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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)  
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BOX10.jpg  Control tower, passenger terminal, and a rubbish skip.
(taken 29.3.2008)  


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BOX11.jpg (taken 29.3.2008)  
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BOX12.jpg  Chocks.
(taken 29.3.2008)  
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BOX13.jpg  ?Sikorsky helicopter, being prepared for take off?
(taken 29.3.2008)  
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BOX09.jpg (taken 29.3.2008)  

hearsay:-  
Opened by the RAF as Crosby on Eden Airfield, 1941, and used by them to 1946. Reopened as Carlisle City Airport, 1960.

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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