safetypee , 5th Mar 2018 22:34
Bedford late 1970s
09/27
06/24
18/36 - inactive due to adjacent ‘hover pit’ for Harrier.
In the '70s I operated from there in a Slingby T61 in support of the BAC-111 hush kit trials. First arrival in a 25Kt gusting due Northerly I asked to use 36; they agreed but "land beyond the 'hover pit'". I suggested I could land short of it (200 metres? available), and they said I could try, but don't cross the pit. Trickled in , touched down and stopped level with the far side of the taxiway edge,, no problem.