2010 AiX User Survey Results

SECTION 1 - ABOUT YOU

(of whom 115 indicated they were happy to be contacted in connection with the survey)

Bedfordshire (1)
Berkshire (1)
Bristol (1)
Buckinghamshire (1)
Cambridgeshire (8)
Cheshire (2)
Cornwall (1)
Cumbria (1)
Devon (1)
Dorset (2)
Down (2)
Durham (1)
Essex (5)
Fife (1)
Flintshire (1)
Glamorgan (3)
Gloucestershire (1)
Greater London (1)
Greater Manchester (1)
Hertfordshire (3)
Kent (6)
Lancashire (2)
Leicestershire (4)
Lincolnshire (11)
Norfolk (6)
North Yorkshire (2)
Northamptonshire (3)
Nottinghamshire (5)
Oxfordshire (1)
Shropshire (3)
Somerset (1)
South Yorkshire (5)
Stirlingshire (1)
Suffolk (7)
Warwickshire (1)
West Lothian (1)
West Midlands (2)
West Sussex (4)
West Yorkshire (1)
Wiltshire (2)

8 were from the USA (8)
3 were from Canada (3)
2 were from Australia (2)
2 were from Belgium (2)
1 was from China (1)
1 was from France (1)
1 was from Hong Kong (1)
1 was from Thailand (1)

Distribution Of valid postcode submissions

a) A Group Or Society (4)
b) Google Search (41)
c) Other (9)
d) Personal Referral (21)
e) Printed Literature (2)
f) Through Another Forum (44)

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

SECTION 2 THE FORUM

a) Because I enjoy reading all new posts. (56)
b) I Read The Forum But Am Not A Member Yet (1)
c) Just To See What's New (35)
d) To Check On One Or More Specific Threads (32)

a) OK As It Is (107)
b) There's Room For More Relevant Niche Topics (2)
c) Too Broad: Too Many Non Relevant Topics (3)
d) Too Narrow There's Room For More Relevant Niche Topics (3)

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Appendix 4

Their stated preferences of Topics were
Airfield Defences (1)
East Anglia (2)
East Midlands (6)
General Airfield Discussion (3)
Museums and Visits (4)
Northern England (3)
Northern Home Counties (1)
Overseas Airfields (1)
South Western England (1)
Southern England (1)
Wales and West Midlands (1)

SECTION 4 - AIX ARG RELATED ISSUES

a) Manning the AiX information stand at selected events. (17)

b) PR or Fund Raising Activities (14)

c) Coordinating airfield visits in your local area (26)

d) Giving talks or presentations to groups or societies (14)

e) Other - Let me know how I can help! (37)

a) Posters/Prints (22)
b) Clothing e.g. caps, T Shirts etc (33)
c) Calendar (35)
d) Other e.g. keyfobs, mugs, coasters etc. (33)
e) Yes I would consider downloading and buying AiX / ARG reports on airfields as pdf file? (78)

No (91)
Yes (34)

Of the 49 respondents that stated they were NOT members of ARG

2 stated they were not interested in joining
47 stated they were interested in joining.

Appendices
* Individual Submissions Are Separated By A Paragraph Spacing And Presented As Submitted.

Appendix 1

Q: Please let us know which other airfield/aviation related groups or activities you're actively involved with. (eg restoration projects, museums, writing etc)

Writing

You name it, I'm involved

Airfield Research Group|Bentwaters Aviation Society (Member)|Red Feather Club (Member)|Lowestoft Aviation Society (Member)|Subbrit (Member)

401BG Association|401BG Historical Society|RAF Twinwood Farm Museum|"Outcasts" aviation archaeology research team|AiX/ARG Archive Trustee

None

Hertfordshire Airfields Memorial Group

RET USAF STATION AT RAF MILDENHALL ,RAF FELTWELL, RAF LAKENHEATH,RAF CHICKSANDS RAF ALCONBURY,RAF UPPERHEYFORD. 1969-1986

Mosquito Museum (DHAMT)|Advisor to Corgi (diecast model aircraft )

Always have a couple of projects on the go for Airfield Review. Several other permanent long-term projects (Airfield Lighting, Beam Approach History, Ammunition Storage). Currently preparing some Powerpoint presentations)

Owner of the Hampshire Airfields, Doerset Airfields, Devon Airfields, Isle of Wight Aviation websites.|Member of Air Britain.|

VAS|VALLEY AVIATION SOCIETY

RAF AVIATION SOCIETY, SHAWBURY SPOTTERS MODEREATOR

save stormy down from develpoment group

CO of an Air Cadet unit.|Flying member in a gliding club (based at a WW2 ex-RAF airfield).

member of Airfield Research Group|work on an airfield

None

Subbrit|Air Britain|Aircrew Association|RAFA|Cleveland Aviation Society|BAAC|Friends of Leeming Group (FLAG)|DTVA Yahoo Group|Leeming Yahoo Group|plus various squadron associations .|No more money for any others !

Volunteer at the National Museum of the Air Force (USA); member of Yankee Air Museum

ADS, and urbex forums

Born Oxford Christened in Chapel at RAF Upper Heyford

Creating history of RAF Desborough.

ukar

Restored a Lancaster bomber for 16 years, worked on harvard and boly(blenheim) project as well as a Canadair CT114

airfield research group

Logging and locating all Bombing, Gunnery and AA practice ranges in the UK.|Recording locations of all Fuel Depots in the UK.

victor association|viscount.net|own websites

Coltishall Cockpit Collection. City of Norwich Aviation Museum. RAF Radar Museum Neatishead. (All previous). Now Operations Manager with Airshows DownUnder Avalon.

Fighter Control|Eager

fenland and west norfolk aviation museam -raf association- raf regiment association cambs branch

Vice-Chairman of ARG, otherwise professional only - I'm a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Member of Newark Air Museum, lapsed Air-Britain, lapsed RollsRoyceHistSoc lapsed Aeroventure

egcn forum ,My own Finningley Gallery which i run

raydon airfield preservation society

ARG

Burtonwood Assoc. Valley Aviation Soc. ARG

Forum co-founder

Trustee of the Battle of Britain Memorial.|Royal Air Forces Association.|Royal Observer Corps Association

Radio Officer, 1092 Sqn Air Training Corps

Cumbria History.Specific planes

I am currently restoring Lightning f1a xm192 at thorpe camp near tattershall for its owner charles ross as well as a engineer of the remaining lightning at raf binbrook

NATO Airfields

Freeware Scenery design for FS2004

Manx Aviation Preservation Society|now combined with Manx Regiment Museum. Light Ack-Ack regiment

Rolls Royce Heritage Trust, Engine restoration.

None at present, but horrified that this history is being slowly lost due to neglect.

MSFSim

Unfortunately none

OLd WArden

Fighter Control

I work on the English Heritage National Mapping Programme on an aerial survey of patr of the Cotswold Hills

I am a very active volunteer with Vulcan To The Sky, and I am also trying to fight to save BAE Woodford as it is now for it to become a National Museum of Aviation Heritage.

findings eg;soe & oss training camp glatton

Metheringham Airfield Visitors Centre

Previously worked at air museums.

Second World War Military History

Maintained Ground Radio Navigational Aid equipment 25 years plus at numerous military and civilian airports around the world.

I work at Robins AFB Georgia where the USAF C-5, C-130 and F-15s are all depoted. 27 years active duty in the USAF currently a civil servant in the USAF.

none now allthough still member of Duxford Aviation Society

95th Bomb Group Association,Bentwaters Cold War Museum,AIG

When home on leave, visit the Dumfries Aviation Museum, also enjoy visiting the airfields dotted around the Solway Firth

ATC DF Commander

Historic military vehicle forum. Restored ex Army Fire service 1943 trailer fire pump. |Restored a 1964 Auxiliary Fire Service austin Gipsy.

ournemouth Aviation Museum

I am heavily engaged for decades in working groups in Belgium around official Belgian Air Force Museums (attached to Belgian Air Force bases) as well as a member of an enthousiastic group of aviation history researchers.

volunteer at Tangmere Aviation Museum

Elmdon airport nostalgia; PPL holder flying out of Wellesbourne

exploration

Researching history of a WWII bomber crew in which a relative served

he new owner/ restorer of Metheringham tower

Martlesham Heath Aviation Socerty and Museum

Exclusively Aviation Archaeology, research & studies associated with with the USAAF in the UK.

Syerston, Newton, Cranwell, Scampton, Wymeswold||Working with TOB on his Syerston Project

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Appendix 2

A Tale of Two Airfields - RAF Ashbourne & RAF Darley Moor (with Noel Ryan)

Books Articles: Several book, articles, lectures and presentations.

British military airfield architecture|Control towers|Andreas|Jurby|Ronaldsway|20th Century Military History of the Isle of Man

Many contributions to Airfield Review. Lectured to Cambridge University on 95MU. Major project with Paul Francis for English Heritage ('Military Command & Control in 20th Century') Many other projects assisting Paul Francis including contributions to books.

NORMALLY (SCANNER REPORTS)ON AIRCRAFT IN WALES ON BOMBING RANGES OR G/H IN THE LFA7/7A LFA9 AREAS FOR VAS WEB SITE AND MAGAZINE

yes. articles on Breighton and Turberry in AGR news, plus minor updates.

Yes - the list is too long - 91 different editions of Airfield Focus alone!

Previous articles , news items and photographs in AR and regular contributions to DJ Smiths Aviation News column .|Others too but still having to work for a living .

No only some aircraft photos.

only photos on AIX

Three articles in Airfield Review two relating to internat mapping and aerial photogrphy and the other about some photos of Duxford in 1972

themed crosswords for aviation magazines

RAF Coltishall Fighter Station.|Old Forge Publishing|ISBN 978-1-906183-01-1 First Published 2007

Yes - many articles for Airfield Review plus a few pieces for the local village magazine on aspects of Cranfield's history.

Not yet! but contributed photos, info etc to others on airfields, crash sites etc.

Researched and produced an article on my Uncle Jack Bays Daniel, his RAF career until his demise over Berlin in 1943 whilst flying with 103 sqn

A Tale of Two Airfields - RAF Ashbourne & RAF Darley Moor" (co-authored with Noel Ryan)

Air Resupply Missions favor the besieged troop in Bastogne / Dec1944 (20 pages - published Nov 2009)|IPMS / AWACS - Sea Fury|Carnet de vol - Ravitailleurs KC-135

No, but some of my aircraft photos have publsihed in books ( by prior permission, of course)

When I found a particular Thread

Personal Referral

My RAF History has been published in a magazine.

www.ww2ni.webs.com

Currently writing a World War Two novel. Written a few magazine articles on WWII for base publications

RAFA Magazine. National Service with 13 Squadron

Writting a book at present on Suffolk airfields

Station magazine where I work.

I published in 1968 a book "From Spitfire to F-104 Starfighter", an overview of the development of the Belgian Air Force after World War II from 1945 till 1968. No more available now

Yes several years ago:- 1949 Elmdon National Air Races; tech info specific a/c etc for modelling magazines

Contributor to all of team member Ian McLachlan's series of books detailing the stories behind our archaeological recoveries of the past 30+ years.|Air Classics - 'Raining Thunderbolts'|US drama production 'Nightingale'(B-17)|Ch4 Time Team, 'B-17 Collision over Reedham'|BBC 1 Inside Out 'A Yank in the RAF - tragic story of Otto Kanturek' |BBC 1 Inside Out 'Secret German Landing Grounds in Norfolk'|BBC 1 Inside Out 'Ultimate Metal Detectors'

Action Stations 3 and 7, Britain's Military Airfields 1939-45, Hawarden history

Appendix 3

A brief guide to the current accessibility of current and most especially former airfields.

I do wish topics wouldn't vanish after I've posted on them !|But otherwise I think it's fine as it is. Any Forum is only as good as its contributors.

Nothing negative - it seems to work very well, and when the occasional hiccup occurs it gets sorted very quickly. Thanks!

I simply never tire of the forum, it is a friendly place, enough said

I think the overseas airfields section could be expanded ||Also I think a "Links" list would be a good idea, where members could post links to any and all sites that cover airfields - either s

just greatfull that it exists, a wierd and obscure facination with derelicton and presevation of places that the average Jo couldnt care less about, thank god for AIX, i am not alone in the universe!

I fully support your aims of preserving historical airfield data. Can get a little person-person rather than general/informative at times - most people aren't interested in cliquey banter grants expan

Need to be able to track threads easier . Not sure about the section headings - possibly merge some and ditch others .

Would be good if you could download a airfield location add on for Google earth and for sat navs.

One thing that would be of use is collaborative input where lists like the audits could be updated and amended rather than via posts. The audits are a valuable asset and it is easy for them to become

Whilst I have not actively participated as yet, now that I have unpacked my Coltishall archives I intend to make regular contribitions.

Im have only started using a computer this last year so i dont no how to use your site to send info so i have done this though richard flagg

The panel of emoticons for inserting inside a message has disappeared. Otherwise good as it is.

Keep going! As membership increases, more topics would be welcomed, partic on non-airfield sites, ranges, bomb stores, fuel depots, requisitioned buildings,airfields abroad etc

Station Histories relating to the buildings...more "then and now" comparisons.

The items on an airfield... would it be worth collating on say a quarterly basis to have a master document on that airfield to make reading easier?

I know many people are happy with the '5 pics only per post' but it annoys the hell out of me as i dont like having to keep making new chapters as it breaks up the flow especially if a user has posted

At the moment no. However, if interest in "overseas" airfields increases, perhaps a greater expansion in that area to attract more overseas visitors.

Although I am a 'senior', I accept that the younger generation with similar interests must be encouraged and allowed to have their say so I think that - where possible - group visits to airfields of i

Aviation Factories and their Defences

I wouldn't presume to be so forward.

Although it is a big task but a format like Paul Freemans is most inforamtive especially when trying to find an old airfield.

Interested to hear info on places I served at and on places I could visit in the future.

This is a great forum, and brilliant in that it includes N Ireland. Although I have not posted anything of interest, I am fascinated by the history and postings of others, and hope this forum will con

Perhaps a list of airfields with all related information would be a good collective.|

A link feature would be nice but hard to maintain. As it is an open forum I think its membership drives the storyline appropriately as is.

Other Forums keep changing layout/format I think this forum is easy to follow etc. pleae keep it as it is.

As a citizen from 'the Continent' I sometimes have the impression that most members are too much focused on the UK only and show little interest to the rest of the world . . .

Would greatly benefit from an online building drawings section

The forum is a platform for certain individuals to self publicise themselves and that puts me off joining.

Naturally an Aviation Archaeology section!

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Appendix 4

Key

WiX|Aces, Contrails & Unsung heores|EAGER|G503

ASB.tv|Warthog Territory|Key Publications Forums|Flyer Forums|UKAR|The Aerodrome

Key publishing-historical forum

Diecast Aviation Forums / World War II Forums / Key Forums

Pprune, 28 Days Later, RAF Commands.

tend to limit myself to this forum unless someone includes a link to something relevant

ABiX,Key(Flypast), -- Yahoo groups ->Military Spotters, Airfields Group, Planeplotter, ReachHunters,RW26, RW26OTT,Airstrips List UK, BAEG, BAC111.MilRadio Co

VAS, DERELICT PLACES

UKAR,SHAWBURY SPOTTERS, MSF,FIGHTER CONTROL.

derelict places, and 24days later

The Aviation Forum

key publishing, p prune, flyer forums

Key Publishing forum, Pprune forum, Planetalk, Norwich Spotters. UKAR forum

Flypast Forum

Subbrit

EAGER

scramble.nl|controltowers.co.uk|16va.be/aerodromes_eng.html|mil-airfields.de

upper heyford, sealand, chigwell

eagerventure

Key

WIX, UKAR,Flypast,ICC

PPRUNE|FLYPAST

Key Kent History

pprune|key

Pprune, Flypast, Warbird Information Exchange, E-Goat, Aussie Aviators Net, Wings over Cambridge (NZ), Plane talk

key publishing|WW11talk

none

derelictplaces.co.uk

The Autosport Nostalgia Forum - given that many airfields have been used for motorsports there's more commonality than you might initially think.

A dozen (yes, I've just counted!)modelling forums. PPrune occasionally, Key

egcn forum

Kent History Forum

Control towers; REF's site and NJR's site;The airfields and Airports of Great Britain

subterranea britannica

Valley Aviation Soc. Northwest Air News

Flightline, UKAR, Key forums, Derilict places,fighter control although i don't contribute to any of these i do visit them on a regular basis.

Key Publishing Forums (Historic aviation)

Airfix Forum.|Britmodeller.|RAF Commands Forum.|UK Airshow Review.|Aircraft Recources Centre

World War 2 Talk|Roots Chat

key forum but im afraid it is getting rather bitchy on there so only visit it now and again.

None

Fs2004 Scenery Design

Bombercrew.com

Airliners.net

www.airfields-freeman.com|www.warbirdz.net|www.1000aircraftphotos.com

Many

ww2ni.webs

kent history forum

I'm happy with the forum as it is, although I do appreciate that it does have to develop.|I am fascinated by the various topics that are discussed and by the incredible knowledge of the forum members

key publishing, UKAR

http://www.aviatiohttp://fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/n-links.co.ukhttp://www.civilianavhttp://www.demobbed.http://www.eurodemobbed.org.uk/org.uk/iation.co.uk/forumhttp://home.att.net/~jbaugher///http:/

Vulcan To The Sky|Delta Talk|Iconic Aircraft|Key Publishing|UK Airshow Review

any

Bristol Flight Simulator Group|British Airways Virtual

UKAR, KEY Publishing Aviation Forum

None

Tvoc.co.uk, jlrrac.co.uk

The 8th Air Force home page. A private RAF Alconbury site. Then surf the net.

www.28dayslater.co.uk

rafcommands|Key historical aviation

SESCO

RAF Commands, Aireal Veiws of UK Aerodromes, Historic Aviation

Aeroplane Monthly, Flypast

Historic Military vehicle forum

Classic British Aviation

Key Publishing

I am also active in the forum "Airport Lighting" which is very specialized on this topic only.

Professional Pilot's Rumour Network|Army Rumour Service|Historic Military Vehicle Forum|AAC website.

PPrune

WW2 talk, the dugout, 28 days later, essex underground

www.lancaster-archive.com/forums|pprune.org

Historic aviation

MH forum and RAF forum

WW2 Airforce Memorials Website

www.ww2F.com|www.secretscotland.org.uk|www.online-archaeology.co.uk

www.usaaf.co.uk|www.warrelics.eu

Key Publishing; PPrune

Warbird Information Exchange

FlyPast, Warbird Information Exchange

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A Big AiX Thank You To All Respondents