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Old 20th Jun 2014, 19:50
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Ian Burgess-Barber
 
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harrym

Yet another evocative and detailed account - thank you. I am intrigued by your use of two words for Taten Hill. I did a little bit of flying myself (436 hours on my PPL) and my 'Pooleys Flight Guides' (the Bible for touring light aircraft drivers) always published it as EGBM Tatenhill (one Word). According to my log book I only visited there once, 29/06/1991, no idea why, with my friend Paul, in his PA 28-140 Cherokee. I was pilot (non-flying) on that day, in charge of navigation etc. I recall that we conversed with a gent who was sitting in his personal Harvard on the field and we were awed by his fuel consumption vis-a-vis our little 150 horse power Lycoming engine. As Tatenhill was only 4 or 5 miles from Burton-on-Trent , perhaps he owned a brewery!

Cheers!
Ian B-B

PS After reading your account of Beam Approach Training I think Geoff was lucky to have been spared this torture until the technology became more user friendly!
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