shack - then you must have been one of those responsible for getting me interested in joining the RAF! We lived very close to the aerodrome; drive along the road at the 26 threshold away from Ilton towards Isle Brewers and then turn right down the hill and we lived at the bottom next to the farm. Many a time we walked up the hill to watch the RAF (which I can just remember), then later the FAA when Yeovilton was being extended for the 'Vixen!
Presumably you knew Pete Cornish? The ironic thing was that I was interviewed by him some dozen years later when I was going through entry procedures for Cranwell. Also did my first solo flight there in a glider from Locking, learned to drive there, learned to fly model radio controlled aircraft there.....and learned certain other things in the old bomb dump which I won't talk about!
Last flew there in 2000 doing a PPL biennial check on a RN chap in his Chipmunk. All the old buildings have been removed and it looks pristine...
Were you there when Westlands did the 'vectored thrust Meteor' trials?? And was it a Welkin which was parked behind the Westlands hangar?
Sorry to hijack the thread, Wokka mates!
[ 27 November 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]