Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:06 pm
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If I only had a red Maule or yellow Cub, like the ones in the front page
TheFarmer wrote::lol:
“PLOUGH”?!!!!
I’ll have you know that’s an intricate directional control device.
Nick wrote:TheFarmer wrote::lol:
“PLOUGH”?!!!!
I’ll have you know that’s an intricate directional control device.
That's what I said PLOUGH!!!! The potatoes are going in tomorrow!
GAFlyer4Fun wrote:Perhaps somewhere like Bournemouth could do a fly-in before the international holiday season kicks off? Hard runway should be long enough for GA types
Plenty of things to do in the local area once the days get more hours of daylight.
PeteSpencer wrote:
I use the monthly voucher nominations as a 'where shall I go next?' prompt.
I usually pay the fee when I get there unless its a freebie by virtue of fuel uplift....................
Charley Farley wrote:I don't know the process for getting / selecting the free landing vouchers in Flyer, but I noticed that all five of them in the January edition are for airfields that have grass runways and some are rather short. That pretty much rules them out for our aircraft. Hard runways are generally the rule for us in the winter months.
I'm sure that some of these airfields would be great to visit in the summer months, when they would be more do-able.
Is there any way that this could be taken into account? We can't be the only ones that struggle with short, grass runways in winter. Or is it just a matter of which airfields (very generously) offer free landings at the time?
SteveX wrote:Exactly Charley. The 'holier than thou, oh look at me paying the fee anyway' I find offensive on here.
rogerb wrote:Idea for flyer club :.
Over the years I have been to a couple of GA type days hosted at various military airfields for various reasons.
Shawbury, Yeovilton and Warton to name but three.
Could one or two of these be organised for the club.
Peter Gristwood wrote:SteveX wrote:Exactly Charley. The 'holier than thou, oh look at me paying the fee anyway' I find offensive on here.
Sorry to have been offensive, but I see it as a contribution towards the airfield operators. Unless a pilot takes on fuel or has a meal in the cafe, the owner gets nothing from a free landing, except the hope the pilot may return.
In the scheme of things, a £5-10 landing fee isn't a great burden and if it helps the income of an airfield, its a price I'm prepared to pay - but that is probaly just virtue signalling