Ex Cobra Warrior parking restrictions

[reaper493]

Avoiding the original question, great response!!

[blakey]

Avoiding the original question, great response!!

What? Ok what is the original question? Trust me i dont need to avoid anything .

[reaper493]

I don't understand why you felt the need to get local press involved, unless you have an axe to grind, what are you hoping to achieve?

[slogen51]

I don't mind paying to park but I think it will be largely academic as the wave will be chock a block before it is light!

[blakey]

Johns saying the base suggested it the base are denying this claim, i dont know anyone on base to ask so i ask my friend in the local press who has contacts on base to clarify
No axe to grind just clarification on who first suggested lets charge the spotters £5 per person per day!!

[reaper493]

And when you find out who suggested the charge first, what are you going to do?

I fail to see what you have to gain by finding out.

[blakey]

I guess you will go through life wondering then

[reaper493]

Awesome. Truly awesome.

Well good luck!!

[Thunder]

Where does the £5 per person come in, I saw the £5 to park bit but no mention that it was pp?

[reaper493]

Yea the original leaflet was £5 per person, I guess we just need to wait and see, its still a few weeks away.

[baz1]

I think we were lead to believe the £5 fee was to help pay for additional loos they were installing

[PeteHemsley]

The wave was stood up by John and when the lack of visiting aircraft and exercises stopped at waddo, I can imagine that hitting him and the team pretty hard. They didn't have to continue, but they did. most of you pay £1 pp at Johns field, mildenhall and don't say a thing. I'd be happy to pay a fiver to help keep a man, his family and his work ticking over and recover some of what they have lost. They keep this open for like minded folk. Paying a fiver for the first time since waddo show ended is completely fine by me.

Much like the airshows most people wings about....if you don't want to pay, don't go. Stop mumbling your gums and just get on with it

[jakdaw]

Me push biking up there just keeps getting better (and cheaper!) I have the feeling from the Facebook group this is going to get messy in a hurry. Its a shame I was there for ACMI days, Shacks retiring, Vulcan departing on its last flight (the first one) all were well attended and went without a hitch. I hope calm heads and some common sense prevail.

[roughcutter]

What concerns me more than anything, is that once the WAVE is rammed full and the hatches are battened down (it won't take long to fill, and it WILL happen). Where does everyone else go, are they just expected to sling their hooks? You're going to have a lot of irate people, who've travelled from all over, booked time off work to see this exercise. There has to be some kind of overspill parking surely?

[jakdaw]

What concerns me more than anything, is that once the WAVE is rammed full and the hatches are battened down (it won't take long to fill, and it WILL happen). Where does everyone else go, are they just expected to sling their hooks? You're going to have a lot of p*ss*d off people, who've travelled from all over, booked time off work to see this exercise. There has to be some kind of overspill parking surely?

Previously they have used hardstandings further up the A15, but if they open them, are they paid for too as they have no toilets/facilities if not charging whats to stop everyone going there and avoiding paying, will be an interesting few weeks as we find out the details. I hope for people booking time off or travelling a distance that something is in place.

[Tom105]

Thinking of heading up, do they only flying in the morning Monday, Wednesday and Friday or all day Monday Wednesday and Friday morning

[blakey]

The wave was stood up by John and when the lack of visiting aircraft and exercises stopped at waddo, I can imagine that hitting him and the team pretty hard. They didn't have to continue, but they did. most of you pay £1 pp at Johns field, mildenhall and don't say a thing. I'd be happy to pay a fiver to help keep a man, his family and his work ticking over and recover some of what they have lost. They keep this open for like minded folk. Paying a fiver for the first time since waddo show ended is completely fine by me.

Its a viewing area carpark with a burger van in the corner, if that wasnt there the carpark would still be there for us to use just like coningsby and lakenheath

Interesting to read your thoughts on money going in Johns pocket so he can recoup what he lost during quiet times, is this a fact?

[Thunder]

I've seen mention of the WAVE being open during the airshows, but I always thought that it was shut throughout the duration of the show due to it being under the display hence why they opened the area North of the 20 threshold for arrivals?

As roughcutter already says it ill be interesting to see what happens when the WAVE reaches capacity.

[Thor]

The wave was stood up by John

Just to correct your history here, WAVE was set up in the mid-90s by RAF Waddington, BAe, with Key Publishing, North Kesteven District Council and Lincolnshire County Counci also playing a part IIRC. The site came about after concerns for safe parking during the regular exercises hosted from Waddington at the time, and John Cayless, a well-regarded local spotter involved in the airshow, got involved in the discussion, brokering a large part of the final deal. The shop and snack bar lease was originally held by Touchdown Aviation, but they hit trouble fairly shortly afterwards and the lease passed to Malcolm & Linda Kelly who ran it for a number of years. The business was sold on to John several years ago when Malcolm finally decided to retire.

(Edited to correct my memory lapses, thanks for the prod JC! )

[britaylor]

John has said its not going into his pocket hes had a hard time of late give the chap a rest hes put tables and chairs in/outside the WAVE likely paid for by him
I am an OAP and be glad to pay to have a good day