Having had a chance to speak with a local resident last year it was interesting to hear his views on the airfield. He has been in the area for years
and isn’t a ‘Nimby’. He told me how in the RAF days activities were carried out during the week allowing for quite peaceful weekends.
Since the introduction of private flying he had become particularily aware of ‘run and break’ manouvers from military jets returning to the base at weekends. This he found to be an irritation. What this hignlights in my mind is that there needs to be possibly an examination of what the complaints are in the local area and look at measures to keep the neighbours happy.