Jaguars at RAF Syerston

No, as regards the roads it’s not premptive – it’s all a done deal.

… The Parliamentary orders were published at the end of January and we received letters through from the Highways Agency telling us we had 30 days from publication to object.

That was the bit I missed! 😮

You can’t sell houses in the area but they want to build another 6-10,000. Strikes me as being utterly utterly stupid.

I agree.

TT – as for the field craft; survival training and “capture-evasion training” this input came from a partial interview I did with someone from Cranwell about 2 years ago – since moved on and item not published.

VX927 is quite correct; the Jaguar aircraft are used as part of a scenario for RAF Cranwell officer cadets during a training exercise towards the latter stages of their 30 week course. “Our” Jaguars, safe in their hangar (usually) at Cranwell are used to train our engineer officers and are fully taxiiable etc.
Regarding the A46 widening, I can recall during my specialist training at RAF Newton in 1986 (I am not a provost officer or a dog!) that the A46 was shortly to be widened and that this would affect some of the families’ quarters nearest the road. Since then many of those houses are now virtually ruins and RAF Newton is no more of course. That part of the A46 is very dangerous (well the road isn’t I suppose, its the people who drive on it who are dangerous) and its been a long time in the dualling, so to speak.

No, as regards the roads it’s not premptive – it’s all a done deal.

The government announced in November that it was putting money into the A-46 dualling then the Enquiry Inspector announced in December that (bar some twiddling around the edges) the plans for dualling the road had been approved. The Parliamentary orders were published at the end of January and we received letters through from the Highways Agency telling us we had 30 days from publication to object. That date has come and gone and if you go down the A46 past Saxondale they had cleared all the hedging by a week ago Friday. Near East Bridgford has taken a little longer.

Newton is still under discussion but somehow I think it is also a done deal especially given that Crown Estates own the farm land between E/B and Bingham. You can’t sell houses in the area but they want to build another 6-10,000. Strikes me as being utterly utterly stupid.

Anyway, getting back to the aviation theme, if Newton does get the go-ahead then that will probably put an end to the use of it for aerobatic pilots practicising their displays ove it. Very sad.

The future Mrs ZHR is not a happy lady.

I can imagine!

The hedge clearing all seems a bit pre-emptive to me – as I understand it is still out for consultation / approval.

Interesting to note that they’ve taken land on the airfield side rather than the old Officers Mess side at Syerston. I know that this route saves a Lottery funded sports ground; so I guess it wouldn’t have anything to with land owned by any families connected to the current government! :rolleyes:

ZHR – I must say I was surprised at how much hedge row and the number of trees being cleared around the Bingham roundabout for the same scheme – or are they also covering for the ‘Eco Town’ at RAF Newton?? 😮

Obviously the A46 dualling and proposals for building an eco-town on the site of RAF Newton are totally unconnected… But, somehow I don’t think so.

The location of access roads replacing the roundabout where the A6097 goes off fro the A46 clearly show that it is designed to feed into the eco-town and soon Newton, Bingham and East Bridgford will all be one and the same.

The future Mrs ZHR is not a happy lady.

The Jaguars have been there for a couple of years from memory, I think they arrived in 2007?

A couple of the other older Jaguars have left Cosford recently, one having gone to become the gate guard at Gibraltar and another appears to have gone to Pendine presumably as a gunnery/weapons target!

Tim S

ZHR – I must say I was surprised at how much hedge row and the number of trees being cleared around the Bingham roundabout for the same scheme – or are they also covering for the ‘Eco Town’ at RAF Newton?? 😮

A little bit more information here http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1032254&postcount=12 🙂

What I also noticed when passing Syerston today was that a large swathe of trees has been chopped down to accommodate the widening of the A46, which seems to go across one of the runway thresholds!

Ah, the A46 widening scheme. A bit of a sore subject in our (weekend) household as it comes very close to our village and cuts right across the future mother-in-laws allotments at East Bridgford..

Hi folks

Whilst passing what was RAF Syerston the other day a friend and I noticed a couple of Jaguars sat out on the field in the distance. Would anyone know what they are doing there out of interest? Seemed a strange place for them to be..only ever seen little prop trainers pootling about there before :confused:

Thanks in advance!

They are there for training officers from Cranwell in guarding aircraft

ahh that would be a shame if it interferes with syerston…what with Central Gliding School for the ATC down there, as well as the civi aircraft in the hangar too

i did my gliding scholarship from syerston, quite a nice place…especially at last light 🙂

anyone got pics?

Not a problem – it took me a couple of ‘search combinations’ to find it.

I hope that the much needed new road doesn’t curtail activities at Syerston, which have been interesting of late.

VX927 – not sure about their condition but my understanding is they have varied uses; including field craft; survival training and “capture-evasion training” – almost back to some of the wartime training carried out there.

Thats right… They’re parked there for officer cadets at Cranwell to practice guarding aircraft. Seems a strange place for them really, but thats their role. I’ve not seen them up close, but I’m told they’re in a bad way. Can anyone shed any light on that?

Aahhh!

Thank you kindly Mr Otter!

Despite my best efforts with the search function I still managed to miss that original post! :rolleyes:

It is an impressive sight seeing those two Jags sat infront of a golden sky as the sun sets, very evocative 🙂

A little bit more information here http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1032254&postcount=12 🙂

What I also noticed when passing Syerston today was that a large swathe of trees has been chopped down to accommodate the widening of the A46, which seems to go across one of the runway thresholds!