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Old 18th April 2012 | 10:53
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Genghis the Engineer
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Not aimed at anybody in particular, just a general comment. And it was about landing fees.

I learned many years ago at Old Sarum where a membership fee got me all of my landing fees. I often fly and occasionally instruct at Cranfield where the same is still true - £125pa and all my landings are covered. Cranfield is a busy airport with plenty to stretch anybody.

Occasionally I'll take a student to Enstone where they can do circuits all day for £25, which seems reasonably affordable.


I do agree that any pilot should ideally be comfortable at both a busy towered airport, and at a non-radio farmstrip, and most points in between. I also know a few microlight pilots who are terrified of going anywhere that's likely to require any meaningful radio use, but also have come across a number of GA pilots who regard a non-radio short grass strip as a completely unnecessary and stupid risk.

Both are being unnecessarily paranoid. But without training that covers both, how are they supposed to understand that?

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