The first time I went to Duxford, before the IWM took over, was for a sprint meeting in, I would guess, 1972.
Believe it or not, Davidstow Moor in Cornwall was used for Formula 1 races in the very early fifties. It didn’t catch on, not least I suspect as it’s quite a long way the other side of the middle of nowhere. The runways and peri-track are still largely complete to this day. It’s too far away to be worth digging up for hardcore and the soil underneath is only marginally better than the concrete.

What are we going to do without our resident wordsmith?

Look after yourself Kev, and we look forward to seeing you when we can.

Downloading now – and for a while yet!
Thanks for your generosity in posting it for us all to see.

Coming from the M11 you get stuck northside.
It happened to me and I wasn’t best pleased, especially as by the time we were parked it seemed halfway to Cambridge.
Robbo says if you ignore the signs you can get into the west car park, but the blurb says you have to turn left when leaving.

There are times I wish I was a 9 stone weakling instead of a 15 stone ditto. 🙂

Didn’t have a wide angle lens with me. The enormity was all over, not localised.

Definitely not here, and AFAIK, one has never flown in the Northern hemisphere so not even near here.
Over to our Antipodean department.

Welcome to the asylum.

Particular Intrest: British and non-major country aircraft

Non-major country. Should we be offended?