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Old 21st Dec 2010, 10:05
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BEagle
 
Join Date: May 1999
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Could be the last?, Service Flying Clubs most assuredly do NOT get priority over any Service need - neither do they receive 'subsidised fuel'. No Service resources (e.g. empty hangars) may be used unless they're not being used for anything else. The rules governing navigation, landing, parking and housing fees are very specific, so there should be no 'free loaders' these days.

We used to have to move our aircraft out of the Air Movs hangar every time the aux movers needed to conduct any training -which was a complete pain. So we managed to buy an old canvas hangar.

One of our civilian members (who did subsidise servicemen's flying) once tripped over when pulling an aeroplane out of the hangar and clouted himself on the door anchor. So we asked the RAF trauma truck to take a look at him...."You're a civilian, 'smorethanmyjobsworth" was the helpful comment.
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