Fleurs Aerodrome
Construction started on the aerodrome in 1942 and was still under construction in 1944 as part of a proposal to base a United States Navy Fleet Air Wing in Sydney should the need arise. Initially planned with three runways, No.1 (5000 ft) and No. 3 (6000 ft) runways were serviceable, however construction of No. 2 runway (5000 ft) was abandoned. A total of eight aircraft dispersal hideouts were constructed and accommodation was a farm house and a former Civil Constructional Corps camp.
In 1969, Fleurs was considered as a site of a second airport for Sydney to operate scheduled passenger flights, which were only done by one other airport in the city, Kingsford Smith. The aerodrome is now utilised as precision ground-reflection antenna range operated by the University of Sydney, known as the Fleurs Radio Observatory.
Satellite aerodromes
- Wallgrove Aerodrome
- Bringelly Aerodrome
- Ravenswood Aerodrome (planned but not constructed)
- Mittagong Aerodrome
- Bargo Aerodrome
- Tuggerah Aerodrome
See also
References
- RAAF Mittagong NSW – aerodrome – landing ground (electronic copy) pp 17 -18 Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
33°51′47″S 150°46′27″E / 33.86306°S 150.77417°E
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Wartime images – MSgt Alexander Sandor Balogh Jr. | |
41st Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, USAAC. A Flight Strip, Kemp's Creek, July 1942. | |
41st Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, USAAC. A Flight Strip, Kemp's Creek, July 1942. |