Originally Posted by
soay
But if you had arrived at Blackpool from a grass strip, replete with tools, cans of oil and bottles of water, I bet you wouldn't have been escorted from your aircraft. Anyway, who needs such weapons if you have an aircraft you can launch at a passenger jet on its takeoff run? Seems unreasonable.
During the 'critical' alert stage arriving GA did have to clear special branch at BLK. They were held at the fire station control point until SB had vetted them and their load. Even BLK RZ passholders (like me) had to be met on arriving when flying from another UK airport where GA does not operate from the RZ or CZ.
Gotta say I was horrified at AN Other airport to see friends of a GA pilot standing about 200 yards from an active runway taking pictures of him with no-one escorting them.