Bedford late 1970s
09/27
06/24
18/36 - inactive due to adjacent ‘hover pit’ for Harrier.
There was a secondary 24 runway displaced north; used for arrestor system trials and latter as HMS Bedford - full night lighting mock up of an aircraft carrier for Harrier night operations at sea.
The catapult was also aligned 24, again north of the arrestor runway, and as AFAIR the ski jump run up runway was parallel to the catapult overrun area.
There was a northerly sled track at some time but rarely used. Also a ‘rolling deck’ representation of ships motion for helicopter tests.
A helicopter manoeuvrability / agility test course was marked out between 06/24 and the arrestor 24 runway.
The defunct Naval Air Department - NAD, towards the northern boundary became RRE.