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Old 28th Jan 2012, 15:03
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Trees on the landing approach to Spitalgate ....

And as far as I can remember from a six-week stint at Spitalgate while the Barkston Heath runway was resurfaced, there weren't any trees on the approach.
The most frequent final approach to Spitalgate was made over the dead straight N - S Roman road with the nose of the Percival Piston Provost pointing towards Grantham. This brought you in over some clumps of tallish Beech type trees next to the road.

At night the grass strip was illuminated with oil burning 'goose-necks'.
It was a demanding approach for a low hour novice to cross trees in a 550 HP radial, keep an eye on the rudimentary slope indicator (what was it called?) and then round out into the smoky flarepath. But it instilled a very rewarding psychology: the will to readily & fearlessly overcome the many random deviations that occur on short finals.
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