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Old 19th Jul 2004, 14:15
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LowNSlow
 
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That's cos it's an airport at the moment with paying punters going through it rather than an airfield. Delusions of grandeur methinks which would put my back up if I was based there.

The only saving grace about the whole issue is that the land won't suffer developer's interest. When the RAF built RAF Fairwood Common (aka Swansea International Spaceport) part of the contract/charter was that if the land was no longer to be used as an airfield then it had to be returned to the common land that it was pre-construction.

It's a shame that it's all so unstable, it's a nice enough place. It's close to the lovely beaches of the Gower Peninsular, a great gateway to exploring West and Mid-Wales and has decent facilites and runways (two less recently though according to the NOTAMS).

Ah well, good luck to those that are left, I hope it all settles down satisfactorily for you.
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