Can anyone confirm or dispell the rumour that you need a small mortgage to pay at the AVP car park? Confirmed! Found elsewhere on PPRuNe:
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Up to one hour: £3; up to three hours, £6; over three hours, £12
I suspect the reason the UK aiports are so spotter unfriendly is if they can't make any money out of them, then they don't want them hanging around. Edinburgh had a great viewing balcony until it closed, and the police were for a while "checking up" on folk hanging around at the Ingilston site. Luckily there are some good spots around the airfield to go to, and avoid the terminal building altogether. Newcastle is in my personal experience, the worst place to go spotting. They really don't like spotters there for some reason. The airport security are on you straight away there, however the "civvy" police will drive by you and not even stop. Durham/Teesside isn't much better.The ironic thing is, that spotters probably know more about the goings on outside an airport, than security do, and could spot dodgy goings on a lot quicker.