On Saturday June 4th we will be holding an Open Day at Dunsfold Aerodrome for our VC10 ZA 150, which lives there. This was the very last VC10 of 54 built at Brooklands in the 1960s and was one of the last two to fly with the RAF from Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. On its retirement in September 2013 it was acquired by Brooklands Museum and flew into Dunsfold, where a team of dedicated volunteers maintain it in running order.
Entry is by pre-purchased ticket only and the timetable is as follows:
11.30-12.20 Entry via the Stovolds Hill entrance to Dunsfold Aerodrome.
12.30 Low-speed maintenance taxi run on the runway
13.15- 15.30 Visits on board the aircraft
Tickets are limited and cost £5 per person for the public and are available online.
Latest I heard on that was that the plan had been shot down because the access roads in the area would not be able to cope with the added traffic from the planned housing development. If that's still the case, I guess Dunsfold is safe for now.
Anyway, I can recommend a visit to ZA150
Due to shortages and cutbacks the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off.
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Archer wrote:Latest I heard on that was that the plan had been shot down because the access roads in the area would not be able to cope with the added traffic from the planned housing development. If that's still the case, I guess Dunsfold is safe for now.
Anyway, I can recommend a visit to ZA150
It's almost as though the airfields were built in the back end of (relatively) nowhere for a reason!
