Upavon Aerodrome
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Upavon Aerodrome is a historic British airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, notable as an early military aviation base and long-serving training and operations site for the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Air Force station
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military airfield → |
| continent | Europe → |
| country | United Kingdom → |
| garrison |
Royal Air Force
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Royal Flying Corps → |
| hasFunction |
air operations base
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pilot training → |
| hasRunwaySurface | grass → |
| historicSignificance |
key site in development of Royal Flying Corps training
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one of the earliest British military airfields → |
| locatedIn |
England
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Upavon → Wiltshire NERFINISHED → |
| locatedInCounty | Wiltshire NERFINISHED → |
| locatedInRegion |
southwest England
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surface form: "South West England"
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| locatedNear | Pewsey → |
| locatedOn | Salisbury Plain → |
| militaryBranch |
Royal Air Force
→
Royal Flying Corps → |
| notableFor |
early British military aviation
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long‑serving training role → |
| operatedBy |
Royal Air Force
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Royal Flying Corps → |
| ownedBy | Ministry of Defence → |
| partOf |
Salisbury Plain
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surface form: "Salisbury Plain Training Area"
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| use |
flying training
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military aviation → operational flying → |
| usedBy | British Army → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Trenchard Lines, Upavon"