Duxford Airfield meeting

I went to the quarterly meeting between local parish councils, the district and the director of the Duxford Imperial War Museum and his management team. We ran through a number of topics: the airfield has decided not to pursue a proposal for making changes to the benefits enjoyed by people living locally in terms of access to the museum. The museum needs about 90,000 visitors over the summer months - which I'm sure it will get if the weather keeps up.

We talked through the F1 issue - the museum is trying hard on this, and there is support as well as complaints - they are going to make these car tests accessible for schoolchildren with an interest in science, and they got nearly 2,000 extra visitors last test day. In terms of the noise, the most recent test affected Healthfield the worst, and there are plans to try to block the noise funnelling into the estate, and baffle some of the sound when the car is stationery and revving up - obviously you can't baffle the sound round the car when it is doing 150 mph, but you can do things when it is not moving.
The overall proposal is to wait until the end of the five days, in the autumn, and then have a public meeting to assess what should happen next, and we will have the professional views of the environmental health team from South Cambs as well. Whittlesford Parish Council are putting together a questionnaire to see what residents want. Next test day is Weds 29th July.