Talk:Stornoway (disambiguation)

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[edit] Stornoway

Is Stornoway, Iceland for real? RAF Stornoway was near Stornoway, Outer Hebrides which was, I would guess, the closest airport in Europe to Iceland. The RAF haven't had any bases on Iceland sine the end of WWII. --JBellis 21:08, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The following is the note JBellis left on User talk:Lommer and my reply, which explains the origins of the nonexistant iceland entry.

Why do you think that there was an RAF Stornoway Airport on Iceland as well as the one at Stornoway Airport on the Outer Hebrides?--JBellis 20:51, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I vaguely remembered editing that in a long time ago. I've done some digging and I think I got it from the line "They went via Stornoway, Iceland and Labrador to Montreal on the first leg..." which is found in the articles 1948 in aviation and De Havilland Vampire. I guess I mistook the comma for meaning that Stornoway was in iceland, not a separate place (I'm not thoroughly familiar with the geography there). Thanks for finding that interesting mistake! I'll clean it up. -Lommer | ^talk 04:12, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)