Falklands : Mount Pleasant is 20 Today
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 12.05.2005 (Article Archived on 26.05.2005)
On 12 May 1985, HRH Prince Andrew Officially Opened Mount Pleasant Airfield. It took only two years to build an operational airstrip - capable of taking the Space Shuttle.
Photo (c) Brian Harper - The first flight ever at MPA that took place on 05 May 1985.
MOUNT PLEASANT IS 20 TODAY
By J. Brock (FINN)
The first ever flight to land at Mount Pleasant
RAF Stanley prior to closing and moving to Mount Pleasant. Do you see yourself?
On 12 May 2005 it will be 20 years since Mount Pleasant Airport was opened. On 05 May 1985 there was a proving flight followed by an official flight and opening on the 12th of May 1985.
Though not yet finished, the airport was operational and it wasn’t until 1987 that RAF Stanley ceased to operate from the Canache and moved to the Complex.
Enjoy the photos:
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