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    Samlesbury Aerodrome is a disused airfield at Balderstone near Samlesbury and Blackburn in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire. The aerodrome is owned...
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    England. Samlesbury Hall, a historic house, is in the village, as is Samlesbury Aerodrome and a large modern brewery owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev. The population...
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    2012, the aerodrome has provided one of the two sites of Lancashire Enterprise Zone, the other site being at BAE Systems' Samlesbury Aerodrome. The zone's...
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    owned by BAE Systems in Warton and Samlesbury. Warton Aerodrome covers 72 hectares (180 acres) and Samlesbury Aerodrome is 74 hectares. Development is coordinated...
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  • Lightning II serve as gate guardians at MAI's Samlesbury site where both were manufactured. Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire - Warton is the headquarters of...
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    160 employees, and ongoing work at the site, were transferred to Samlesbury Aerodrome. The main Greengate site has since become home to NOV Process & Flow...
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    aerostructures business, based at Glasgow Prestwick Airport and Samlesbury Aerodrome, to Spirit. The unit is a major supplier to Airbus (80%), Boeing...
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    English Electric was in the process of setting up production at Samlesbury Aerodrome, a firm order was placed for 132 Canberras. The order consisted of...
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    Corporation (LAC) was formed at Samlesbury Aerodrome near Blackburn, Lancashire, during World War II, along with a subsidiary, Samlesbury Engineering Ltd. The headquarters...
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    1953 onward, the first three prototype aircraft were hand-built at Samlesbury Aerodrome, where all Lightnings were built. These aircraft were given the aircraft...
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  • instructed by the Air Ministry to construct a "shadow factory" at Samlesbury Aerodrome in Lancashire to build Handley Page Hampden bombers. Starting with...
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  • created in BAE Systems' new Enterprise Zone at the site of the old Samlesbury Aerodrome. Family correspondence with his daughter Rosemary Lapham, congratulations...
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    been created in BAE Systems' Enterprise Zone at the site of the old Samlesbury Aerodrome. He married Una Thynne (1890–1957) in 1918. They had three daughters...
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    remote workers in Lancashire. BAE Systems and Spirit AeroSystems at Samlesbury Aerodrome The following people and military units have received the Freedom...
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    Blackburn College, Thwaites Brewery, BAE Systems (Samlesbury Aerodrome site, located at Samlesbury, northwest of Blackburn); Blackburn with Darwen Borough...
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  • Volunteer Gliding School 1984 Samlesbury Aerodrome Sedbergh TX.1 Cadet TX.3 Venture T.2 Vigilant T.1 n/a Samlesbury Aerodrome 2005 635 Volunteer Gliding...
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    through Myerscough Smithy. Later the route was extended to go around Samlesbury Aerodrome. In the 1960s the A59 and A677 were given their routes back, but...
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  • airfields, Warton and Samlesbury. Being enthusiastic about all forms of flying, Beamont readily gave permission to use Samlesbury Aerodrome as their base, completely...
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    end of 1941. They were allotted their own aerodromes instead of sending aircraft to the Handley Page aerodrome. At peak the group involved 41 factories...
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    operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF Kinloss, Leeming, Valley, Waddington, Wattisham...
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    former RAF Bassingbourn and the former English Electric factory at Samlesbury Aerodrome. In January 2006, No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron deployed for the last time...
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    continues through Myerscough Smithy then runs around the perimeter of Samlesbury Aerodrome (a British Aerospace installation). At Longsight Road, it passes...
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  • Winter Hill and the West Pennine Moors and the BAE Systems factory at Samlesbury Aerodrome. On clear days, the Lake District and sometimes the Isle of Man can...
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  • been created in BAE Systems' Enterprise Zone at the site of the old Samlesbury Aerodrome in Lancashire. US application 2841346, William Edward Willoughby...
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    Communications Flight flying Hawker Hurricanes and Airspeed Oxfords from Samlesbury Aerodrome. It was absorbed into No. 12 Group RAF on 15 September 1944. The...
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  • November English Electric test pilot Johnny W. C. Squier took off from Samlesbury Aerodrome in English Electric-built de Havilland Vampire F.3 VP732, intended...
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    has been such ever since. The village is adjacent to the former Samlesbury Aerodrome, now owned by BAE Systems. BAE developed commercial units on the...
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  • Groeswen Hospital, Port Talbot. William Thomas Jolley, Aircraft Fitter, Samlesbury Aerodrome, British Aircraft Corporation Ltd. Arthur Jones, Youth Leader, Meynell...
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    Northcote Samlesbury Aerodrome Stonyhurst Observatory Swan Court Shopping Arcade The Old Zoo Places of worship Clitheroe: Sts Michael & John Langho: New...
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    population of 410. The parish is the officially recognised address of Samlesbury Aerodrome. Lancashire portal Listed buildings in Balderstone, Lancashire UK...
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