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Old 30th Apr 2010, 09:55
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BugOutWest
 
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Co-operation

Easyjet (and other airlines) frequently operate crew-only positioning flights into Lasham airfield for maintenance, this being the busiest gliding site in the country. Sometimes they do a visual approach, mostly it's an SRA, but except when Farnborough is closed ie roughly 10pm - 7am weekdays or 8pm - 8am weekends, they are operating under at least traffic service. If the operators and their insurance companies are happy with this, then BugOutWest should accept it's not an unusual or dangerous situation.
That sounds like a good bit of co-operation, chevvron.

I should be surprised if that happens around my neck of the woods, though.
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