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Old 5th Aug 2008, 20:56
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For at least the last 20 years there have been rumours of The End of Wycombe Air Park. About 20 years ago WAP was the 3rd busiest airfield in the UK (based on number of movements) and the airfield has been there since the war. The two main problems it has are:

1. It is owned by the council
2. People keep moving into houses next to the airfield and then complaining that there are noisy aircraft flying out of the airfield that they just moved next to.

The last good rumour, that had been going for about 20 years, prior to the new football stadium rumour, was that the airfield was going to be closed and turned into a housing estate, because there is so much green belt land around High Wycombe that couldn't be built on. The other potential was for the M40 motorway service station to be built on the corner of the airfield.

These rumours didn't become fact.

Seeing that there is already a good football stadium in High Wycombe, and a sports complex and that Airways Aero Associations pay a stash of cash to the council for the lease, I can't really see it happening.

I also think that anyone who moved near to the airfield in the last 60 years and then has the cheek to complain about the aircraft noise should be banned from anyone taking them seriously.

Long live Booker!!!!
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