]

redbarron84 said:

Does anyone know if you can get on the old airfield at Wroughton? Have been karting there many times but after watching the last top gear and having a look on google earth, seems like the runway and taxiway's are in good nick.

IIRC your a mover at Lyneham?
Go & speak to Mel in Clothing stores...he heads up the RC Aero club (they fly a replica herc)
& fly from Wroughton, see if he can give you a contact for the airfield.

HTH

Ben

ETA your not the same SAC Barron I joined up with are you? Used to drive a blue MG ZR?

Just looked at your profile

Edited by 150RagingPonies on Thursday 27th December 13:51

[redbarron84]

150RagingPonies said:

IIRC your a mover at Lyneham?
Go & speak to Mel in Clothing stores...he heads up the RC Aero club (they fly a replica herc)
& fly from Wroughton, see if he can give you a contact for the airfield.

HTH

Ben

ETA your not the same SAC Barron I joined up with are you? Used to drive a blue MG ZR?

Just looked at your profile

Edited by 150RagingPonies on Thursday 27th December 13:51

Is that you Mr Fort? If it is then yeah, 'tis me! Although I drove a silver MG ZS, not a blue ZR.

Edited by redbarron84 on Friday 28th December 00:55

[150RagingPonies]

redbarron84 said:

150RagingPonies said:

IIRC your a mover at Lyneham?
Go & speak to Mel in Clothing stores...he heads up the RC Aero club (they fly a replica herc)
& fly from Wroughton, see if he can give you a contact for the airfield.

HTH

Ben

ETA your not the same SAC Barron I joined up with are you? Used to drive a blue MG ZR?

Just looked at your profile

Edited by 150RagingPonies on Thursday 27th December 13:51

Is that you Mr Fort? If it is then yeah, 'tis me! Although I drove a silver MG ZS, not a blue ZR.

Edited by redbarron84 on Friday 28th December 00:55

Hello mate-small world!
nice wheels...You must be on MAMS with a car that can drink petrol like that!
I could have swore your MG was blue
see you on the Gorge run in a few weeks-catch up then!

[stigmundfreud]

You guys could try to pull some weight and get us on to Hullavington. They do track days there so I am sure a little word in the shell of whoever is looking after the place should get us on. I think its mostly army corps there now as they run a glider club.

[Catherine197]

I think you can get onto Keevil on occassion.

[stigmundfreud]

Really? Never tried to approach as there is a lot of commercial stuff run there so never thought of trying. I know the lads at abingdon used to turn a blind eye to people going on there, until a few idiots started racing and crashing.

[s111dpc]

Try www.motorsport-events.co.uk/  they run events at both Hullavington & Keevil, both good venues.

I have used them a couple of times and have been very happy with their set up and value for money.

[stigmundfreud]

s111dpc said:

Try www.motorsport-events.co.uk/  they run events at both Hullavington & Keevil, both good venues.

I have used them a couple of times and have been very happy with their set up and value for money.

MSE are superb guys very friendly and cheap. I think the aim here is "free" access

[redbarron84]

stigmundfreud said:

MSE are superb guys very friendly and cheap. I think the aim here is "free" access

Was looking into having a track day with them, but as stigmundfreud twigged, was looking at 'free' opertunities

Edited by redbarron84 on Thursday 3rd January 16:41

[150RagingPonies]

stigmundfreud said:

You guys could try to pull some weight and get us on to Hullavington. They do track days there so I am sure a little word in the shell of whoever is looking after the place should get us on. I think its mostly army corps there now as they run a glider club.

Not in anymore, & they would not listen to an amoeba like Adam
bloody mover...just a wannabe stacker!

[stigmundfreud]

150RagingPonies said:

stigmundfreud said:

You guys could try to pull some weight and get us on to Hullavington. They do track days there so I am sure a little word in the shell of whoever is looking after the place should get us on. I think its mostly army corps there now as they run a glider club.

Not in anymore, & they would not listen to an amoeba like Adam
bloody mover...just a wannabe stacker!

hey everyone needs boxes shifting. When he had is interview he was told "when you leave you will have a career ahead of you". They were right, couriers make a fortune. Still could be worse, he could be signals.

[150RagingPonies]

stigmundfreud said:

150RagingPonies said:

stigmundfreud said:

You guys could try to pull some weight and get us on to Hullavington. They do track days there so I am sure a little word in the shell of whoever is looking after the place should get us on. I think its mostly army corps there now as they run a glider club.

Not in anymore, & they would not listen to an amoeba like Adam
bloody mover...just a wannabe stacker!

hey everyone needs boxes shifting. When he had is interview he was told "when you leave you will have a career ahead of you". They were right, couriers make a fortune. Still could be worse, he could be signals.

It was an in-house joke between our 2 trades, movements & logistics
Dont worry mate, ill get you a pint at the next meet

[redbarron84]

150RagingPonies said:

stigmundfreud said:

150RagingPonies said:

stigmundfreud said:

You guys could try to pull some weight and get us on to Hullavington. They do track days there so I am sure a little word in the shell of whoever is looking after the place should get us on. I think its mostly army corps there now as they run a glider club.

Not in anymore, & they would not listen to an amoeba like Adam
bloody mover...just a wannabe stacker!

hey everyone needs boxes shifting. When he had is interview he was told "when you leave you will have a career ahead of you". They were right, couriers make a fortune. Still could be worse, he could be signals.

It was an in-house joke between our 2 trades, movements & logistics
Dont worry mate, ill get you a pint at the next meet

Funny you should mention signals actually, that's what my old man and my brother are in! And as for you Ben..........yeah a pint sounds good, although I may have to make do with a Coke

[stigmundfreud]

redbarron84 said:

150RagingPonies said:

stigmundfreud said:

150RagingPonies said:

stigmundfreud said:

You guys could try to pull some weight and get us on to Hullavington. They do track days there so I am sure a little word in the shell of whoever is looking after the place should get us on. I think its mostly army corps there now as they run a glider club.

Not in anymore, & they would not listen to an amoeba like Adam
bloody mover...just a wannabe stacker!

hey everyone needs boxes shifting. When he had is interview he was told "when you leave you will have a career ahead of you". They were right, couriers make a fortune. Still could be worse, he could be signals.

It was an in-house joke between our 2 trades, movements & logistics
Dont worry mate, ill get you a pint at the next meet

It was a lucky guess re signals good lads and under rated but jesus do that float around pissed a lot of the time. Worked with a real good ex signals whilst at corsham.

I guessed the box shifting joke

Funny you should mention signals actually, that's what my old man and my brother are in! And as for you Ben..........yeah a pint sounds good, although I may have to make do with a Coke

[Crimson_Killa]

Catherine197 said:

I think you can get onto Keevil on occassion.

I live near there and got the information for legitimate access to this.

its owned by the RAF so didnt really fancy sneeking on there for a quick run for fear of being landed on lol

its less than £2 grand to hire for the day to have multiple people on the track/runway area but they require £5m of public liability insurance. and an ambulance (like st johns) on site

you then get in to the relms of marshaling and noise restrictians it could get messy basicaly.

I had thought about doing one with friends and family for a cheap track day but its a very difficult thing to arrange.