Excellent story, and really good to see so much care going into the proper repainting of a Bloodhound!

Rob

Credit where credit is due, as from the photos she looks mint. Well done to all involved!

Rob

I cannot get my head round these people who would rather hang onto an item than see an aircraft fly again.

Thats true to some extent, and in this case you may have a point. But it also depends on how other parties have treated you in the past. For instance if you have asked to do a deal on something that they’ve had and they have said no – then I can’t see why that attitude should change when the need is reversed !

Rob

Housing is expected on The former RAF Waterbeach as well. Utterly ridiculous the amount of housing that is both happening and is planned around Cambridge – with a token and far too late road improvement scheme only just being started.

The infrastructure such as roads, water, power and in particular hospitals just cannot cope as things are already!

Rob

Thanks for posting this Sabrejet. Just amazing to still see significant pieces of mostly forgottten types still around today, although there’s probably some smaller items still tucked away in private collections or museum stores, as is usually the case!

Rob

Indeed it is the local economy and employment that will be hardest hit, but from an aviation point of view its a very sad loss, particularly for me with so many memories of air shows there with my late father – not to mention endless Sunday afternoons sat in the car in the little viewing area that’s now gone, watching the comings and goings of so many different types.

Have to say that I always thought Mildenhall would be the last of the US bases to close. Hey ho!

Rob