Had a great 4 days at the Rally, pity the weather cut the attendance but still almost 1200 aircraft was pretty good and lots of interest to see.
ZA if you wanted the Kemble weather you could always have phoned up, no forecast though, only actuals.
Glad someone spotted the 8 hours out of data weather at departures, most of the time it was within 1-2 hours of what came off the met office site. Getting the weather is a real pain though, it is a pity that the Met Office refuse to come, saying they dont make enough money- seems they sponsor G-VFWE, so dont mind making a loss there! But if whoever suggested it wants to come along next year with their laptop and printer and wireless linkup and volunteer to provide the weather then they will be more than welcome!
Dub Trub, the difference in entry fees for you and your mate were due to the Pilot getting a discount! Yes it would be nice if it was all free, but the money has to come from somewhere!
I see even the £20,000 worth of loos and showers didnt please some! (agree we need a ladies loo at South side Booking in next year!)
Dub Trub also compliments the Kemble ATC, yes, an excellent job was done by ATC as usual, but they arent Kemble ATC, but PFA volunteers from various other places, SATCO from Aberdeen, others from elsewhere.
Good to hear that the AIC procedures work, it is a pity that some people dont follow them though! Agree with Mike that there is too much though, but the CAA keep wanting more things in there- every zone incursion in the UK over the 3 days is the fault of the PFA according to them!
I quite agree that there was not much difference in FFF than the good old PFA Rally, all the good things weve had for years were there, and little of the new stuff promised (much of which had been tried before and discarded over the years) materialised, or was a success. This year there was a "professional" event organiser involved (with the exhibition area), but much of what was promised to be different didnt happen, so it was the same but just a big expense for the PFA and also quite a few P**d off volunteers. hopefully back to normal next year!
Looking forward to the 2006 PFA Rally!