 However that would result in an unacceptable return for the Council on one of its major property assets.However, the then Wycombe Rural District Council, acquired the land from the Air Ministry at a heavily discounted price and by private treaty, with view the site being continued as an airfield.The main intention agreed by both parties, was for the ""continued use of the airfield for flying would make a substantial contribution to the solution of a public problem i.e.