A high-visibility vest should be worn in cloudy conditions or after dark when walking along the A15 road. Cyclists might choose to ride from Metheringham Station to avoid steep gradients on the A Park your car here and cross the road to position yourself near the low fence. A small ladder will give you an unobstructed view of the taxi track and runway. A fighter at the runway will necessitate mm but on the taxiway in front of you a side view of a fighter will need about 50 mm.
Walking along the A15 to the south while looking at the aprons south of the runway should give you some numbers or tail codes. The north apron with the Sentries can also easily be seen from this spot. There is a coffee bar at the WAVE. You can position yourself next to the taxiway from which some very nice taxi shots can be taken, or, for the creative ones, shots from landing aircraft just touching down can be made here. Be aware that the A15 is a busy road. Although the fences with associated shrubberies are quite low, a small stepladder is advisable to reach just above the small obstacles in your way.
From here also some numbers of aircraft parked at the aprons on the other side can be read. A bit further to the north, passing the landing lights, there are again a number of good places to take shots of landing aircraft from the other side. Depending on the backlight conditions you can position yourself here. Number crunchers will take a short walk to the fence to read the serials of any unread aircraft at the ramp near spot 4.
The Sentrys are normally parked here. Going back to the WAVE, you can go a bit further south and have a look at spot 5. This is only for the people noting down serials as it provides a view on the former ACMI platform. Take the A15 to the south and then take the first right onto the B This road will make a sharp turn to the right and then to the left.
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Send via Email. RAF Waddington was opened as a flying training station in November teaching hundreds of pilots, including many form the US Army to fly until the station was put into care and maintenance in It reopened as a bomber base on 12 March , with squadrons flying the Bristol Blenheim and later Handley Page Hampdens.
The airfield was enlarged after , when a major RAF expansion began, with many buildings constructed, including some of the hangars which remain in use today. The station was re-opened as a bomber base on 12 March , and by the end of year housed squadrons flying the Bristol Blenheim, which were subsequently superseded by Handley Page Hampdens.
History Waddington opened as an RFC training station in , and transferred to the Royal Air Force when they were formed in , until , when the station was closed and went into care and maintenance. The last air show at RAF Waddington took place in , and it will not return again due to 'significant security concerns and operational risks'.
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