Now NSF has left, the airfield is bound to be much quieter. As EGBK says "The third was also the airfield manager, and he has got another job elsewhere", just part of the mass exodus.
This is the latest on the hard runway.
Members of campaign group Stop the Aerodrome Runway Expansion (STARE) were threatened with legal action as a result of their protests against Sywell owner Michael Bletsoe-Brown.
Solicitors' letters were sent between the two parties but officials now hope the matter is closed, with planners turning down the proposals after they were found to breach at least 11 planning rules.
STARE spokeswoman Angela Parker said: "This is a good result for us as we have long fought on behalf of residents of Sywell and other local villages who will be affected should the development be given the go- ahead. It has been a long, arduous and stressful campaign, as at the end of last year most of the members of STARE were threatened with legal action for libel by the aerodrome managers.
"Many of us risked losing our homes because we took a different point of view to the aerodrome management about the runway expansion. But thankfully after three solicitors' letters threatening us, nothing more has been heard since."
At a stormy meeting of Wellingborough Borough Council's regulatory committee at Swanspool House in the town on Wednesday, the committee carried the refusal, with six councillors voting against the expansion, two for, and one abstaining.
Mr Bletsoe-Browne originally saw the plans for a 1,000-metre hard runway given the go-ahead in 2002 but consent was later withdrawn when a judicial review at the High Court pointed out that councillors did not make one of the consultation documents public.
Further applications have been made by the aerodrome but the latest was withdrawn when an appeal for non-determination was lodged with the Planning Inspectorate.
Mr Bletsoe-Browne said: "The decision means nothing, it's only an indication to the inspector. I didn't expect the council to go against the recommendations.
"We just have to wait now for the inspector's decision, which will probably be about another 12 months or so."
Typical BB approach, don't try to get people on side and work with them, threaten them with legal action instead. Bullying gets people wound up, and they will oppose everything BB wants to do, regardless of whether it is a good idea or not.