Talk:RAF Bishops Court

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RAF Bishops Court Your history of the RAF station does not go back far enough. I was at Bishops Court for three weeks at the Advanced Flying Unit, after completing my radio training at Yatesbury, and before proceeding to an Operational Training Unit at Market Harborough. I was flying in Avro Ansons on navigational exercises. Hugh Spencer       hughspen@talktalk.net

Rename article?
Should this article not be renamed to "RAF Bishops Court" rather than "RAF Bishopscourt"? --Noiseshow1 (talk) 15:13, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Should be renamed as RAF Bishops Court - that,s how it was on the signage and official paperwork. George Kerr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.171.60.139 (talk) 08:42, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

1960s radars at Killard Point and Bishops Court.
I was stationed here from 1958 to 1960 as a Radar Fitter (R). The radars in use at that time were, aType 80 and FPS6 at the main site, Killard and inthe middle of the airfield at Bishops Court we had a Type 7, only the array showed above the ground. The transmitter was underground and we normally had two fitters on duty in a small crew room next to the transmitter. At night lights were positioned around the array pointed outwards and on night duty we were issued with Sten Guns and two clips of 24 rounds to ward off any possible IRA threat! The main site at Killard was underground and the main radar displays were consol 60s and the main plotting table had an overhead film projection system which projected the radar picture on to the table. The table plot was always several seconds behind the actual plot as it took time for the film which had a picture of the radar on it to be processed. The film ran as a continuess strip and was projected while it was still wet from processing - drying it would have taken time and further delayed the main plotting table image.109.144.203.96 (talk) 06:36, 7 January 2012 (UTC)George Kerr