Park Soars to New Heights with Speed Camera for Jets
A Lake District holiday park has been working closely with the RAF Police and local MP Tim Farron to keep a close eye on low flying aircraft
South Lakeland Parks (PRunderground) July 10, 2008 – A Lake District holiday park has been working closely with the RAF Police and local MP Tim Farron to keep a close eye on low flying aircraft (see attached photograph).
Limefitt Park – a luxury lodge holiday park situated in the spectacular Troutbeck Valley near Windermere, hosted a covert piece of military hardware which needs a 10-tonne lorry just to be moved.
The huge Skyguard Radar Unit system is the RAF Police equivalent of a speed camera for jets. It is also able to record the altitude of jets passing over the Lakes to ensure they are keeping within the regulations.
The hardware was used during the Falklands War and other military campaigns. The RAF Police approached the park to ask if it would host the Skyguard for a week because of its stunning open location in the Troutbeck Valley.
Mark Thomas, Manager of Limefitt Park in the Troutbeck Valley near Windermere, said: “We are in a great location and for many people staying here who never get a chance to see these jets close up it is a real spectacle and it was fascinating to get a glimpse of seeing what the RAF Police is doing”.
“Thankfully the week they were here proved to be very quiet although when I was lucky enough to be shown the inside operation of Skyguard it did detect a passenger jet at 35,000ft!”
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1: For more information please contact Caroline Guffogg at South Lakeland Parks on 015395 69831 or email caroline.guffogg@southlakelandparks.co.uk
2: The attached photo shows Mark Thomas with Westmorland MP Tim Farron.
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