I must say the villa has not been in my mind for 3 or 4 decades now. It hasn’t been investigated for many, many more decades. I guess because of its location, on the main runway approach. I’m not aware of any plans to start digging but if there are – now might be the time whilst the airfield is closed. But if there aren’t any plans, then surely nothing changes. 

The original build time, set by SHL, was three years if my memory serves me right. That would make a completion time of Autumn 25. Here we are Winter 24/25 and no “practical” progress or spades in the ground yet.

As a very, very young lad I couldn’t quite believe the Romans got there before Guy Gibson!

H

I must say the villa has not been in my mind for 3 or 4 decades now. It hasn’t been investigated for many, many more decades. I guess because of its location, on the main runway approach. I’m not aware of any plans to start digging but if there are – now might be the time whilst the airfield is closed. But if there aren’t any plans, then surely nothing changes. 

The original build time, set by SHL, was three years if my memory serves me right. That would make a completion time of Autumn 25. Here we are Winter 24/25 and no “practical” progress or spades in the ground yet.

As a very, very young lad I couldn’t quite believe the Romans got there before Guy Gibson!

H

Adrian_gray, you might like to know that trespass on an airfield, military or civil is a criminal act – it may also be covered by the full weight of anti-terrorism legislation.

Dockyards and nuclear facilities are also covered by the same criminal and anti-terrorism legislation.

Whether those idiots trespassed on the old airfield, to get to the aircraft, I don’t know. But I’m reliably informed the land, itself, (Scampton site) is currently still covered by the same legislation as if it were still an active airfield.

H

Adrian_gray, you might like to know that trespass on an airfield, military or civil is a criminal act – it may also be covered by the full weight of anti-terrorism legislation.

Dockyards and nuclear facilities are also covered by the same criminal and anti-terrorism legislation.

Whether those idiots trespassed on the old airfield, to get to the aircraft, I don’t know. But I’m reliably informed the land, itself, (Scampton site) is currently still covered by the same legislation as if it were still an active airfield.

H

Yes it looks like the village idiots are out and about again..

They obviously don’t have any interest in aviation – struggling to tell the difference between a Hunter and a Buccaneer. Not to mention the one with “a foreign language”.

The aircraft them selves are parked on private property alongside the old airfield.

EDIT 1 – I have sent an e-mail to the team. I don’t know where it goes to – Leeming or the admin team in Lincoln.

EDIT 2 – Mat, the boss, has e-mailed me back. “They are aware of the incident and the security company have passed all relevant details to the police”.

H 

Found this on the web..

https://www.historicflyingclothing.com/en-GB//r-a-f-navigators-chartboa…

H