Originally Posted by
MPN11
Eastern Radar (Watton) closed in 1989. Much of the site was demolished for development in 2002 onwards.
That sounds right. 2 of the civil controllers were posted to Farnborough as we were expanding staff numbers due to the need for increased opening hours for the new civil business terminal.
Didn't do us much good; one was promptly posted to HQ with a medical problem and the other validated on radar but was unable to make it in the tower so went to the college as an instructor (higher pay scale, better pension prospects)