In the past, Ħal Far housed the RAF Hal Far airfield, which was known as HMS Falcon when in the service of the Royal Navy. The airfield was also used in 1954 and 1955 by the US Navy Squadron VP-11 for a tour of six months each year. VP-11 had a complement of 12 aircraft stationed there. The enlisted personnel lived in Quonset huts located within walking distance of the airport.
The runway can still be seen and driven on, leaving Maltese drag racers to use it for drag car racing.[1] Parts of the airfield including the hangar have been converted into detention centres for refugees and asylum seekers.
In this area, one can also find the historical Ħasan Cave, the Wardija Tower[2] and the second largest Playmobil factory in the world.[2][3]
Ħal, largest, industrial, estate, malta, southern, extreme, malta, between, localities, birżebbuġa, safi, Żurrieq, from, bird, viewin, past, housed, airfield, which, known, falcon, when, service, royal, navy, airfield, also, used, 1954, 1955, navy, squadron, t. Ħal Far is the largest industrial estate in Malta It is at the southern extreme of Malta between the localities of Birzebbuġa Safi and Zurrieq Ħal Far from a bird s eye viewIn the past Ħal Far housed the RAF Hal Far airfield which was known as HMS Falcon when in the service of the Royal Navy The airfield was also used in 1954 and 1955 by the US Navy Squadron VP 11 for a tour of six months each year VP 11 had a complement of 12 aircraft stationed there The enlisted personnel lived in Quonset huts located within walking distance of the airport The runway can still be seen and driven on leaving Maltese drag racers to use it for drag car racing 1 Parts of the airfield including the hangar have been converted into detention centres for refugees and asylum seekers In this area one can also find the historical Ħasan Cave the Wardija Tower 2 and the second largest Playmobil factory in the world 2 3 References edit Hal Far A Full Account a b Gallagher Mary Ann 1 March 2007 Top 10 Malta amp Gozo Dorling Kindersley Limited p 53 ISBN 978 1 4053 1784 9 Retrieved 23 April 2012 Playmobil s theme park in Malta has captured children s imagination The Guardian 30 May 2011 Retrieved 23 April 2012 35 48 54 N 14 30 36 E 35 815 N 14 510 E 35 815 14 510 nbsp This Malta location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ħal Far amp oldid 1127473208, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
