Very sad to see it in this state (recent photo):

http://s214580749.websitehome.co.uk/...-72-Hemsby.jpg

Jack

Jack ) wrote:
Very sad to see it in this state (recent photo):

http://s214580749.websitehome.co.uk/...-72-Hemsby.jpg

Jack

Apparently, the same applies to Shanwell.

Of course the ***** ULTIMATE ***** was:-

http://www.gogral.free-online.co.uk/06_03ukmo4.jpg

..........................................

" That's another fine mess Argentina's gotten into, Port Stanley! "

" We're looking for respectable ladies because of their scope for change! "

" You should wear glasses made with frosted glass! "

" You're such trash, the council wants to collect you only fortnightly! "

" The bottom! "

On Feb 23, 2:12 pm, Mike Hatton wrote:
Jack ) wrote:
Very sad to see it in this state (recent photo):

http://s214580749.websitehome.co.uk/...-72-Hemsby.jpg

Jack

Apparently, the same applies to Shanwell.

Of course the ***** ULTIMATE ***** is:-

http://www.kingarthurscourt.net/Exit%20door.gif

On Feb 23, 1:11�pm, "Jack )"
wrote:
Very sad to see it in this state (recent photo):

http://s214580749.websitehome.co.uk/...-72-Hemsby.jpg

Jack

Yes indeed. I have happy memories of it during the summer of 1968 when
I did a radiosonde course there.
I stayed in lodgings next to the pub (forgotten name) in Ormesby St
Margaret.

Dick Lovett

wrote in message
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Very sad to see it in this state (recent photo):

http://s214580749.websitehome.co.uk/...-72-Hemsby.jpg

Jack

Sign of the times Jack :-(

IMHO a radiosonde station at Hemsby (03496) would still be very useful
indeed.

Will
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On Feb 23, 4:48�pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
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Very sad to see it in this state (recent photo):

http://s214580749.websitehome.co.uk/...-72-Hemsby.jpg

Jack

Sign of the times Jack :-(

IMHO a radiosonde station at Hemsby (03496) would still be very useful
indeed.

Will
--

I would also include all the others that have disappeared, like
Stornoway, Shanwell, Long Kesh, Aughton, Shoeburyness and the 'on
request' ascents which were done at several RAF stations.

Dick

Dick Lovett wrote:

On Feb 23, 4:48�pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
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om...

Very sad to see it in this state (recent photo):

http://s214580749.websitehome.co.uk/...-72-Hemsby.jpg

Jack

Sign of the times Jack :-(

IMHO a radiosonde station at Hemsby (03496) would still be very
useful indeed.

Will
--

I would also include all the others that have disappeared, like
Stornoway, Shanwell, Long Kesh, Aughton, Shoeburyness and the 'on
request' ascents which were done at several RAF stations.

Dick

And don't forget the soundings from OWS "India", "Juliette" and "Kilo"
- and even the Bismuth flights (but I'm really showing my age there!).

Norman
--
Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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OK Norman show us your age, I think 'Bismuth' went westward from the
Hebrides over the Atlantic, tell us the names of the flight north over the
Norwegian Sea and the one that went SW from Cornwall, 'Allah' and 'Epicure'
sound familiar. There may have been one from Norfolk over the North Sea

Keith Chaplin
"Norman" wrote in message
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Dick Lovett wrote:

On Feb 23, 4:48?pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
wrote in message


om...

Very sad to see it in this state (recent photo):

http://s214580749.websitehome.co.uk/...-72-Hemsby.jpg

Jack

Sign of the times Jack :-(

IMHO a radiosonde station at Hemsby (03496) would still be very
useful indeed.

Will
--

I would also include all the others that have disappeared, like
Stornoway, Shanwell, Long Kesh, Aughton, Shoeburyness and the 'on
request' ascents which were done at several RAF stations.

Dick

And don't forget the soundings from OWS "India", "Juliette" and "Kilo"
- and even the Bismuth flights (but I'm really showing my age there!).

Norman
--
Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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keith.chaplin4 wrote:

OK Norman show us your age, I think 'Bismuth' went westward from the
Hebrides over the Atlantic, tell us the names of the flight north
over the Norwegian Sea and the one that went SW from Cornwall,
'Allah' and 'Epicure' sound familiar. There may have been one from
Norfolk over the North Sea

Keith Chaplin

You've got me there, Keith. I only remember the Bismuth flights. They
were operated by Shackleton aircraft from RAF Aldergrove (Belfast civil
airport was at Nutts Corner in those days). They generally flew on a
triangular course over the ocean, chosen on the day by the Senior
Forecaster at Bracknell (Dunstable if you go back far enough). From
memory, I think the first and third legs were run at around 500 mb
while the second leg was at low level. This enabled two near-vertical
soundings to be carried out between 500 mb and close to the surface.
Obs were done by Met Office observers on board and were sent quite
frequently - every 15-20 minutes?) in quite a detailed and complicated
code. Hand-plotting the obs on the 1200z surface chart was quite a
task. It wasn't the favourite job on the Assistants' roster at
Prestwick Airport!

Norman
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Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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"Dick Lovett" wrote in message
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I would also include all the others that have disappeared, like
Stornoway, Shanwell, Long Kesh, Aughton, Shoeburyness and the 'on
request' ascents which were done at several RAF stations.

Dick

Shoeburyness still does soundings during the week.

The hourly wind profiler also comes in handy
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporat...ler/index.html

Jon.