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| Carlisle Airport, Irthington | ||
| Carlisle Airport | ||
| Carlisle City Airport | ||
| Crosby on Eden Airfield | ||
| civil parish:- | Irthington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | airfield | |
| coordinates:- | NY480610 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4861 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY46 | |
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 CGC40.jpg (taken 12.5.2017)  BOX10.jpg Control tower, passenger terminal, and a rubbish skip. (taken 29.3.2008) |
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 BOX11.jpg (taken 29.3.2008)  BOX12.jpg Chocks. (taken 29.3.2008)  BOX13.jpg ?Sikorsky helicopter, being prepared for take off? (taken 29.3.2008)  BOX09.jpg (taken 29.3.2008) |
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| hearsay:- |
Opened by the RAF as Crosby on Eden Airfield, 1941, and used by them to 1946. Reopened
as Carlisle City Airport, 1960. |
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| Davies, Ken: 2001: Lakeland Aviation and Airfields: Regional Publications (Freshwater,
Isle of Wight) Wiggins, Paul: 1991: Carlisle Airport &History of Crosby on Eden Airfield: Solway Aviation Society |
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