Fleurs Aerodrome was a parent aerodrome built on behalf of the Royal Australian Air Force

Royal Australian Air Force

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 near Penrith, New South Wales

Penrith, New South Wales

Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Construction started on the aerodrome in 1942 and was still under construction in 1944 as part of a proposal to base a United States Navy

United States Navy

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 Fleet Air Wing in Sydney

Sydney

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 should the need arise. Initially planned with three runways, No.1 (5000ft) and No. 3 (6000ft) runways were serviceable, however construction of No. 2 runway (5000ft) was abandoned. A total of eight aircraft dispersal hideouts were constructed and accommodation was a farm house and a former Civil Constructional Corps

Civil Constructional Corps

The Civil Constructional Corps was an organised labour force of men who volunteered or were conscripted into service to provide wartime infrastructure during World War II in Australia....

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In 1969, Fleurs was considered as a site of the second airport for Sydney. The aerodrome is now utilised as precision ground-reflection antenna range operated by the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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, known as the Fleurs Radio Observatory.

Satellite aerodromes

• Wallgrove Aerodrome
  Wallgrove Aerodrome
  Wallgrove Aerodrome was a Royal Australian Air Force satellite and emergency airfield at Doonside, New South Wales, Australia during World War II.The aerodrome was built in 1942 and the runway was 5000ft long and 150ft wide running NW-SW...
  
  
• Bringelly Aerodrome
• Ravenswood Aerodrome (planned but not constructed)
• Mittagong Aerodrome
• Bargo Aerodrome
• Tuggerah Aerodrome
  Tuggerah Aerodrome
  Tuggerah Aerodrome was a aerodrome constructed in 1942 by the Royal Australian Air Force as a dispersal ground and landing ground at Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia during World War II....