I love being in the right place at right time and seeing something rather nice fly over…..Missed the pair of Harvards when they went north a few weeks ago…….they were routing over Skeggy way……??

It’s amazing what has routed over this way over the years….apart form the recent USAF Transports East/West….although they don’t seem so frequent at the moment.

In the days of Finningley shows ..Sally B often used to route overhead Spilsby here…..then via Fenland I guess….??

Most stuff these days seems to follow the A1…..wrong side of the County…..!!

Also recall the day I heard some rumbling from the North and the Bristol Freighter went by…..!!…..en route for its spell at Duxford.

Back to todays treat…..

On the way North I thought I heard the Mustang pair in the distance….figured they were out to the West of Spilsby ??

But pleased to catch them on the way back they must have just cut the corner of the Wash.

And for the record……Perhaps I’m just good at judging altitude and a/c recognition……!!

Clive.

SO THE END…….???

To my lone postings………….???

Or to the Aerodrome………..???!!!!!!!!

Clive……;)

Yes….It was a great shame…..A lot of work had gone on including leasing a next door field to give a new longer North/South Runway…New classrooms had been built, a second hanger was on site albeit in need of a lot of work.
At the last minute a plan to save the Aerodrome was hatched…..I think it involved the operators of the Leavesdon Flight Centre…..??
Sadly this was not to be an option as I suspect deals had already been done to find a new use for the Aerodrome site.

The Cessna 150s G-ATYN, G-AZLH, G-BPAW were ferried out under the ownership of Magnificent Obsessions….G-BPGB ferried out by lorry..
G-AZLH later returned to be operated by David Coulson out of his home strip at Croft, South of Skegness, and has now joined his operation at Cranfield.
The 2 PA23 Apaches G-ARJT, G-ARCW were I think towed via filling in a dyke across to the new strip at the Water Leisure Park.

Last resident to leave by air was I think Jack Allens Auster 5 G-APAF, TW511….or was it G-AGXN as last out…. ???

Then the bulldozer moved in…..couple of photos attached from late Spring 1993.

Still hoping someone may pull some photos from their archives

Clive.

And another……..

G-AHCK Finals 11 Skegness…..

Yes, Light Aviation is still served in Skegness via the airfield at the Water Leisure Park of Walls Lane Ingoldmells Skegness. This will be the ref’ you have found on the Bagby Website….This site is South of the old Butlins Aerodrome site.

The old aerodrome is now home to a medical centre I believe. All traces of its former life were swept away with undue haste soon after closure in 1993.

Looking through some of the few photos I have of the old Aerodrome I find the one attached here showing, now sadly late, Peter Wilkes refuelling G-AHSO at Skegness in Summer 1992.

Pleased the previous picture brought back memories of a first flight…..likewise my first flight was at Skegness in an Auster too. I didn’t keep notes ……I suspect it was in G-AHSO but it could have been in G-AHAL also operated.
In those days at least 2 Austers were running to the Clock Tower and back all day long…… large numbers of the East Midlands holidaymakers visiting Skegness must have had their first flight in a Skegness Air Taxi Service Ltd Auster…..

G-AHAL, G-AHSO and G-AJEI were sold …..the latter 2 to Pat Miller…..G-AHCK briefly replaced them for 1991 but was damaged beyond use in an arson attack…..and at the time of my photos G-AHSO was being hired back for pleasure flying…..note the red wheel and tank fitted that I suspect were from G-AHCK (well, they are visible as red on the originals, Sorry !!)….Note also that the aircraft is fitted for banner tow work…

The C182 I mentioned in my previous post was G-AXNX

The Austers must feature in hundreds of holiday snaps…..hoping some may surface soon……….

All the best,
Clive.