I am normally fairly relaxed about ppr, especially with the wet weather we’ve had, I don’t strongly object to a quick phone call to check the airfield is open and hard runways are available or the grass is useable.
So today I called up Sywell (having not seen this thread) they said the hard runway wasn’t available but the grass was good. Great
I was then told I’d need to complete a form for the ppr. I presumed this was an online form, so no problem ... but no, it’s a paper form that needs to be downloaded from the website, printed, completed and then returned via email.
I explained that I was at a farm strip, with no printing facilities but I’d be happy to put the same information as requested on the form in an email and to my surprise was told “no”. The form
has to be printed, which is utterly ridiculous.
I’ve been into Sywell many times in the past, so I’ve no idea what’s behind these changes but I won’t be visiting again if it requires me to carry a printed form.
On the plus side, I decided to go to Spanhoe instead and happily paid the landing fee (despite the Flyer voucher) and couldn’t have received a warmer welcome. That was followed by a quick hop to Turweston for a Belgian bun and a coffee. Again a fantastic airfield which was extremely busy.
So what's behind the changes at Sywell?