Storm in a teacup. An SH pilot can land pretty much anywhere with the land-owners permission, a phone call to the local plod and the agreement of the auth, who ensures the Grid is in the auth sheet and that some benefit accrues from it.
Going to an unfamiliar field is good practise for 50 ft low level nav, CAD, Tac Climbs / Descents, 5-S recce and suitable approach to the low hover or landing (all of which can be done under an AFG ops scenario...) - and for the whole crew, not just the HP. This field is by all accounts less than 10 minutes flying from Odiham and had the benefit of shifting some noise away from the usual training fields.
Aircraft paid for, hours paid for, crew paid for, legitimate training for the rest of the crew achieved.
Whirls, buy some land, send Odi /Benson Ops the grid (and some nice photos)and wait for your windows to rattle!!
Last edited by Evalu8ter; 20th April 2008 at 20:35.
Reason: bad spulling