Navigation Aid
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Navigation Aid
Image: © terry joyce Taken: 19 Jan 2011
This is one of two Gasometers, there is a smaller one behind this. Pilots of smaller planes at Southend Airport use these as a navigation aid when they are on circuit as to when to turn for the crosswind leg on runway 24 and the base leg on runway 06.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.569481
Longitude
0.641757