A reminder. Only 5 days to go to Duxford bonus day

[Chris Royle]

Tickets and fly in slots for the AOPA IWM Bonus Day on Saturday Septemeber 10th are going fast, so if you are thinking of going, best get your booking in NOW!

The day's programme (11.30 am to 4.00 pm) is looking like this;
1130 -- 1215 Cliff Whittaker - CAA FCL - “A guide through the flight crew licensing minefield”
1215 – 1300 Questions / discussion with Cliff
1300 – 1400 Lunch / free time for a quick look around
1400 – 1445 Dawn Lindsey - CAA DAP, Mike Tetlow, Sian Ryan RAF on "Olympic Airspace"
1445 – 1515 Questions / discussion with Dawn, Mike and Sian
1515 – 1530 Questions / discussions with Martin Robinson CEO AOPA UK
1530 - 1600 AOPA Awards Presentation
Please see my previous post and the AOPA web site [url]aopa.co.uk[/url] for more details and to book a place.
AOPA members and non members are welcome to this event.
You are strongly encouraged to book your ticket and a landing slot as soon as possible as demand for places is high.
Looking forward to seeing you at Duxford on Saturday September 10th

[DavidC]

Aircraft booked, landing slot bought, airfield instructions downloaded, weather forecast being watched closely...

Tricky questions being prepared

Having not been to a large event like this before, what's it like when everyone wants to leave at 1600 or thereabouts? I won't need fuel, but is it likely that we'll be queuing up with 100 other aircraft to depart at the same time. Or should I plan to hang around and not expect to thinkg about leaving until say 1700?

I'm guessing that AFIS won't sequence aircraft by insisting we request start approval like at major airports...

[alanevans]

We still have slots available for 10th September:

As at this morning the slot situation was:
0930 1000 3 slots available
1000 -1015 Full
1015 - 1100 7 slots available
After 11 - good availability, except:
1200 - 1215 Full

Bonus Day visitors not attending the AOPA event are welcome to arrive after 11.30. These visitors should PPR in the normal way to the tower 01223 833376.

Don't wait to see the weekend weather before you book - it's not necessary. If the weather is bad and you don't fly, you can claim a refund of the landing fee.

DavidC: Anybody needing fuel should tell us on first radio call, so we park you in the best place. Departures tend to be self-sequencing by the way aircraft move from parking onto the taxiway. In the late afternoon there are very few new arrivals. It tends to be the Classic Wings Tiger Moths and Rapides going up and down. With a little bit of goodwill and patience, we can get everybody away reasonably quickly.

Alan.