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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.
Changing the name to NEMA was a very good idea. Nottingham is where nearly all the toursits go to beacuse of Robin Hood and so on.
I was wondering whether this article should point out that East Midlands airport is not actually directly on the site of RAF Castle Donington but rather just East of it. The original RAF station is now Donington Park race-track. (The peri-track forms the course of the racetrack). - Any thoughts on whether to include this info?
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)
I think the argument is just mainly focused on the fact that the airport is in the county of Leicestershire. It has a Derbyshire postcode and is nearer to Derby than any other major city. If anything is should be classed as Leicester Airport as it's in that County geographically. As you said that most people would not be able to point out Derby and Leicester aswell as Nottingham and that the best argument for keeping it as East Midlands Airport as anyone with half a brain can find the east of the middle part. But if you have to give it a city name then it should be Leicester, it is in the county for Christ sake. jimmmmmmmmm 23:32, 20 November 2005
Geographically 'Nottingham' is not a correct name and of course there was already a 'Nottingham Airport' I think the point of the name change was an attempt to raise the profile of the airport, not give an accurate geographical location. Unsatisfactory as though NEMA is nobody seems to have a better idea. Although I wonder if after two years there has been an increase in foreign vistors? or are they all flying to Doncaster........... Bevo74 07:52, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Just a note about RAF Castle Donington. It is true that the military did occupy Donington Hall, formerly owned by the Hastings Family, now the HQ of bmi british midland. Donington Park motor racing circuit is in the former estate of Donington Hall. The present airport IS located on the site of the former RAF Castle Donington. It was the RAF that laid the initial runways, the current 09/27 orientation being one of them, just on the north side of the perimeter fencing it is still possible to see features such as an air raid shelter and gunner posts in the fields. Also - a very old windmill, a landmark stood at the top of Diesworth Lane, was pulled down during WW2 as it was such a visible feature right next to the RAF station. The site of the windmill is were the present day emergency access gates block the former continuation of Diseworth Lane from Castle Donington to Diseworth, Leicestershire.
Shouldn't there be something about the recent change of flight plan and the controversy over a second runway?
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
I think the point that it has a Derbyshire post code is very valid and highlights the stupidity. Also Morwen said in her edit notes "no such thing as a Derbyshire post code" which by clicking above lick is obviously not true.
Jimmmmmmmmm 26th April 2006 19:16
Morwen is correct post-codes are based on postal towns, not on counties. NEMA's postal town is Derby. I live on the Notts/Derbys border from where I can see Sandiacre which is in Derbys but has a NG postcode. Bevo74 20:49, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
I have since been made aware of this fact but surley all it warrented was Morwen deleting the word 'Shire' rather than the whole statement.
Jimmmmmmmmm 10th May 2006 13:08
Can you stop being such a fool then!
Jimmmmmmmmm 16th May 2006 13:08
Since when was Nottingham 'capital' of the East Midlands? A few hundred civil servants does not a capital city make. As the Wikipedia page Capital says, the term isn't used for English Regions. Nottingham is 'administrative centre' at best, but the Regional Assembly meets in Melton Mowbray so even that honour is shared. (Incidentally, 'Loughborough East Midlands Airport' has a certain ring to it don't you think?) Breazecatcher 22:50, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
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)
Unsurprisingly, there are still sites/articles out there referring to the airport by its old name. This does not mean that the old name is still valid. Please don't cite these as evidence that the airport is still known as 'Nottingham East Midlands Airport'. If anyone feels the need to change this back once again, please discuss it here and reach a consensus before doing so.--Michig 19:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
First off it is not my intention to try and get the airport name changed or the article moved but just to get accuracy in what different "official" names there are currently in use.
Right now there seems to be a real misunderstanding as to how airport naming works. The operating authority will call the airport what they want and this is one "official name", in the case of this article "East Midlands Airport" is what the agency uses. This name will in turn tend to be used by other airports, airlines, travel agents and the International Air Transport Association. This is also for the most part what the public will call the airport and where the article will be in Wikipedia as per Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Use common names of persons and things.
There is however sometimes a second name and this is also an "official name". This name is used by the government, through the Civil Aviation Authority, in this case the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority, the International Civil Aviation Organization and by extension this is the name that all pilots or other operating states will see when they refer to official documents about the airport. This is the document known as the Aeronautical Information Publication which includes the aerodrome chart and text data with the name on it. In the UK the AIP is published by UK Aeronautical Information Service (AIS), which is a department of the National Air Traffic Services, which is in turn 49% owned by the UK government as a Public-private partnership. They are also a member of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation as is the United States Federal Aviation Administration. The AIP is also available from European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.
As you can see this is not some minor organisation or a random web site like this that is using the name Nottingham but the UK government, etc. There was also a reversion saying the materials were out of date. They are not out of date because they don't change until there is a change necessary. Now in the case of airport names this could happen tomorrow but it can also take years for it to happen which is also why the other name should be in the article until then. An example of this is the Liverpool John Lennon Airport which was renamed in 2002 but is still listed in the UK AIP as "Liverpool Airport", four years later. If you look at other airports on Wikipedia you can see that several airports hae this dual naming, City of Derry Airport is in the AIP "Londonderry/Eglinton Airport". CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 08:06, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure that clarifying the names has ever come up before. In the infobox of most of the articles the common or operators name is used first with the government name used second so as to comply with Wikipedias naming convention. It's hard to be sure what name IATA use as there appears to be no free listing of names available at their site. I tried a couple of other code searches but they produced odd results such as East Midlands Castle Donington as a name or were outdated. However, A-Z World Airports, a usually reliable source uses East Midlands. I also checked what the airlines listed in the article are using and the all use East Midlands, except for BA which uses "Nottingham (East Midlands)". Some of the airlines in the article are also part of the National Air Traffic Services who would be the ones to make the AIP chage from the Nottigham part. The whole thing of what is the "real official" name can get very confusing. Look at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. In December of 2006 the Canadian government announced they were changing the name as shown here. There is no indication if the airport operator wanted the new name. Also as of 18 January the Canadian version of the AIP was still calling the airport Winnipeg International. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 14:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
have u got that snsfsoefoigniwoeg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.209.65 (talk) 13:16, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know when RAF Castle Donnington actually opened ?--JustinSmith (talk) 15:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
(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)
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)
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Many more citations/references need to be provided, especially in the history section. Also, the ordering of the sections seems to be somewhat disconnected. Rearrangement might make the page better...Gittinsj 05:26, 18 March 2007 (UTC)gittinsj |
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