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Old 12th Jun 2013, 18:57
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The_Pink_Panther
 
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EGBE

Yep, MJ’s “in a nice interesting way” description is good.

I recall a student out of Conington lining up from the Flying Club on a cross country and having a “did I just hear that?” moment when asked to “move forward to the burnt out aircraft” to do their power checks.
There’s a training aircraft that the fire crew (use to?) use, but the radio call did make me think, “so does this kid understand what he’s been asked or does he think this is Mad Max territory and we judge airfield position by debris?!”

Coventry has it’s own ATC, beneath Brum, with DHL 737s based there, (all of which is enough to make some fair weather flyers I know hot under the collar) but to Coventry’s credit, they are as GA friendly as they come. Approach and Tower are both helpful and accommodating, and are as calm and friendly as a good, local airfield. Not sampled the food, but will have to make a point of trying.
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