Nice pictures.
Has the Heron G-AORG taken up residence at Air Base?
The Heron has been there a number of years now following a very major check.

We had a SATA A320 in this morning, the wind accross the runway meaning about 20kts with gust to 30KTS to 35KTS, when the aircraft touched down you would have thought no crosswind at all.
We have the EMB 195 operating in and out daily and there crosswind limit on a dry runway is 35kts? and that is a long thin aircraft.
I understand aircraft have a demonstrated limit by the manufactor and the company has there limits?.
Any crosswind above 25kts is a hand full, some aircraft handle better than others, looking at the picture the crew did very well, should they have thrown the landing away and diverted?? End result aircraft and crew did a good job but could have been a major disastor.

Providing the aircraft are complying by the rules of the air this is not an issue.
If one can prove the aircraft are breaking the rules of the air then you have cause for complaint to the authorities.
As been said you could move is one solution.
Some people live on islands around the U.K. and the local airport is very close to all
Think your self lucky to be near and airport or airfield as you can go on holiday a lot quicker than a large number of people around the country who have a long way to travel to get to an airport or even to catch a boat.

Aviation History

A couple of questions
Why was she aloud to get to this stage? does this prove she was not looked after as a gate guardian??
If so why have a gate guardian if the residents do not look after her.
With Lyneham due to close in the future you can see the aircraft has to go some where.
Sad to hear or even see another piece of British Aviation about to disappear never to be seen again.
Where is the fight spirit gone?? should the Government not support British Aviation history??

This story comming out the same time as the first British built Concorde 002 G-BSST celebrates forty years of Concorde.
G-BSST took to the air forty years ago to day and the latest blow for Concorde is one might be going to Dubai as an attraction.
There seems to be a lot of money down there so how about them funding a number of them back into the air????????????

Good to see and hear a British registered Dakota still flying around the English country side.
Long may this continue.

Flying Boat
You seem to be very excited that there are already 19 entrants?
We have to turn the clock back to when the aero club was by the fuel farm which is the airport social club.
The fuel farm was not there and in the 60s and 70s the Rally would be attracting upwards of a hundered entrants, yes one hundered plus aircraft would turn up.
So those were the days.
Shame now you are lucky to get between 30 and 40 aircraft but things have changed, not only the credit crunch but more choice of where pilots can go to to have a rally.
Anyway all the best