Originally Posted by
chevvron
Yes I was wondering who would spot that first Pike.
Didn't know NATS had gained an airport in Wales though (Aberporth/West Wales according to Turkchinchilla) . I think NATS still operates the radar unit about a mile away from the airport but I'm not sure if it's an Approach Radar unit now; always used to be Area Radar.
Course it didn't matter in my day, when we graduated we all had Aerodrome, Approach and Area ratings along with the radar ratings.
Could be it's an area radar posting, not sure how reliable the rumours are.