Adding to that, and at risk of stating the blindingly obvious, given the students here are at Cranfield - this is a large airfield, as as well as a university. The place is full of pilots, so getting a pilot opinion shouldn't be difficult.
Slightly more difficult will be finding a pilot whose opiinions are worth listening to, and can articulate them well enough to be useful to you. However, they'll exist at Cranfield somewhere, and it's a worthwhile challenge!
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