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Old 16th Sep 2009, 06:28
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Leeds - be careful you'll spend 30 mins waiting to land
Oh YAWN.

Usually people who say stuff like that have never been to Leeds. You'll get the occasional instance where the odd orbit might be required to counter for wake turbulance from a jet, but if you avoid the rush hour it's rare. More frequent is the "G-XX, keep it tight you're number 1" at which point you get to firewall everything, divebomb at the runway, drop the anchors at 200ft and do a nice little landing to zip off at the high speed exit (FKA Runway 27). My favourite type of approach.

Yes, there's a handling fee. Yes, the landing will be over £20. Yes, there's a very good cafe, extensive executive facilities and flight planning available in the rather luxurious crew room. Personally I'd rather spend my day hopping around a load of small grass strips, but if you want to go there, call and get a price then make your own decision.
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