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FSX Scenery--RNAS Henstridge (HMS Dipper). Royal Naval Air Station Henstridge or RNAS Henstridge (HMS Dipper) is a former Fleet Air Arm base located 7 miles (11 km) west of Shaftesbury, Dorset (Now Somerset) and 12.4 miles (20.0 km) east of Yeovil, Somerset in South West England. The current airfield is operated by EGHS and is an unlicensed airfield. The only usable runway is 07/25 tarmac/concrete 750 m long by 6 m wide. Henstridge radio can be contacted on 130.250 MHz, it can be found at the south eastern stub of the Yeovilton MATZ. The runways, peri track and hangars are pretty much as was; As usual I have used buildings that are correct for the period just to give a flavor of a wartime station. There are no peri-track or runway markings as these were not used until sometime after the war. I have however, kept the use of the lights as a form of lighting was used during this period, clearly they would not of been on all the time like mine, but as the hangars show at night I decided to keep the lights. By Terry Boissel.