Originally Posted by
skua
Talk of ACNs and parking area etc reminds us that Manston is the obvious option.
I did say this earlier but as usual, you lot ignored me
Manston has a lot going for it but I'm not sure how much 'gear' Mrs Gloag sold off when she closed the airfield; certainly she got rid of the radar and ILS; she would certainly have 'asset stripped' the place as much as possible. Maybe Riveroak and the CAA can be prevailed on to allow a few flights out during daylight (no lighting) and in VMC before they instal new systems which is not scheduled to happen before about 2026; course they could always decide the MOD could approve flights under the same conditions with the approval of Riveroak.
Equally Scampton could be used for daylight/VMC operations or maybe Peel Airports would allow use of Finningley; I don't think they've 'asset stripped' there yet but it might happen soon.
I should add that neither Manston nor Finningley are MOD owned hence there might be some sort of opposition to using them.