I believe its a big Arab investor who is ploughing the money into Lydd, why I dont know? Maybe he has the 727 too?
Yes the newly re-surfaced runway is dead easy to find and there's ILS too I believe. Nice place but a bit quiet. If you fly-in tell them youre a training flight when you pay the landing fee and you get 25% off. I think I pay about £12-£15 in a PA-28, AA-5 etc . Oh, yeh and the girls on the desk are quite nice too!