Living here just down the hill from RAF Waddington, life has got a bit quiet since late last summer. Waddo's runway is being extended at the Harmston (southern) end and will be technically closed for around 18 months. The E-3D's have moved accross to RAF Coningsby and their sorties are flown in and out of there. We still hear the odd BN-2T Islander going in and out of Waddington though as of course they don't need much runway to get in and out of. I'm hearing all sorts of rumours of future Air Traffic Control plans for Lincolnshire, some say taht there are plans to equip Scampton tower with multiple cameras and no to have humans in the tower their but to do ATC remotely from Waddo! Strange but possibly true. All well and good to cut down on staff but what happens when the camera is not pointing at a Red Arrow when he declares an emergency in the visual circuit? The Mk.1 eyeball always beats a camera then
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