Hi PB
Thanks for taking the time to answer, I'm planning to visit Grimbergen EBGB next week. Rates look good plus joining fee and airfield joining fee aren't bad either.
Airfield joining fee gives you 40 landings for I think it was 140€
thats...*takes socks off, thinks hard passes out from mental effort*...............3.5€ a landing!!!!
Man we have it bad in the UK why is it everything on mainland Europe just better?
Cranfield where I used to fly are charging my old group something like £29 a landing and thats for home based planes!!!!!
Mainland Europe airfields....supported and intergrated into the local community.....UK airfield not supported, NIMBYs everywhere, and turned into housing estates, or like Cranfield feel that they can price GA out of the market.
Who wants to pay nearly £35 as a visitor to go to Cranfield, cafe is s**t!
Hey here is a story, flew once from le Mans after the 24 hour race, asked to move my slot time to a day earlier when leaving, airfield director came and found me and apologised that he might have to hold me for a maximum of 20 mins because of IFR traffic.
Very apologetic he was (and all for the pricely sum of €20)
Dont worry about it said I...bloody cranfield have held me at the hold for 30 mins before waiting to get off inbetween the wantabees! No a word of apology from them as i'm burning fuel, cheeky gits probably would have charged me for the 30 mins extra parking.
Rant over!!!
Think I'll enjoy Brussels, hey Sternone think I've got your MSN right now, will try to get up next weds night and visit the airfield will have my licence and log book on me then as well.
Cheers!!!