Acknowledgements to http://www.slamnet.org.uk/SuffolkAir/leisure8.html It is their pic and cannot be enlarged like mine. The airfield actually goes much further as the left of this picture misses it. A history can be found here http://www.ipswichtransportmuseum.co.uk/hairport.htm. An interesting part says "Ipswich Airport suffered a set back on 25th September 1987 when the two people who were masterminding the redevelopment of the site were tragically killed. Nigel Brendish and Ron Sullivan were flying in a Cessna 150 on a flight to Southend when it crashed in to a field at Tollesbury in Essex." Unfortunately they were drinking and attempting a loop and ploughed into the ground. I believe Nigel Brendish lived in Halfway House for a while. He also flew a plane upside down accross the channel for some reason. This was my playground and also all the other local lads as nobody bothered if we crossed the airport, well except for the bloke who owned Lonmet Aviation and we took no notice of him anyway.
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