scamptonboy
Another option would be to park up by multiflight cafe which is open to the public and serves tea, coffee and fairly good food albeit a little pricey. Turn off to the right about 100 Yds before the A658 tunnel road as you travel from Yeadon (should be signposted anyhow) under the Rwy.
During one of our visit to LBA three years ago or so we left our parked at Multiflight Cafe. We walked back to Victoria Avenue (A658) and continued along the fence in the direction of the tunnel and found a stone bench that was perfect to use to get a view over the fence. At that day runway 32 was used and this is an example of shots that can be taken from that bench.
During our short visit in August 2006 was a different piece of cake. Our team came in from Amsterdam on the evening of the 8th and we all went strait to bed at the nearby Travelodge hotel shortly before midnight. The next morning I woke shortly before seven, and the only noice I could hear was birds singing and the odd police truck whooshing by. Since the telly didn't work on my room I powered up my portable DAB radio and there it was "24 suspected arrested in and around London for an alleged terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives carried on board several airliners travelling from the United Kingdom - and all UK airports closed". All three of us decided not to get near any airport that day, but first had to get some breakfast and fetch our rental car at the airport. It was no waiting time to get a proper English breakfast in one of the airport facilities at LBA, and after breakfast we got our car and headed off for the Heartbeat country. That we made a detour past Linton-on-Ouse on our way up to Goathland and on our way down again paid a short visit to the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington is a whole different story - one time aviation anorak ....
If you are interested, I shot some photos out the hotel room window at LBA that morning and have stitched them together to a panoramic view. Here is the link to LBA in silent mode:
http://www.plane-spotter.com/Jpegs/E...A_panorama.jpg
Kurt