> ( I believe the A1 next to one of the Yorkshire RAF bases had skidmarks across the road and this was pilots touching down on the road for fun, then hoppng over the fence to land on the runway not sure if there is any truth in this or just apocryphal)
I cannot think of any CURRENT RAF base where this would be possible. Leeming is close to the A1, but there are trees alongside the A1 (and I believe the runway is largely parallel to the A1). Dishforth (home of Beverleys ;-) is/was a possibility, as was Catterick (now almost exclusively an Army Transport Depot), and I think Topcliffe always was too far from the A1. OTOH, Wittering (though not in Yorkshire), being a Harrier base is a distinct possibility!