31 December 2007
Last year (<a href=”http://www.flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=303″ target=”_blank”>October 2006</a>), Sandown airport on the Isle of Wight suffered a fire which damaged one of its hangars.
Last night, the Aviator restaurant at the airfield also suffered damage in a fire. According to the BBC website, “no one was hurt but police said the fire was being treated as suspicious. ”
The restaurant housed a number of aviation artefacts.