Light single into Gatwick?
Has anyone flown a light aircraft into Gatwick before?
Comments/experiences would be appreciated.
When I exported a Prentice I had to clear Customs at Gatwick. ATC held light aircraft orbiting just East of Redhill at 2000' and then told you to go for it direct to the threshold, turn in at 50', get down and get off the runway quick, when there was a gap in the landing sequence.
Departure was announced by a friendly lady in the terminal as "Bureimi Airways Flight No 1, boarding now."
Still, that was 1967. More gaps in traffic then, I guess. Good controllers too.
PS I don't know about Gipsy Queen, but I solved the Prentice oiling-up while idling problem by doing the mag check only when well into the climb after take-off. OK over land, but always a nervous moment over water.....and mine was well equipped too; it had a 4 channel radio behind the pilot's seat, and I had 70 crystals for it. Changing frequency meant changing crystals by feel, and re-tuning the aerial with a bulb and a piece of wire, also by feel.