Arrogant millionaire pilot landed on a banned air base because he wanted to see the beach Arrogant millionaire pilot landed on a banned air base because he wanted to see the beach
Richard Wood, 60, was originally going to visit his mother in Yorkshire, UK. but got off track a bit.
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A millionaire pilot landed at the RAF military base, Anglesey, Wales, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic because he wanted to see the beach. Richard Wood, 60, was on his way to visit his mother in Yorkshire, however, he was informed that she was too busy, so he decided to use Prince William s airstrip.
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Millionaire businessman who broke lockdown to fly private plane to RAF airfield and go to beach is fined £4,000
Updated: 21 Jan 2021, 10:16
A MILLIONAIRE businessman who broke lockdown to fly his private plane to an RAF airfield and go to the beach was fined more than £4,000 today.
Richard Wood, 60, stepped out of the £2milllion jet in sunglasses and shorts after landing at RAF Valley in Anglesey.
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Richard Wood, 60, landed at RAF Valley in Anglesey wearing a pair of shorts Credit: Wales News Service
A court heard arrogant £375,000-a-year Wood initially planned on flying to visit his elderly mother in Yorkshire after leaving his £4m Chelsea home.
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The Pilatus PC12 plane which took off from Fairoaks airfield in Surrey before flying to north Wales where the pilot landed without permission on a closed military runway at RAF Valley because he wanted to go to the beach (Image: PA)
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Millionaire flew private plane into Welsh airfield to see the beach during lockdown
Richard Wood, 60, flew almost 300 miles to a closed military base in Wales
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