Classic British Flight Sim

Continuing my short series of sceneries begining with 'Weston', here is another one, Westonzoyland Micro Centre! This place was once a USAAF/RAF airfield and it now has a busy main road running right through it (good excuse to put in moving traffic) and the current aircraft (micro-light and single GA aircraft) use just a small section of the airfield.

Cheers Trev

Can't see me downloading this one as I've never heard of it and have no intention of going there but good work anyway

ATB

DaveB

Awesome mate. My family live right near to this airfield.

Dave, I posted some pictures of an airday here some months ago.

I'll be adding this one in for sure.

Just down the road from me as well

Derek

looks good were can you get and is it for fs 2004?

I think you're out of luck with this one nigel. Trev makes all these sceneries for FSX amigo

ATB

DaveB

Dave,

Westonzoyland was (I think) the base for the Gloster Meteor OCU (very high Sqn number, 1153 or something?) in the late 40s.

Toby

Dunno mate.. I didn't arrive until the late 50's so I'll take your word for it

ATB

DaveB

Action Stations Vol 5 shows it as two words. Weston Zoyland. However, my Ordnance Survey map shows it as one word. One word rolls off the tongue nicely, like a single malt.

It had a very chequered wartime history. Mustangs, Hurricanes, Martinets, and Defiants, being just some of the types that flew from here.

222 Squadron flying Meteor F3's was based there, and were the last to leave in October 1946. The station was reduced to C&M until 1952, when it reopened due to the Korean war. 209 AFS flew Vampires and Meteors for two years before being renamed 12 FTS.

Last units were 32 & 73 Squadrons which converted to B2 Canberras Jan - March 1957, before leaving for Cyprus.

The station closed in January 1958, but was retained by the Ministry until 1969.

Thanks Trev, for yet again giving me an excuse to research another old airfield.

D.

DaveB wrote:Dunno mate.. I didn't arrive until the late 50's so I'll take your word for it

ATB

DaveB

Early 80s for me as you know! I had a a book on the Meteor than mentioned it.