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Old 2nd April 2003 | 20:22
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david viewing
 
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From: Daventry UK
Trim, about 15mi W of Dublin airport, is a private strip and offers the invariably friendly Irish welcome to visitors.

On my first trip there, I had the co-ordinates in the GPS, a hand off from Dublin radar saying it was 12 O'clock 2 miles and a frequency to call which was immediately answered.

The response to my call was something like "G-XXXX, have you in sight, suggest you turn south and follow the river about 2 miles". 2 Miles later, no sign of field, town of Trim coming up, something not right here... so call again "negative field in sight"

A short pause, then "G-XXXX - you are the blue and white Cessna?" Nope - no wonder I couldn't find the field!

(All Irish airfields are PPR and some are very hard to spot. The owner will often give you landmarks, like the Boyne river in the case of Trim)
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