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airshows and museum
Sywell has a great airshow every two years (next one 2014) and a excellent free admission aviation museum, open from march to October.
Tristars and VC10s
The reason the RAF doesn't use VC10s for passenger is because they are old, knackered and there would be absolute bloody uproar if one came down whilst full of soldiers. Tristars are a similar story, they were twenty years old when the RAF got them in the early nineties, and as a result are similarly knackered, and spend a lot of time being fixed.
This is why the MoD has replaced these aircraft with the lovely new, fuel efficient A330 Voyager MRTT.
And the RAF charter in civilian carriers for the same reason other airlines charter aircraft, when demand for airtrooping exceeds the RAFs ability to supply it.
ATIS
The ATIS frequency for Bournemouth is now 133.725
Other Frequencys
App :119.475
Tower :125.600
Ground :121.700
ATIS :133.725
FR Aviation (Cobham) :123.650
Servisair :129:750
Skycare :130.025
European :130.175
Channel Express :130.600
Signature Handling :122.350
re: KLM
That's great news! When the flights start, we'll toggle the "scheduled airline service" flag.
re: HEATHROW DE LONDRES UN AEROPUERTO PROFESIONAL
Reply to @ELICE: en mi experiencia, el única problema serio con Heathrow es la espera larga en las aduanas. En otros aspectos, me parece un buen aeropuerto, y es fácil llegar al centro de Londres desde allí.
The Passenger Experience
Humberside Airport has been independently rated as having the 9th best passenger service of all the World's airports. More services would be welcome. Scheduled services are provided by Eastern Airways, Flybe and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Charter flights are offered by Thomas Cook, Balkan Holidays and Low Cost Holidays. The long term car park is only 3 minutes from the terminal and it is possible to be driving away only ten minutes after landing. British Commonwealth and other overseas visitors can pass through the border controls in a very timely manner.
Operating Hours
0900-1900
50£ fine for landing outside of thesse hours
LANDING FEES
Acording to the official charts the fees are as follows
Microlights-8£-Overnight parking-10£
All other ACFT-10£- OVernight Parking
KLM
Welcome KLM April 2013
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Raf Leeming based unit 100sqn HAWK T.1
RAF Leeming based unit 100sqn Hawk T.1
re: Error?
Reply to @thesis: Fixed. (Just click edit)
Error?
Frequency
A/G: 119625 MHz (York Radio A/G)
Hm. May by 119.625 MHz?
Lotus Cars
Lotus Cars as factory on the former site of RAF Hethel www.lotuscars.com
Dunkeswell Airfield Runway 05/23
Due to changes in magnetic variation runway 05/23 has been redesignated 04/22 info from www.home.btconnect.com/dsft/
Bournemouth Airport
Viewing area good for runway 26 take off and landing
South End Airport
Home to ATC Lasham ( Aircraft Maintenance Company)
Point of departure for ferry flight ZS-ZWS (B738) via FOOL (Libreville-Gabon) to FAJS ( O.R. Tambo International - South Africa)
Shobdon Aerodrome
Shobdon as Glider Strip 3084X98 Feet Left of 09 and Microlight Strip 2542X59 Feet Right of 09 Info from www.caa.co.uk NATS-ais
re: Hibaldstow Airfield
Reply to @david: you are correct website should be www.skydiving .co.uk for Hibaldstow Airfield
re: Hibaldstow Airfield
Reply to @cliffair: that link seems to refer to Hinton-in-the-Hedges airport: http://www.ourairports.com/airports/GB-0073
Hibaldstow Airfield
Former RAF Base Now Skydive Centre www.skydive.co.uk
Old Sarum Airfield
Good Airfield nice restaurant very freindly
Compton Abbas Aerodrome
Very good airfield nice local views from airfield
The Blades Aerobatic Display Team
The Blades are Based at Sywell Aerodrome
Sywell Aerodrome Runway 03R/21L
This Runway Still Active Info From www.sywellaerodrome.com/Aerodrom Layout
Lashenden/Headcom
Runway 03/21 is Unlicensed Info from www.ais.org/NATS
Lower manor Farm Airstrip
This Airstrip is PRIVATE NOT PUBLIC
Bedford Aerodrome
Operated By Motorsprt Vision(MSV) Bedford Autodrome
Wroughton Airfield
Info on this Airfield from ukga.com Disused
HM Coastgaurd SAR
Based Here
Aircraft Agusta-Westland AW139
Registration G-CGWB Callsign Rescue104/5
Yakovlevs Aerobatic Display Team
Based Here
Aircraft 1XYak52-3XYak50
Dorset&Somerset Air Ambulance
Aircraft Based Here
Eurocopter EC135T2+ Registration G-DORS Callsign Helimed10
Maintenance Bond Air Service
blimey
Never knew it was there LOL
Chavs
Lot of chavs in that airport
Bar Restaurant
Surely the best bar and restaurant in the UK.
Popham
Well known, popular and affordable (for greater London area) airfield with two grass strips.
Curiosity: Trees that used to make landing difficult in the early days where only possibly to remove due to a legal loop hole: tree protection orders in UK are re-issued every so often, but it lapsed just before xmas holiday and the owner knew the issuing authorities were all off and wouldn't return to re-issue another one until the new year so he managed to cut down the offending trees in that time.
new bembridge web site
Website now at eghj.co.uk as well as vectisglidingclub.co.uk
Amazing
My favourite airfield of all time, nice people, fantastic bacon sandwiches! well worth a visit
Closed
This airfield has closed down, there is now no visible signs of the strip
This airport is now closed
This airport is now closed
Runsways
The runsways at Hucknall airfield are all grass .
AIRPORT
HI MANCHESTER AIRPORT. IS A GREAT.
re: Missing NDB at Kemble Apt
I took the information from the DAFIF, which was closed to public access around 2007 (IIRC), so the navaid data is falling further out of date each year without user updates.
re: Missing NDB at Kemble Apt
Reply to @david:
Hi, where did you get the informations for all the navaids?
re: Missing NDB at Kemble Apt
Thank you for the information about the new NDB. There hasn't been a good source of international navaid data since the DAFIF stopped open distribution a few years ago, and it's wonderful news that the UK has actually commissioned a new NDB when so many are closing. I've added the NDB here: http://www.ourairports.com/navaids/KMB/Kemble_NDB_GB/
Missing NDB at Kemble Apt
Your map and navaids list do not list ndb KMB 349 kHz which was commissioned Mar 2009. 51 40 09 N, 002 04 08 W.
J-3 Flying
Back in 1991 I flew out of this air strip in one of my friend's J-3's, I recall using the roundabout to line find the runway.
Cadet Flying
When I was an RAF Air Cadet I flew a DHC Chipmunk from 'RAF Filton'.
airfield info
🔗 Thu, 04 Apr 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Finmere Aerodrome, United Kingdom
Mainly microlights fly from here. Most of the old ww2 airfield is put over to Saturday and Sunday markets on the hardstanding of the old runways. One runway is used to park/store vehicles. The old control tower can still be seen tho dwarfed by a telephone mast.