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oddball
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Ok here is that WW2 hanger site I visited at the weekend.

RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air station which was situated 1.5 statute miles south-west of Burscough, Lancashire. The Admiralty acquired 650 acres (2.6 km2) of land in December 1942 and the airfield was built with four runways and several hangars, being commissioned on 1 September 1943.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll ... 9&t=h&z=17

4 Hangers not 5 as I thought, you will see buses on the photo as it was used for a bus restoration group for the last 30 years or so.

Now it is looking for a new use, I know it isn't the largest site but are real WW2 hangers for Supermarine Seafires etc that protected Liverpool.

I have contact info for the owner.

Look here for WW2 photos of the place.
http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost ... hoto/10248

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/sho ... -July-2012

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Posted : 07/08/2012 4:50 pm
Joseph Porta
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it looks great , but it way to small to run as a site,

the approximate area is 200m by 200m

theres no way you could play a game with anything more than 12 people and not for more than an hour or 2 .

may be good to use for pictures, or build TONS of temp buildings , but the work would be tremendous :(

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Posted : 07/08/2012 4:55 pm
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Yes looks small now but when I was driving the Jeep down the roads it seemed bigger.

I was just trying to think of a use like a military vehicle show or a one off airsoft game but had no I idea how you could run a game there, other than as I said a night raid on aircraft hangers.

Could probably rent the site for a few £hundred for the weekend as he has nothing elese going on.

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Posted : 07/08/2012 6:49 pm
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