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Old 9th January 2005 | 12:18
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WX Man
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Thanks for that flowman.

I was working on getting the best price for a charter on behalf of the Rotary club of Helston, Cornwall. Anyway, the price was prohibitive in this case - even if the route charges *were* waived.

Very frustrating actually. You've got 1000 boxes of emergency relief aid (about 58 tonnes) sitting in a warehouse in Corwall, earmarked for airfreight to Columbo. The last I heard was that they managed to get 200 boxes onto a flight for free. Also my contact there was working on getting the RAF to do some of it.

I'd love to get out there and do relief aid flying into bush strips in Indonesia. Have pilot's licence (JAA and FAA CPL/IR, 650h 100ME) will travel...
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