cornish airfields

[sincnoel]

a few days ago, a question appeared in the daily mail "answers to correspondents" page regarding a cornish airfield. the questioner said he had come across this place 17 miles south of redruth courtesy of google earth and noted derelict aircraft along with what appeared to be a gloster meteor. he asked why it was there. i cannot find the answer/s. i have tracked down the airfield (predannack) and agree that it does look like a meteor. but why IS it there? yes, i have established that meteors flew out of this field. but can anyone quench my now-burning curiosity?

[dot.hawkes]

http://www.targeta.co.uk/predannack.htm

there are some airframes at one end used for practise...could one be your derelict meteor?

[Fitzer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predannack_Airfie ld I agree with you and think Wikipedia have it wrong on the Meteor/Canberra identification. Amusing that you have a burning curiosity about the Royal Naval School of Firefighting though

[kempie]

Definitely a Canberra.

[kempie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNq401pfwkw

[sincnoel]

thanks all replies. i also think it's a canberra and not a meteor cos you can see the canberra on google maps. interesting question, though ... at least for those of us interested in such things. one thing that threw me initially was that the daily mail questioner said it was 17 miles south of redruth. consult the AA guide to distances and they say it's 26. then you realise that the AA route is on main roads and goes via falmouth, whereas the mail man obviously quoted the direct route south from redruth. enough waffling ... time for breakfast.