Originally Posted by
chevvron
I thought Kenley was classed as 'common' land so you weren't allowed to fence it. POBJOY where are you?
In any case the Surrey GC still operate there 7 days a week.
I landed out on Kenley common in 1976 ie the wrong side of the fence which ran around the entire length of the peritrack at Kenley when flying as P2 during proficiency training with 615 in a T31
By 1977 I had joined the staff, during that years Easter course a first solo flown by a young cadet managed to over shoot and then ground loop through the fence, which was a simple construction of concrete posts every couple of meters with 3 strands of wire running betwixt posts, six inches from bottom and top of posts with one in the middle. This middle strand was set at neck height for anyone sat in a T21 or T31!! Luckily our out of control first soloist managed to put the nose between the only two posts where the wire was broken. substantial damage to struts and wings but the cadets who name eludes me was unscathed.