Quote Originally Posted by phild View Post
As a kid I lived in Kingswinford and from the back garden I would watch the many air displays at Halfpenny Green airport. I would see Lightnings breaking the sound barrier, Hawkers, Bi planes and a spitfire and Hurricaine. There would also be parachute displays and air races and I would witness all this for free. Sadly the air displays at this airport have now long gone.
We live quite near to it Phil, a lot of light aircraft and helicopters come over especially at weekends.
They still have WW2 planes and other rare aircraft visiting. You can drive in for free, there's a cafe and an antiques shop.