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Old 11th December 2005 | 16:31
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Genghis the Engineer
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I recall having a PFL sprung on me doing a currency check in a PA28 out of Thruxton once. I was at a good height and in sight of my microlight club (410m with a gap in the hedge and flat field at the other end), so I set up on long finals for it.

The group A instructor was rather surprised - it seems he didn't know it was there!


On the other hand, at the same strip we used to regularly get PFLs, missed approaches and even touch-and-goes, all by microlights from the same school a few miles away. They never asked for permission, and never paid a landing fee - which with restricted movements and noise sensitivities did nothing for inter-club relations. In the end we had to formally ask that school to stay at-least a mile from our runway unless they were landing on it - unfortunate and messy.


Anyhow, do let us know what comes out of any comms with the club CFIs Madam.B, would be interesting to know.

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