Podington

[Ossington_2008]

From Jun 97. Now better known as Santa Pod Raceway. The grandstand & start of the strip are way off picture to the right

[TJJ]

Picture taken during the rehearsal for the Fen Farm Mosquito Missing Man Flypast the day Brian Brown was killed at Shoreham in the Hurricane accident. G-DOGG is the former RAF display Bulldog.

[PNK]

Went to a raceday there in the early eighties. It was a bit boring after you see a few blast down the stip. In the end you are waiting for an accident just to liven things up. The British Grand Prix was the same at Brands Hatch in 198?. A few noisy cars wizz past and then it's back to the paperback. Apparently some famous drivers were in those cars. I couldn't tell!

[hornet]

hi guys, found this on you tube

supposed to be from podington in 1944
cheers, Hornet

[Brothmark]

I got to be part of moving the 'Big Picture' from Podington to Duxford in the late 1980s. My wife's transportation Squadron at Alconbury provided manpower and equipment. The late John Mills was very instrumental in making this happen

[Brothmark]

Podington's 'Big Picture' project

[Blackadder]

Another windfarm proposal here too

http://www.clowd.org.uk/

[Dave Smith]

Brief clip with sound only for the first few seconds (!) showing construction of Podington runways, allegedly. What looks like a Vultee Vigilant flies past and a Whitley takes off from a new runway while the areas alongside are still being graded.

[Carnaby]

Good find Dave. Trouble with YouTube is that it then leads to other clips and next thing you know it's time for bed

Here's another:


Paul B - do we see HILV runway lights in this clip, or is it wishful thinking ?

Another:


Graham

[P Bellamy]

Paul B - do we see HILV runway lights in this clip, or is it wishful thinking?

I looked at the second link first, thinking that was the one you meant.
No HILV visible in that one, but as 42-31613's belly landing was on April 19th 1944 I would think that was too early for them to be fitted.

Looking at the first link though, definitely some HILV lamps visible there.
To get a timeframe for these, the coloured Group Markings on 43-37535 were applied during August 1944, and she was lost in action on September 22nd 1944.

All the best,
PB