RAF Shawbury

United Kingdom / England / Shawbury /
 airport, military airbase, Second World War 1939-1945, military, helicopter, RAF - Royal Air Force
Order of Battle

Defence Helicopter Flying School
---660 Squadron
---705 Naval Air Squadron
---No. 60(R) Squadron RAF

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Helicopter_Flying_School

School of Air Traffic Control RAF

Home to the Defence Helicopter Flying School. Currently the Squirrel HT1 (Eurocopter AS350BB) helicopter operated by (660 and 705 Squadrons) and the Griffin HT1 (Bell 412 EP) helicopter operated by (60 Reserve Squadron), and is maintained by the contractor, FB Heliservices Ltd, who also provide 40% of the flying instructors.

It is also home to the Air Traffic Control School and the RAF Aircraft Storage flight, where surplus aircraft are stored.

Runway 05/23 4523ft (1379m)
Runway 18/36 6018ft (1834m)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Shawbury
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Coordinates:   52°47'36"N   2°40'12"W
This article was last modified 8 years ago