Looking forward to seeing you on a x-country in to Tollerton, sorry Nottingham City Airport, sometime soon.

Hi Wessex Boy

Hows the ppl progressing?

Yes the guys in the hangar manufactured the anti-glare exhausts for the Hurricane. The BBMF pilot said they reduced the noise significantly. I think he meant in the cockpit, because they didn’t do much for the noise in the hangar whilst they were being made!

Is the ”new display position” the one previously occupied by G-AGOH? 🙁

Joe – I saw one of the wings of G-AJIW having her new paintwork put on last friday. The fuselage is next for the shop so expect so aerial activity for her soon!

The RH wing is in the hangar and has been repaired, the finish on it is really good. Apparently it made the left hand one look a bit shabby, so the new owner decided to have that one done as well. Engine has also been removed since I took that picture.

In formation with the French Concorde perhaps?

What happened to the Met Flight Varsity at Duxford?

Did it go the same way as the Comet and the Convair?

People associated with the airfield have known about the sale for some time.

I know there has been a lot of activity ‘behind the scenes’ from parties interested in buying the airfield and maintaining it as such. I was also led to believe that there is a covenant on the airfield, which prevented it being built on for 20 years, but don’t quote me on this.

What it really needs is some proper investment to make it a first class GA field, with Nottingham only 10 minutes away I really think the airfield could attract more business traffic. There is also plenty of derelict land around the airfield which could be redeveloped in to light industrial use.

None the less it is still unsettling to the people with businesses and aircraft based here. The vintage aircraft parts and restoration business I am associated with (not my business, just Quality Manager) is really starting to get going, and with some really exciting plans for the future which we need to be based at an airfield for!