Talk:East Midlands Airport

message: I was born in Nottingham and lived there 'till I was 27.  I have never before heard the word 'nottinghamite', and it just sounds wrong to me.
Oh, also, there is already an airport in Nottinghamshire (at Tollerton), and I would think of that if anyone ever said 'Nottingham Airport' to me.
:Removed 'nottinghamite', was just an informalism of mine.  And yes, so would I. But nontheless the suggestion is seriously made and has got TV coverage on East Midlands Today. Morwen 12:34, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nottinghamite 

message: The article says 'that the city (Nottingham)had greater international recognition through its size and historical connections. This was theory was somewhat blown to pieces when the BBC's local news program East Midlands Today travelled to Amsterdam. Whilst there they asked locals the location of Nottingham on a map of the UK. The vast majority failed.'
I wonder how many of the Amsterdamers would know where Derby or Leicester was on a map?  How many people in the UK could indentify accurately where the likes of Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds was on a map.  The argument against NEMA seems pretty pedantic to me. Bevo74 15:27, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of NEMA on a map 

message: What in the name of God have you been smoking and can I have some!!! The is no such thing as a Derbyshire post-code? Are you serious? http://www.nottinghamema.com/en/contact/index.html try checking thing out before you mess up articles eh!
Jimmmmmmmmm 26th April 2006 18:39
:While the point that it is patently silly to call it Nottingham East Midlands Airport is valid, it is already sufficiently well covered in the article, I'm afraid.  Noisy | Talk 18:02, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you cut out the abuse, please.  Thanks, Morwen - Talk 16:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Morwen

message: Now that the name has been changed back, this article should really be at East Midlands Airport with this page redirecting to that one, rather than the other way round.  If there's someone who could do this without getting into the mess that I would be likely to get it into, it would be appreciated.--Michig 08:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, done.  Thanks.--Michig 09:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On the BBC, it just mentioned that the official name of the Airport was to change to "East Midlands Airport Nottingham Leicester Derby". Simply south 11:04, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But, how is this long form of the name punctuated?  The logo has bullet points in it and stuff.  I'd be happy to have it at East Midlands Airport Nottingham Leicester Derby if that really does pick up in usage: I think though common usage, and the airport's own usage, will just be to remove the "Nottingham" in general usage, and reserve the mouthful for hyper-formal occasions or marketing. Morwen - Talk 11:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm actually use to East Midlands and didn't read the article propoerly. Probably leave it as is. Simply south 11:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The 'Nottingham-Leicester-Derby' part is really just a subtitle.  Most people continued calling it 'East Midlands Airport' last time the name was changed, and I can't see that being any different now.--Michig 11:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Name Change

message: Does anyone know when RAF Castle Donnington actually opened ?--JustinSmith (talk) 15:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  RAF Castle Donnington 

message: (I am new to this so please bear with me!)
As one who flew at EMA in the mid-70s, we must not forget the grass runway that was not mentioned in the main article. This was (from memory) 36/18 at the time and ran from just to the east of the original hangers and east of the adjacent N-S taxiway in the direction of the present simulator building. The approach to 18 was 'interesting' (mind that spire) with the risk of downdraught on short finals whilst 36 was more benign. Many a PPL cut his or her teeth on landing techniques with grass and general short field handling - with the strong possibility of squashing the odd hare now and then! The grass strip eventually had to close when the simulator building was created in about 1984.
There is also a possible ommision from the 'crashes' list. An aircraft (again, from memory) used for mail crashed on takeoff in 87-88. I remember this as I was working at the airport that evening when colleagues came in saying they had seen this large flash in the dark near the runway - not nice. I think it was a single pilot operation in a twin.
Incidentally, I am not sure that the entry about the original airfield being based at the race track is correct. This URL(http://derbyshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/castle-donington-derbyshire-5366/) mentions that the race track was a large vehicle park during the war - not an airfield. I also drove around the original abandoned airfield when I could just see over the steering wheel in the '60s just before work started on the new airport. I have read that the alignment of the original presently 09/27 was used but the original runway foundations were rotten when looked at for use with the new airport.
Longfinal (talk) 20:24, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  East Midlands Airport - early runway layout, crashes and original location. 

message: the article states that the airport has changed back to the original name East Midlands Airport but its my understanding that it remains East Midlands Airport, Nottingham Leicester Derby. C. 22468 (talk) 08:08, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  name was changed back to the original "East Midlands Airport". 

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