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Old 14th Mar 2008, 19:01
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TheOddOne
 
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Denhamflyer,

Nice to hear they're still hanging in there.

We used to (try) to hold an aerobatic competition there every year - the South Wales Open. Worked a couple of times but the weather got the better of us and it's moved to a Yorkshire venue.

Air Wales set up there a few years ago with some improvements and of course Tower as they were running scheduled services but this all collapsed a year or so ago and the place subsided into inactivity. One of the problems with the place but a benefit to us is that if it actually stops operating then the local council have to grub up the runways, demolish all the buildings etc and return it to open heathland, a very expensive process, as the MoD found when they had to do the same at Greenham Common. Funnily enough, it's cheaper to keep it going than close it. An alternate is Pembury, been there a couple of times, don't know if it's still open.

Cheers,
TheOddOne
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