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Old 15th Apr 2011, 20:50
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Lets not Knock Kemble

This thread says more about some peoples attitude with regard to aviation than about the "Non Incident".
I have used Kemble for both commercial and "puddle jumping" flights the operation is a model for GA and we are lucky to have such a facility available in the UK.
To fully understand the thankless task of being an airfield operator you have to be one which of course leaves out 99% of pilots.
Not only are you required to operate under the auspicies of the CAA and Europe but then you can add on the quite onerous task of being a target for the local planning authority, the potential cost of which makes the normal regulation fees see almost reasonable.
Kemble have had two "attacks" on their operations (one at Kemble and one at LLanbedr). They survived the local one (at great cost to themselves) but LLanbedr (a potential operation) is still lost to GA at present.
Flying is a community situation and not understanding other peoples operational requirements does not help the system to work,cooperation should be the word, not complaining.
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