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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
Flying Ops
Closed to Civil Flying. Most Military Flying ceased but Air Cadet Organisation still flys up to 3 Grob 109 Vigilant T Mk1 Motor Gliders from RAF Kinloss and the Moray Flying Club Flies up to 3 light aircraft (currently Cessna 150/172) from the airfield. Contact Freq 122.1 MHz.
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information from the DAFIF, which was closed to public access around 2007 (IIRC), so the navaid data is falling further out of date each year without user updates.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'.
Gliding with the Air Cadets
When I was an RAF Air Cadet I attended a week long course here, flying the Grob 103 (Viking) glider, being aero-towed by a Robin DR400 (with a four blade prop for quite operations).
Air Cadet Camp
Back in 1987 I attended an Air Cadet camp here at RAF Brawdy. Got to fly in a Seaking from 202 Squadron B flight. Great times!
Air Cadet Camp
Back in 1987 I flew a DHC Chipmunk from RAF St.David's while attending an Air Cadet camp at RAF Brawdy.
Lee-on-the-Solent
LFA winning battle and airfield has gained enterprise zone status ,open to visiting a/c 7 days a week and has a healthy population of based light a/c and helicopters which is set to increase.
BRIL!
DSA is my home airport and I love it, never that busy and so much space, would definitely recommend it!
HEATHROW DE LONDRES UN AEROPUERTO PROFESIONAL
Como pasajero, las veces que me ha tocado visitar este aeropuerto, siempre destaca un aire de profesionalidad y buen hacer. Sabemos que tiene un factor en contra que cuando nos pueden sorprender las inclemencias.
Bodmin
Great strip, relaxed.. scenic, friendly. Get down here!
Flying at Duxford
First flew gliders at Duxford in November 1961 and my last logged flight here in June 1962.
My first introduction to a Motor tow launch.
Was based at RAF Waterbeach at the time and offered a chance to fly a Turbulent. Missed it!! John Delafield flew it though.
RAF Duxford was my first posting as a Boy Entrant (SAC qualified Air Radar Mech) in April 1959.
Moonrakers Soaring Club, RAFGSA
This is where I learned to fly with John Williamson (CFI) and friends, in 1961.
For more info see: http://moonrakersglidingclub.blogspot.com/
Bembridge is now open all week for PPR
Bembridge is now open all week for PPR fixed wing and rotary. new website Please see vectis gliding club web site for full details.
Handling agent
A great airport for GA I used ocean sky for handling they are one of the better FBO's on site
Old pics
I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall from 1968 thru 1971 and would love to see pics of the base from that time period I cannot find any of my old pics that I made while i was there, I am planning a trip in the fall to come for a visit this fall after 40 years and I know it has changed since then. My email address is james@hcvso1officer.com, I am a veterans service officer helping veterans with their benefits.
Excellant airport
You have full services ils , fuel car hiire , landing fees reasonable. but does not operate round the clock phone to book in before you arrivfe
Leavesden Aerodrome
I grew up yards from the end of the runway! Fabulous place to grow up. We spent hours as kids with our noses pressed against the fence, watching the comings and goings of the learner pilots, executive jets, helicopters and airships!! Barry Bowles once used it to test his fast car - and we were there watching! We lived a few doors away from Rolls Royce's Press Officer and he let us in. I still remember everything shaking as Concorde did a flypast at an airshow in 1986 - simply amazing and still one of my favourite planes.
From memory - a potted history. It used to be the King George V playing fields, gifted to the people of Watford by the Crown. The land was requisitioned during the First World War and turned into an airfield. The land was then 'given' to Rolls Royce who sold it off in 1994 for profit when they closed down their Small Engine Division and moved production elswhere. The local folk fought the two Councils involved (Three Rivers and Watford Borough) to stop the land sale from going through but were unsuccessful. The deed from the original gifting from the Crown had mysteriously disappeared from County Hall and so ownership of the land couldn't be proved. Very sad.
I no longer live in Leavesden but I still expect to see aircraft landing when I come up Courtlands Drive to get to my parents' house.
Causeway Airfield location
The correct location of Causeway Airfield is N55 03 29.20 W006 35 00.46
Bembridge Airport
Bembridge is now open all week for PPR fixed wing and rotary. Please see vectis gliding club web site for full details.
My time at RAF Heyford
Would like to catch up with you gals and guys darylstew23@yahoo
My time at RAF Heyford
In 1980 I was a 18 year old from Flint, Michigan who was stationed at Heyford as a Security Police (B flt) and recalling great times and memories, would love to catch up with you gals and guys, Daryl Stewart
Runway Designation
FYI, EGSS runways have for the past 1 year plus been redesignated 04/22.
Tried to fill in the missing parts
...Seems as though some of the parts I couldn't find, anyone else care to do it, here is the official airport map for BRR/EGPR... http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadbasic/pamslight-20C1DD9F3B9A28A0588112859BCAF3DD/7FE5QZZF3FXUS/EN/Charts/AD/AIRAC/EG_AD_2_EGPR_2-1_en_2010-10-21.pdf
re: Civilian carriers V Military aircraft
You refer to the DC-10 as an old airframe, and yet you prefer the VC-10, which first flew nearly 50 years ago? I'm willing to bet the DC-10 is *way* more fuel efficient and cheaper to operate. Probably safer too. And according to Wikipedia, the only flying VC-10s are tankers - the rest are there for spare parts.
Wikipedia also says that some of the Tristars passenger/tanker combos, and some of the passenger Tristars have counter measures against ground fire so they are used to fly people into possibly hostile places like Iraq and Afghanistan. So it's not that they don't use the Tristars, just that they don't waste them on moving people around in safe airspaces.
Civilian carriers V Military aircraft
Why do we use Civilian carriers (normally the cheapest bidder, like the recently bust 'Fly Globespan', or the oldest airframes, like Omni Air's DC-10s) when the sides of the runway at Brize are lined with RAF VC-10s and Tristars? What is the point having RAF passenger aircraft if we don't use them regularly?
re: Article on Ashaig Airstrip
Reply to @david:
The url of the English article, mentioned in the first comment, has changed to: aerlines.nl/index.php/2006/finding-on-ashaig-airstrip/
Cheers,
AJ
Great!
Great for spotting, and a great airport to be in while waiting for your flight to depart.. :)
Noise Abatement Procedure
The Airport is located in a very noise sensitive area and a noise and track monitoring system is in use. Pilots are advised to strictly
follow the published Noise Abatement Procedures, unless otherwise instructed by ATC.
Unfortunately there are a lot of violation reports.
I'd not try landing here!
Now a comms station
re: Bedford Castle Mill - gone
The satellite picture corroborates what you said, so I'm marking it closed.
Bedford Castle Mill - gone
This was a lovely aerodrome - now no longer; it has been developed as a gravel pit.
History
While Waltham was founded in 1928 as the de Havilland Flying School. The RAF took it over in 1938, and it served as the home base of the Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II. The field stayed in RAF hands until 1982 (Prince Philip learned to fly here in 1952), and is now home of the West London Aero Club, with ~150 light aircraft based on the field.
Helicopter tours
The airport currently seems to be a base for helicopter tours:
http://tours.pdg-helicopters.co.uk/Skye-helicopter-tours-g.asp?tour=20
A field with lots of character
This is a former RAF base from world war II which is the only one still using the original buildings. The FBO, Far North Aviation, is in the original tower. You feel very much into "Battle of Britain" here. Great service, very friendly, no hassles with the paperwork. A very nice place to land after or before crossing the pond. The approach is a LOC DME and the weather can be low, but even though it's called the Highlands there is nothing solid to hit near the airport. The local scotch (Old Pulteney) is excellent, as is the beer (the Real Mackay).
Fairoaks Airport near Chobham Surrey UK
This is a very busy GA Airport with both Fixed wing and Helicopter traffic.
For many years it Housed the London met police helicopters and recently G-SURY the Surrey
POLICE helicopter was based there but due operational problems has now moved to RAF ODIHAM.
This Airfield is very busy during the Farnborough international Airshow.
For spotters and people wanting more information:
http://fairoaks.110mb.com/unofficial.htm
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/fairoaks/about?hl=en email list open to all
please do not enter Any part of this airfield without permission .
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