Wonderful thread that has brought up some great memories
Be a young karter back in the mid 70's, early 80's, I would be up at Blackbushe most weekends (and occasionally at Frimley park shortly after
). As a young boy it was a fantastic place to visit as you would never know what would be on the airfield - I remember peeking into the hangar by the rusty Sherman tanks to see the Spitfire and also the JU-52's lined up near the control tower alongside the A30. The Mitchell's also seem familiar but I can't recall exactly when this was.
I had my first ever flight there in a Devon for a 15 min spin around the area - my father parted with what was then a not inconsiderable sum of money for this so he stayed behind while we did a few circuits. Really cherish him doing that for me
Great to see Blackbushe being used for filming again. I used to race against James Hunt's brother David who ran his Kart on a shoestring budget. Great guy, highly talented, and a real shame he quit driving in 1988 after testing for Benetton.
WF