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next Sunday ... out of 500 members only 20 stalwarts have answered a call for a work party to get the circuit in shape...the Good Friday meeting may also have to be cancelled. Darley Moor is on a 12-month lease, with an option on a five-year lease. To placate local residents, practice and racing will take place only between midday and 6 PM
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When a club goes to the expense and trouble to find a new circuit, members ought to give their support. I hear ... the West
Midlands Club are in bother with their new Darley Moor circuit ... At a cost of £2,000 the track is being resurfaced but will not be finished in time for a meeting
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The majority of the RAF concrete runways were converted into Darley Moor
Racetrack by the West Midlands Racing Club initially taking a 12-month lease, laying a new surface and with an agreement that racing and practice would be restricted to a 6-hour period between midday and 6 pm.
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The circuit is now primarily used for motorcycle races and track days, run by Darley Moor Motor Cycle Road Race Club (D.M.M.R.R.C.) The track is also used for
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runway was transformed into Darley Moor
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In 2010–2011 Airways
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runs approximately north–south there are grass strips allowing takeoff/landing in all wind directions.
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providing training in almost every type of leisure flying. The
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683:. Civil Aviation Authority. 24 September 2009. Archived from
377:(RAF) during the Second World War for training purposes by
563:"RAF ASHBOURNE AND DARLEY MOOR: A Tale of Two Airfields"
659:"British Cycling Events at Darley Moor Rack Track 2011"
565:. Wildtrack Publishing. 26 March 2010. Archived from
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611:"Planning » Application Summary"
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712:RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2
449:places the ceiling at 4000 ft
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394:another WW2 airfield in Ashbourne
379:No. 42 Operational Training Unit
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661:. British Cycling. 1 July 2011
271:Show map of the United Kingdom
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760:British motor racing circuits
681:"Amendments for England East"
714:. UK: Ian Allan Publishing.
591:. Alan J. Fagg. 8 March 2011
1057:Sports venues in Derbyshire
427:closed circuit road cycling
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144:580 ft / 177 m
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1062:Airports in Derbyshire
493:". Accessed 2013-08-12
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238:Show map of Derbyshire
447:East Midlands Airport
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235:Location in Ashbourne
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710:Falconer, J (1998).
400:to the northwest is
343:Darley Moor Airfield
262:Darley Moor Airfield
229:Darley Moor Airfield
71:N52°58.68 W001°44.58
25:Darley Moor Airfield
687:on 10 November 2010
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86:Airport type
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955:Full Sutton
920:Charterhall
859:Silverstone
849:Oulton Park
814:ExCel Arena
804:Darley Moor
486:Racing Line
482:Motor Cycle
387:agriculture
175: /
150:Coordinates
1051:Categories
1015:Whitchurch
1000:Rockingham
905:Brooklands
890:Birmingham
864:Snetterton
461:References
441:is in "G"
414:Race track
383:motorsport
355:Derbyshire
163:1°45′3.6″W
113:Derbyshire
985:Longridge
975:Ingliston
950:Fersfield
940:Elvington
930:Davidstow
915:Catterick
895:Blandford
824:Knockhill
547:12 August
466:Citations
351:Ashbourne
295:Direction
109:Ashbourne
1024:Proposed
1010:Thornaby
1005:Rufforth
990:Lulsgate
869:Thruxton
819:Goodwood
779:Anglesey
443:airspace
439:airfield
433:Airfield
429:events.
402:Snelston
315:02L/20R
302:Surface
104:Location
960:Gamston
900:Boreham
854:Pembrey
829:Llandow
774:Aintree
767:Current
369:History
299:Length
283:Runways
188:Website
89:Private
81:Summary
995:Ouston
970:Ibsley
935:Debden
910:Brough
878:Former
834:Lydden
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691:9 July
665:1 July
643:9 July
617:9 July
595:9 July
573:9 July
510:9 July
455:runway
406:Cubley
324:Grass
318:2,132
128:In use
945:Epynt
799:Croft
120:Built
716:ISBN
693:2011
667:2011
645:2011
619:2011
597:2011
575:2011
549:2013
512:2011
451:AMSL
437:The
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140:AMSL
123:1942
115:, UK
60:none
56:ICAO
49:none
45:IATA
307:ft
204:Map
193:www
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