Doncaster Sheffield Airport a finishing school for new crews of the larger aircraft in Bomber Command; only a few combat missions took off from Finningley. The Cold War saw the airfield's importance rise when it was used for nuclear-armed Vulcan bombers. Training once again became the priority in the 1970s and 1980s before the airport was decommissioned in 1995. Following the ending of scheduled services from Sheffield City Airport, the former RAF Finningley was reopened as Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) in April 2005, after low-cost flights and rising passenger demand made a new commercial airport feasible. The name of the airport
Valuas (folklore) Before that they were carried in ecclesiastical processions as the biblical Goliath and his wife for centuries. The Bishop of Roermond said that despised puppets of Goliath and his wife had to disappear. The people of Venlo did not want that and devised the story of the Bructeri chief. So, Venlo does not owe its name to Valuas, but rather Valuas owes his name to Venlo. Valuas (folklore) Bructer Valuas (in short:Valuas) is the name of a legendary chief of the Bructeri, exclusively known from a Venlo folklore tale. The name might be a corruption of Goliath. According to the