Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (IATA: DSA, ICAO: EGCN) is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley airbase in Finningley, South Yorkshire, England. The airport lies 6 nautical miles southeast of Doncaster and eighteen miles (29 km) east of Sheffield. The Airport principally serves the metropolitan counties of South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire moreover due to its key location, a population of more than six million potential customers can access the airport within a 60 minute drive. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... The Peel Group is a collection of property and transport companies based in the United Kingdom. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... Aeronautical Information Publication (or AIP) is defined by ICAO as a publication issued by or with the authority of a state and containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... RAF Finningley was a Royal Air Force station near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, partly within the traditional county boundaries of Nottinghamshire and partly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now wholly within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. ... Finningley is a village in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Nottinghamshire. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of length. ... For other places with the same name, see Doncaster (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... The six metropolitan counties shown within England The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level subnational entity in current use in England. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ... Coat of Arms of South Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, that has a population of 2. ...

History

Main article: RAF Finningley

The airport's opening was marked by the first commercial flight, destined for Palma in Majorca, which departed exactly on time at 0915 on April 28, 2005. The Captain of the first flight from Robin Hood Airport was Paul Rafferty of Thomsonfly^[1]. The airport expected to see at least one million passengers during 2006. Three months after opening the airport had handled 300,000 passengers, by December 2005 the figure rose to 500,000 and within 60 weeks after opening, the airport had cumulatively handled over 1 million passengers. The figure for calendar year 2006 was 899,000, putting the airport in 23rd position in the UK. As of August 2007 the airport had handled 2.28 million passengers since opening. RAF Finningley was a Royal Air Force station near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, partly within the traditional county boundaries of Nottinghamshire and partly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now wholly within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. ... Palma (old Spanish name Palma de Mallorca) is the major city and port in the island of Majorca (in Catalan: Mallorca) and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. ... Location Location of Majorca in Balearic Islands Coordinates : 39° 30’N , 3°0E Time Zone : CET (UTC+1) - summer: CEST (UTC+2) General information Native name Mallorca (Catalan) Spanish name Mallorca Postal code 07001-07691 Area code 34 (Spain) + 971 (Illes Balears) Website http://www. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today

Doncaster Sheffield Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P876) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the public corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of aviation in the UK. It was established in 1972. ...

The majority of flights from the airport are operated by Thomsonfly, with a few flights operated by Thomas Cook, Pegasus, Air Europa, BH Air, Wizzair, Flybe, Flyglobespan, Onur Air and Ryanair. On 28 March 2006 Ryanair announced an expansion of their services from Doncaster, with additional flights to Pisa and Girona. On 26 June 2006, Flybe announced it was establishing a twice daily service from Doncaster to Belfast City Airport from October 2006. In September 2006, Flyglobespan announced that from Summer 2007, weekly flights from Doncaster would commence to Toronto, Canada, this being the first scheduled long-haul destination served from Doncaster. It was also announced at a Dubai conference on 18 September 2006 that Pakistani Airline Shaheen Air International will be flying from Doncaster Sheffield to Islamabad and Toronto from Summer 2007. Also Wizzair have announced they are to start a four times weekly service to Gdansk and increase the frequency of the Katowice route to four times weekly both from July 2007. Late November Goldtrail Holidays announced that they would be flying to Dalaman from the Airport Summer 2007 using Onur Air. Wizz Air have also announce (June 07) that they are to fly twice weekly to Poznan from 31 January 2008]]. They also later announced on 3 July that they will be flying a twice weekly service to Wroclaw from February 2008. On the 9th August 2007, Ryanair announced its fourth route to operate from the airport, Ryanair's new base at Alicante Airport will operate flights 3 times per week to Doncaster-Sheffield. Thomsonfly is a British airline owned by the TUI Group with bases across the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Thomas Cook (disambiguation). ... Pegasus Airlines (Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS) is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. ... Air Europa Boeing 737-800 landing Boeing 737-85P at Madrid Barajas International Airport Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, S.A. is an airline based in Palma, Majorca, Spain. ... BH Air (Balkan Holidays Airlines) is a charter airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. ... Wizzair is a Polish/Hungarian low-cost airline focusing on the markets of Central Europe. ... Flybe is a British airline based at Exeter Airport, England. ... Flyglobespan Boeing 737-683 registered G-CDKD, landing on Runway 05 Glasgow International Airport, Scotland. ... Onur Air (Onur Air Taşımacılık AÅž) is an airline based in Ä°stanbul, Turkey. ... For other uses of RYR, see Robert Yates Racing Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA, LSE: RYA, NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an Irish airline headquartered in Dublin, with its biggest operational base situated in London Stansted Airport in the UK. It is Europes largest low-cost carrier and it is one of the... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leaning Tower of Pisa. ... This article is about the Spanish city. ... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flybe is a British airline based at Exeter Airport, England. ... Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD, ICAO: EGAC) is an airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Flyglobespan Boeing 737-683 registered G-CDKD, landing on Runway 05 Glasgow International Airport, Scotland. ... John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport or Hamilton International, (IATA: YHM, ICAO: CYHM), is an international airport in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shaheen Air International is a Pakistani private airline based in Karachi. ...   (Urdu: اسلام آباد) is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ... Wizzair is a Polish/Hungarian low-cost airline focusing on the markets of Central Europe. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1... Downtown of Katowice Osiedle TysiÄ…clecia at night Coordinates: , Country Voivodeship Powiat city county Gmina Katowice Established 16th century City Rights 1865 Government  - Mayor Piotr Uszok Area  - City 164. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Facilities

The airport's runway has a length of 2,891 metres (9,485 ft) and a width of 60 metres (197 ft), making it longer and wider than those at many other airports in northern Britain. This capability may make the airport attractive to operators of wide-bodied, long-haul or older cargo-carrying aircraft. The reason the Airport has such a long runway stems from its history as a former long-range nuclear bomber base (see RAF Finningley). The Airport currently has a single runway designated 02/20 and there is significant room for further passenger and cargo capacity expansion when the market requires. Operators Peel Holdings also own Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Durham Tees Valley Airport. RAF Finningley was a Royal Air Force station near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, partly within the traditional county boundaries of Nottinghamshire and partly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now wholly within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. ... The Peel Group is a collection of property and transport companies based in the United Kingdom. ... Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA: LPL, ICAO: EGGP) is an airport serving the English city of Liverpool. ... Durham Tees Valley Airport (IATA: MME, ICAO: EGNV) is an airport in North East England, located approximately 10 km (6 miles) east of Darlington, about 16 km (10 miles) south west of Middlesbrough and 39 km (24 miles) south of Durham. ...

Part of the Airport site is being developed into a Business and Technology Park which could potentially be linked with the M18 motorway via a link road at Junction 3. This in itself might attract further investment into the Region. The M18 northdown during the Winter 2005-2006 roadworks The M18 is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. ...

Due to open in late winter 2007 is a Ramada Encore chain hotel, which will have 150 bed capacity. Work is also progressing on a new 62 acre business park across from the terminal, which will link to a new access road into the airport via nearby Hurst Lane (which is due to open in winter 2007).

Getting to Robin Hood Airport

Road and motorway links

The Airport is located close to the M18 Motorway, but with no direct link road. Also nearby are the A1(M) Motorway, M62 motorway, M1 motorway roads. A direct motorway road link from the M18 junction 3 to the airport is planned and is expected to open by 2010^[2]. There is also a connection from Junction 34 of the A1(M) Motorway. The Airport has 2,500 car parking spaces. The M18 northdown during the Winter 2005-2006 roadworks The M18 is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. ... This page is about the A1 road in Great Britain. ... The route of the M62, in dark blue. ... The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ... Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... The M18 northdown during the Winter 2005-2006 roadworks The M18 is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. ... This page is about the A1 road in Great Britain. ...

• Map sources for Robin Hood Airport, located at 53°28′29″N, 1°0′16″W

Rail links

Doncaster station is a major UK railway station and is served by Northern Rail, Virgin Trains, GNER, TransPennine Express, Central Trains, Midland Mainline and Hull Trains. Doncaster is 1 Hour 35 Mins from London Kings Cross or 20 Mins from Sheffield Station (using direct services). From Doncaster Station several direct bus services transport passengers to the Airport. Doncaster Train Station is about ten minutes walk from Doncaster town centre. ... Northern Rail is a train and railway operating company that has operated local services in the north of England since 2004. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... GNER White Rose train at Kings Cross railway station Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) is a British train operating company (TOC) owned by Sea Containers Ltd. ... TransPennine Express (TPE) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... Central Trains rolling stock at Liverpool Lime Street railway station Central Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running local and long-distance services in central England. ... Midland Mainline (MML) is a British train operating company owned by the National Express Group, created after the privatisation of British Rail. ... ^ Pick up northbound, set down southbound; selected weekday services only Hull Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running up to seven long distance services each day between London Kings Cross and Hull. ... Sheffield Midland station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, in Yorkshire, northern England. ...

In addition, the airport lies alongside the Doncaster to Lincoln railway line, and plans for a station at Finningley to replace that closed in 1961 have been submitted for local planning permission. The Doncaster to Lincoln line is a railway line in England. ... Railroad or railway tracks are used on railways, which, together with railroad switches (points), guide trains without the need for steering. ...

Public transport bus links

Public transport is by hourly bus from Doncaster town centre. At present the airport is served by various airport bus links from all major local bus companies. These include: Bangkok Skytrain. ... For other places with the same name, see Doncaster (disambiguation). ...

• 29/X29 from Retford every hour and via Bircotes and Harworth every half hour on weekdays and Saturdays. A Sunday service also operates. Service started as part of a £2million pound improvement by Nottinghamshire County Council in partnership with Stagecoach in Bassetlaw for local bus services in Bassetlaw from May 29, 2007 named Local Lynx.^[2]
• 91 from Doncaster, First South Yorkshire AirRailLink (half hourly) - Low floor branded bus
• X19 from Doncaster and Barnsley, Stagecoach in Yorkshire (Hourly) - Low floor double decker
• X30 from Worksop every hour via Carlton-in-Lindrick, Langold, Harworth, Bircotes and Bawtry. Part of the Local Lynx network.
• 707 from Doncaster, Wilfreda Beehive Airport Arrow (Hourly) - Low floor branded bus
• 230 from Moorends, via Thorne, Stainforth, Dunscroft, Dunsville, Armthorpe Cantley, Branton, Auckley Wilfreda Beehive Every couple of hours Monday - Saturday - Low floor branded bus

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Airlines and destinations

Scheduled flights

• Flybe (Belfast-City)
• Flyglobespan (Toronto-Hamilton [summer season only])
• Ryanair (Alicante [Starts November 2007], Dublin, Girona, Pisa)
• Thomsonfly (Alicante, Amsterdam, Faro, Geneva [starts Winter 2007], Jersey, Málaga, Palma, Pisa, Prague, Salzburg)
• Wizzair (Katowice, Gdańsk, Poznan [Starts January 2008]), Wroclaw [Starts February 2008])

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Charter flights

Summer destinations

• Air Europa (Las Palmas)
• BH Air (Bourgas, Varna)
• Nouvelair (Monastir)
• Onur Air (Bodrum)
• Pegasus Airlines (Dalaman)
• Thomsonfly (Bodrum, Bourgas, Cancun, Corfu, Crete, Dalaman, Orlando-Sanford, Girona, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Larnaca, Malta, Menorca, Naples, Paphos, Pisa, Reus, Rhodes, Salzburg, Tenerife-South, Verona, Zakynthos)

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Winter destinations

• Thomsonfly (Alicante, Faro, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote [Starts November 2007], Malaga, Paphos, Sharm el Sheikh, Tenerife South)

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• Plovdiv (Saturday)
• Salzburg (Saturday)
• Chambery (Saturday) New for 2007/8
• Turin (Sunday)
• Geneva (operating 4 times weekly - combined with scheduled flight) New for 2007/8

The Airport also has various Fly-Cruise Departures to:

• Barbados
• Montego Bay (Jamaica)
• Fort Lauderdale (U.S.A.)
• New Orleans (U.S.A.)

The airport has an email address where new routes can be suggested or requested. This can be found here.

Business jets

There are a number of private business jets based at the airport. Owners include golfers Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke who share a jet and the owners of Meadowhall. Currently Sovereign Air are the sole business jet on-demand operator based at the airport. Business jet, private jet or, in slang, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of modest size, designed for transporting small groups of business people for commercial reasons at a time convenient to their business needs. ... This article is about the sport of golf. ... Lee Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. ... Darren Clarke (born in Dungannon, County Tyrone on August 14, 1968) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who plays on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. ... Meadowhall is a large shopping centre located three miles northeast of central Sheffield, England. ...

Cargo flights

The airport has vast room for the accommodation of cargo flights and is in an ideal location in regards to the motorway network. There is a high amount of space to each side of the airport which is available for development and a wealth of infrastructure which is still in place from RAF Finningley. As of yet the airport does not have a dedicated freight forwarder on site which is something that airlines do not tend to commit to airports without. The airport continues to handle one off ad hoc freight flights only using such aircraft as the DC10, Boeing 747 and Antonov 124. RAF Finningley was a Royal Air Force station near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, partly within the traditional county boundaries of Nottinghamshire and partly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now wholly within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. ... An airline is an organization providing aviation services to passengers and/or cargo. ... Ad hoc is a Latin phrase which means for this [purpose]. It generally signifies a solution that has been tailored to a specific purpose, such as a tailor-made suit, a handcrafted network protocol, and specific-purpose equation and things like that. ... “Flying Machine” redirects here. ... Biman Bangladesh Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engined long-range airliner, with two engines mounted on underwing pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer. ... The Boeing 747, commonly nicknamed the Jumbo Jet, is a long-haul, widebody commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing. ... Categories: Stub | Soviet cargo aircraft 1980-1989 ...

The airport in the media

During its first few years of operation, Robin Hood Airport has featured a lot in the media. Numerous articles on its status as the UK's newest international airport have seen it become part of the debate into air tourism and environmental issues. On 24 January 2007, the airport featured in the BBC Two documentary Should I Really Give Up Flying?, with Doncaster celebrity Brian Blessed fronting local opinions on the issue. Robin Hood Airport has also been a filming location for some dramatic scenes featured in Emmerdale. is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brian Blessed (pronounced //, or in the tradition of English poetry, Blessèd, born near Doncaster,October 9, 1937) is an English actor, who came to fame as PC Fancy Smith in the BBC TV police drama series Z Cars. ... For the 1994 debut album by The Cardigans, see Emmerdale (album). ...

The airport name

The name is now often simply referred to on travel websites and on other literature as Doncaster/Sheffield Airport or Doncaster Airport, even though the official name is Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield.

The Airport was named 'Robin Hood' based on the following local information:-

1. The original Robin Hood legends are set in Barnsdale Forest, the area of South Yorkshire which surrounded Doncaster and Pontefract.
2. This legend is reinforced by the fact that the village pub in nearby Hatfield Woodhouse has always been known as the Robin Hood and Little John
3. The Airport has a historical reference to Nottinghamshire (as the parish of Finningley was, until 1974 and the Local Government Act 1972, administered as part of Nottinghamshire) and still resides in the boundary of the Diocese of Nottingham. ^[3]
4. The Runway extension (completed in 1957) to accommodate Vulcan bombers, extended the airfield into the county of Nottinghamshire.
5. Some later Robin Hood legends - and the popular 20th century books, fims and TV programmes are set in Sherwood Forest.^[4]
6. The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is closer to what is left of Sherwood Forest than the City of Nottingham is. ^[5]
7. The forests of Sherwood and Barnsdale merged in this area of Yorkshire. ^[6]
8. The name would provide an identity which would raise a lot of attention (if a little controversy) for the Airport and create a marketing opportunity.^[7]

The Airport name has caused media controversy as Robin Hood has not during the 20th century been regularly associated with Doncaster; despite the Barnsdale legends, and the references to Robin Hood in pubnames such as the aforementioned Robin Hood and Little John. Many citizens of Nottingham feel that Robin Hood should be the icon of their City alone (despite the fact that it was the Sheriff that came from Nottingham). The reference to Sheffield in the name also caused media controversy as the airport lies some 18 miles (29 km) from the city of Sheffield, it does in fact lie within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster Names that were then suggested by people of the borough and surrounding areas included: The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... The Avro Vulcan was a British delta wing subsonic bomber, operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1984. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham. ... The Sheriff of Nottingham was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Nottingham and bringing criminals to justice. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in North West England. ...

• Doncaster International Airport
• Sheffield-Doncaster Airport
• South Yorkshire International Airport
• Finningley International Airport

It is perhaps worth noting that feeling ran so high locally that only visitors refer to the airport as 'Robin Hood' - locals refer to it only as Finningley, (the preferred choice of most locals and also of many who served there during WWII and after, including many Commonwealth and US ex-service personnel) or plain Doncaster Airport.

Notes

• ^ News stories relating to the opening of the airport include the online BBC News article: 'Take-off at new Yorkshire Airport' and Martin Wainwright '"Bevy of Maid Marians laid on to cheer lift-off of DSA1 at Doncaster's Robin Hood airport"' The Guardian (April 29, 2005)
• ^  '"Road to link airport to motorway"' 2 December, 2004 BBC News
• ^  Other suggested names include Doncaster Finningley Airport and more than 11,000 people signed a petition opposing the current name. See: '"Airport's new name misses target"' 12 November, 2004 BBC News.

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References

• Reference to Barnsdale Forest with map also showing Merger of Forests in this area
• Nottinghamshire County Council Map showing distance between City of Nottingham Boundary, Sherwood Forest and Doncaster Boundary. It is 18.8 miles (30.3 km) from Sherwood Forest to Nottingham and 18.5 miles (29.8 km) from Sherwood Forest to Bawtry, Doncaster 10.
• Evidence of Controversy caused by Airport Name and Marketing opportunity
• Finningley previously Nottinghamshire - Parish was attached to Retford Rectory also Nottinghamshire

1. ^ Aircraft movements, Passengers
2. ^ New improved links with the local Lynx (doc). Stagecoach East Midlands. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
3. ^ Table of parishes and other places in Nottinghamshire, up to 1842
4. ^ Robin Hood in popular culture
5. ^ Sherwood Forest County Park map
6. ^ - Reference to Barnsdale Forest with Map also showing Merger of Forests in this area
7. ^ - Evidence of Controversy caused by Airport Name and Marketing opportunity

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External links

• Robin Hood Airport (official site)
• EGCN.CO.UK
• R.A.F Finningley Veterans