Hucknall Airfield
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Hucknall Airfield by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Hucknall Airfield
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 21 May 2010
The runway is no longer used. The distant buildings are part of the Rolls Royce testing facility. The original 'Flying Bedsteads' which made use of vertical thrust jets later developed in the successful Harrier jump jet was tested here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Thrust_Measuring_Rig
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Image Location
Latitude
53.014935
Longitude
-1.230827