As the Heathrow third runway debate enters yet another decade, I've been enjoying a virtual wander around Lincolnshire airfields. One of these was Ludford Magna, near my childhood home at Binbrook and the home of 101 Sqn. Admittedly they didn't have to worry about planning permission, land acquisition or the green gangs, but they didn't have dozers, diggers and telehandlers either. Yet the fields around Ludford Magna became a usable standard heavy bomber airfield with rudimentary if muddy Nissen accommodation in just 90 days.