Manston is an easy place to learn flying, it has a very long runway, Runway 10/28, which is 2752 metres long and 61 metres wide.. If you look on the NASA satellite photo of South-East England, then it's an obvious feature. The main runway is long enough for Jumbos and Virgin Atlantic frequently arrive with a 747 to practice. The picture below shows me flying into land on Runway 28.

A little after the photo above was taken, I turned left and headed for the runway. Here I am, somewhat higher than I should be, and also not exactly on the centre line either. No matter, I corrected and landed OK. The apparent bar across the middle of the runway is the shadow of a cloud. The building on the right is TG Aviation's club house.