The people who fly at Bicester would be interested to know what's the latest!
The projected move of the RAFGSA Centre from the said grass airfield has been talked about since 1971, when RAF Bicester (71 MU)closed. The sorry saga illustrates just how incapable a succession of senior RAF officers have been at making a balanced decision and driving a project through to completion. It's a case of "I'm only in post for two years, so I'll leave it to someone else". Now the MOD bean counters are involved, so heaven help us.
In the meantime, gliding will continue at Bicester in 2002 - we hope!
Closing down airfields, whether grass or otherwise destroys part of our national heritage (IMHO).