odds ‘n’ sods

You might never believe that this pic was taken on an airfield,it is the open top bus taking more punters on the ‘top gear’ tour…travelling along the old southern taxyway past the house which I believe was used by 1 or 2 of the old Hawker Test pilots,incidentally the house is on the ‘compass gate ‘ exit road which was originally the A281 – cut off by the airfield construction and a new by-pass built.The main entrance on northside was also originally the A281.

According to my Willis/Hollis book,the landing area surface was concrete/wood chippings,this I believe could be some of original surface on the old 21/03 rwy

VOR/DME aerial ?? dunno wasnt a ‘fairy’

F22 low pass

F22 final to land 😀