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Old 30th Dec 2016, 19:29
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andytug
 
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Originally Posted by Above The Clouds
For GA Woodvale is a dead duck; there is certainly no flying school but a private hangar that due to RAF rules only allows a maximum of 12 aircraft to be based there and doesn't allow training or any commercial activity, so its near on impossible to get a hangar space as any that do arise are offered to other syndicate members within the hangar first.
Interesting stuff. That's an awful lot of land (presumably valuable for building given the proximity to Southport) being used for just a dozen planes. Given defence cuts imminent may not stay that way?
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