That very same month, however, work began on a new airfield, at Pocklington. The airfield, which opened on May 5, was to have a profound effect on life in the small East Yorkshire town.

AN official investigation was launched after the pilot of a light aircraft claimed he was buzzed at 1,900ft by a flying pig. The pilot of the Eurofox reported that the two metre long pink pig ...

“We walked through first and saw it all happening – I’m just nosy. The scene at Pocklington Airfield Industrial Estate. Pictures by Paul Atkinson. “The lass I was with was crying because ...

SUNDORA, the supplier of dried fruit and nuts in Pocklington, has opened a massive purpose-built distribution centre on the Airfield Industrial Estate at Full Sutton. And developers believe that ...

They can also cover long distances - experienced pilots will often rack up hundreds of kilometres in a day's flight, landing at another airfield ... at what was once RAF Pocklington, a busy ...

During the Second World War Elvington, originally a grass airfield, was rebuilt as a sub-station for RAF Pocklington. In 1945 the runway at Elvington airfield was lengthened to 1.92 miles ...