Manchester Low Level Corridor
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I am always amazed at the skewed thinking of the extremely risk averse.
They eschew a perfectly safe LLR with a spotless record, yet are happy to sit behind a single rattly old piston engine, sometimes over water, sometimes over un-landable land, rather than insist on a perf 'A' anti-iced fully instrumented multi turbine!
They eschew a perfectly safe LLR with a spotless record, yet are happy to sit behind a single rattly old piston engine, sometimes over water, sometimes over un-landable land, rather than insist on a perf 'A' anti-iced fully instrumented multi turbine!
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Recently in that area to and from London area to Mull VFR.. No need to use it.
On the way up no problem with Liverpool -Warton at 2500ft.
On the way back already at FL80 over Lake District and Man cleared us WAL- Shawbury at that level.
On the way up no problem with Liverpool -Warton at 2500ft.
On the way back already at FL80 over Lake District and Man cleared us WAL- Shawbury at that level.
Call them up quite a bit in advance as often you have to Stand By and Remain Clear while other traffic is dealt with - but they do always get back to you 
If departing Barton then turning south I'd do so ASAP.
Know the ground points, such as the towns, as instructions for reporting points etc may refer to those.
If departing Barton then turning south I'd do so ASAP.Know the ground points, such as the towns, as instructions for reporting points etc may refer to those.
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I advised Manchester the first time I flew up the corridor and told them it was my first time. They kindly gave me a unique frequency and kept in touch, even introducing us to a large aircraft coming into land just above us.
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I've flown into Manchester GA a few times and there is a special GA route in when you tend to circle over some flats and then they would announce "come in now as quickly as possible" or words to that effect. Usually you were called in when just turning away from the landing direction. But this is an interesting option.
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I've flown into Manchester GA a few times and there is a special GA route in when you tend to circle over some flats and then they would announce "come in now as quickly as possible" or words to that effect. Usually you were called in when just turning away from the landing direction. But this is an interesting option.
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I've flown into Manchester GA a few times and there is a special GA route in when you tend to circle over some flats and then they would announce "come in now as quickly as possible" or words to that effect. Usually you were called in when just turning away from the landing direction. But this is an interesting option.
When I was flying a 172 regularly into Manchester it was usually from the north. I remember in the 1980s coming in one Sunday evening from a meat bombing session at Burscough and being held around the Sale Water Park area (right base for 24 as it was then). There was a controller at MAN with a particularly laconic delivery, and he was on 'Tower' that day.
"Tango Sierra", he transmitted in ever such a laid back fashion, "your traffic is a Trident on a 3 mile final. Nip in behind it".
Happy days!
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That's the route in from Congleton via Macclesfield and Woodford, holding over Handforth flats.
When I was flying a 172 regularly into Manchester it was usually from the north. I remember in the 1980s coming in one Sunday evening from a meat bombing session at Burscough and being held around the Sale Water Park area (right base for 24 as it was then). There was a controller at MAN with a particularly laconic delivery, and he was on 'Tower' that day.
"Tango Sierra", he transmitted in ever such a laid back fashion, "your traffic is a Trident on a 3 mile final. Nip in behind it".
Happy days!
When I was flying a 172 regularly into Manchester it was usually from the north. I remember in the 1980s coming in one Sunday evening from a meat bombing session at Burscough and being held around the Sale Water Park area (right base for 24 as it was then). There was a controller at MAN with a particularly laconic delivery, and he was on 'Tower' that day.
"Tango Sierra", he transmitted in ever such a laid back fashion, "your traffic is a Trident on a 3 mile final. Nip in behind it".
Happy days!
Slight topic change but I did my IMC with the Manchester School of Flying based there-they have disappeared now. Pat (my wife) started doing her PPL with them but it proved so expensive as landing fees were added as well as the time circling waiting to get in. I remember one lesson that came to over £400 for the session
and that was a number of years ago.
