Chetwynd

**Smoggieboy** · 26-07-2010, 11:26

Stud 8 will still be used, the chippie opposite the church

**ianbache** · 26-07-2010, 19:16

Originally Posted by Smoggieboy

Stud 8 will still be used, the chippie opposite the church

Ah yes nice chips, used to go there after a night in the roughfty toughfty Barley Mow!!!!
Thanks for the Stud info

**Smoggieboy** · 30-08-2010, 12:17

As of mid August 10 the tower is still in place but belive it will be removed soon and used as a normal portacabin somwhere on Shawbury.

**Smoggieboy** · 11-12-2010, 22:37

A recent shot of the tower, the 344 was from a CFS course, high spirits from officers but vandalism from other ranks !!

**canberra** · 12-12-2010, 12:26

Thata why the RAF has Airmen and not other ranks!

**Smoggieboy** · 21-03-2011, 01:05

We now think the tower may be remaining even though all equipment has been removed, but the power is still connected !!

**REF** · 23-11-2011, 14:17

A photo of the tower that I took from the lane bahind on 31 May 2008

**Odi** · 26-01-2012, 17:06

Spent many a long boring night there watching the Squirrels do night flying. The tower wasn't the same as pictured above then, it had the metal stairs on the side as I recall. I never saw the stuck C130 but the wheel ruts it dug were there for quite a while!

I remember having to set out the night landing tees as well; fine in summer but bloody cold in winter. Mind you, the advantage of winter was that it was dark so much earlier and so the night flying finished at a civilised time.