October 5, 2001 at 8:29 pm
With the mention in the papers of ‘fighters within minutes of London if needed’ has the importance of RAF Northolt and surrounding stations finally been realised by the ‘bean counters’ ! Clearly the will be a perceived threat indefinately but will this involve restrictions on the operation of ‘biz’ jets (in the London area) which are a far easier machine to get into the hands of terrorists ? Maybe it’s time to restrict their
movements to certain fields outside the London control zone