People associated with the airfield have known about the sale for some time.

I know there has been a lot of activity ‘behind the scenes’ from parties interested in buying the airfield and maintaining it as such. I was also led to believe that there is a covenant on the airfield, which prevented it being built on for 20 years, but don’t quote me on this.

What it really needs is some proper investment to make it a first class GA field, with Nottingham only 10 minutes away I really think the airfield could attract more business traffic. There is also plenty of derelict land around the airfield which could be redeveloped in to light industrial use.

None the less it is still unsettling to the people with businesses and aircraft based here. The vintage aircraft parts and restoration business I am associated with (not my business, just Quality Manager) is really starting to get going, and with some really exciting plans for the future which we need to be based at an airfield for!