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Thankerton




THANKERTON:  Private airstrip

Aerial view 2018
Aerial view 2018
Aerial detail 2018
Aerial detail 2018


Note: These two pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©







 

Location:  Just E of Thankerton village, S of the river Clyde, about 7nm SE of Lanark and roughly 3.5nm WNW of Biggar 

Period of operation:  Around the second decade in the 21st century?  Possibly after 2015?


Runway:  10/28    550   grass


NOTES:  The initial information came from the AAIB report EW/G2019/04/06.

It appears the Colomban MC-30 Luciole G-CIBJ was based here.

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In October 2024 Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide', sent me this picture he had found on the interweb.







 





 

 

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