Fleetlands
FLEETLANDS: Military helipad
Military user: Royal Navy FAA (Fleet Air Arm) NARO DARA
Note: Picture by the author.
Operated by: Since 2008 - Vector Aerospace
Location: E of A32, 1.5nm S of Fareham, 1nm NNW of Gosport
Period of operation: WW2 to -
Landing area: A look at the site on Google Earth in 2016 showed five helipads which appear to be comncrete
NOTES: Used from some time since WW2 for maintenance of Navy helicopters.
SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT?
On a quick visit in August 2017 I noticed that a Westland/Sikorsky S.61 was on display as a 'Gate Guardian', visible from the A32. I made a polite request to take a picture of it, but security staff informed me that there was no way this could be achieved. And indeed not even visitors or even security staff were allowed to take pictures either.
It does make me wonder; why put an old redundant aircraft on display, if you don't want people to admire it and take pictures?
I have visited many operational RAF airfields over the years, and a polite request (with passport) to photograph a 'gate guardian' has always been granted. Except for RAF MARHAM who were on a top rated security condition - so that is obviously understandable.
Terry Clark
This comment was written on: 2018-02-02 23:48:56The heliport at Fleetlands is a post war addition. I read that the roads between Fleetlands and Gosport were laid back in the inter war years so that aircraft could be towed (wings folded of course) to Fleetlands from Gosport for major overhauls.
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