In a thread started here today, about flying in Cheshire, one of our highly esteemed members - SSD - coined a phrase "Cheshire is a bit of a GA desert" which got me thinking.......
I live in North Cheshire just a few minutes from EGCC Manchester Airport. In fact the PA-28 group I joined there was recently asked to leave thus ending all light aircraft activity. Shaggy's comment got me thinking - if I bought something like a Beech 36 Bonanza, I would have nowhere to fly it from within a 1 hour drive from home. Although 44 years ago I started flying at EGCB Barton (now City airport) it isn't really a suitable base for such a type thus the next nearest fields would be Liverpool or Blackpool. Chester Hawarden is even further away.....
Is it not time to call for the creation of a North Cheshire/Manchester GA field with facilities such as a 1000m hard runway with lights and GPS approaches?
Over......