Oilseed rape stubble
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Oilseed rape stubble by Evelyn Simak as part of the Geograph project.
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Oilseed rape stubble
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 6 Aug 2016
The FIDO pipeline diagonally crossed this field, leading from one of the tanks on the FIDO site (now a petrol filling station) > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5033673 seen in the background to the runway head and the covered pit housing a control valve > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5033714. The trees seen in the background (roughly at centre) surround the contractors' site, where the men who built the FIDO pipeline were housed for the duration of their work. RAF Downham Market was the second aerodrome to be equipped with FIDO (Fog Intensive Dispersal Operation), a fog dispersal system developed during WW2. Fog was a constant hazard to aircraft and a method was hence developed to disperse it. This required a network of pipes and petrol burners which were aligned with the runway. By burning petrol at the rate of 100,000 gallons (456,000 litres) per hour, sufficient heat could be produced to lift the fog, thus enabling pilots to take off and, more importantly, to land safely. The aerodrome's FIDO site was located beside Downham Road > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5033673.
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Image Location
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52.609072
Longitude
0.422521