visit to mil base

[gazza196310]

have a day off towards the end of next week and am thinking of taking my first trip to an airbase. Being on the south coast (east sussex) ther is nothing local to me somewhere within a 2 to 3 hour drive would be good, Benson, Odiham, Mildenhall/Lakenheath . Not having done this before which are "spotter friendly"? in terms of somewher to park and watch etc. and is anyone else likely to be around?
thanks in advance for any suggestions, Gary

[PeteHemsley]

Living in the northeast, I'm a canny distance away from most active bases as well. I would recommend lakenheath and mildenhall, both are very spotter friendly with viewing areas and plenty of friendly folk to have some good banter with. Johns field is the best place to go for a friendly atmosphere with plenty of based aircraft to keep you occupied.

[gazza196310]

Hi Peter, thanks for reply.
lakenheath sounds appealing, not seen an F15 since early '80's at biggin hill show. Trip will probably be thursday next week, i will update here when i confirm and with any intersting stuff when i get home.
thanks again for reply, Gary

[BOLLO]

Was told today that Johns field is closed due to a fire on his land/buildings. Might be worth contacting him beforehand to see what the latest update is.

John

Where you herd that from John?John's field at Mildenhall or some place else as i not herd about a fire down there chap.There was one last year about this time if you mean that one?

[Mike]

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[WRECK HUNTER]

Was told today that Johns field is closed due to a fire on his land/buildings. Might be worth contacting him beforehand to see what the latest update is.

John

Dont know where you got your info from but it BULLS**T!!!!! I have just spoken to John and there is NO problems at the Nook campsite! For some of us that store Caravans there it is not a good thing to read!!!

[T_J]

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TJ

[gazza196310]

thanks for all the info guys, something has come up since my original post earlier but the heath is definitely somewhere i would like to go, if plans change i will let you know. only camera i have is the 5mp one on my phone. so not sure what the quality will be (seen the images here and makes me green).
thanks again, Gary

[gazza196310]

@Softbill Man No problem, would have been gutted to go all that way only to find i couldn't get to see anything.
as i said something has come up and my plans may have changed. not blessed with a decent camera, but would be nice to see some mil aircraft that aren't at 30,000 ft like the 2 C17's and E3 i've seen overhead here recently,
regards Gary

[WRECK HUNTER]

Was told today that Johns field is closed due to a fire on his land/buildings. Might be worth contacting him beforehand to see what the latest update is.

John

Dont know where you got your info from but it BULLS**T!!!!! I have just spoken to John and there is NO problems at the Nook campsite! For some of us that store Caravans there it is not a good thing to read!!!

Dont think there is any need for such an aggressive reply.

I had some people in my shop today who said they couldnt get in due to a fire/arson attack and they attended today. I have had a few people pm me asking where i got the info from and have asked respectfully, they also have caravans there.

Maybe i wont comment in the future if i hear anything.

John

Sorry for my reply I addmit it was not worded well I think you will understand my heart was in my mouth when Bollo pointed this out to me but thats does not give be the right to go off like an idiot hope you will take my apology for this please dont stop posting becouse of me!
Benn

[gazza196310]

looks like a trip to laknheath is back on the agenda for thursday