St Helena celebrates the new airport on her 514th discovery anniversary

Tuesday, May 24th 2016 - 08:52 UTC

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2016 St Helena’s Day celebrations were this year held on Friday 20 May 2016, and were reckoned by all to be a great success. Once again organized by New Horizons and held in lower Jamestown, traditional activities and stalls were arranged in both the Mule Yard and along the Seafront area. Read full article

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Briton
Will our new spy planes be able to land there when we get them.
May 24th, 2016 - 07:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pete Bog
The Poisedon is a Boeing 737 800, so hopefully (I haven't checked the stats) it will be able to operate. Presumably the Atlas might be able to operate there too.
May 25th, 2016 - 10:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Thanks.
May 25th, 2016 - 12:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
The P-8 is not a “spyplane” but a maritime reconnaissance aircraft whose primary function is anti submarine duties and monitoring shipping.. I could not find any information on take-off or landing distances so it's doubtful if it could be used there. Anyway,there is no infrastructure to service a military aircraft.
Our present “spyplanes” ARE
Sentinel R.1. Not designed for sea scanning activities.
The real spyplane is the RC-135 Rivet Joint, a version of the Boeing 707.
Far too large to get in and out of St.Helena. It could operate from Ascension island but it's main job is intelligence gathering of radio and radar signals, including mobile phones and satellite communications.
May 26th, 2016 - 10:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
It must be of some use,
cant we put CFK there to rot like napoleon...lol
May 27th, 2016 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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