Pilot fined after landing at RAF Valley ‘to see beach’ during lockdown
A light aircraft pilot who landed at a closed RAF base during lockdown “to see the beach” has been fined. Richard Charles Priestley Wood, 60, of Crescent Place, London, landed without permission at RAF Valley, on Anglesey, on 25 May. When stopped by fire crews he was dressed in shorts and said: “It’s OK I…