Remember Hucknall 2004, IT'S BACK!

[Flyboynick]

HUCKNALL AIRFIELD, NOTTINGHAM
SATURDAY 20th AUGUST 2005
PFA ROBIN HOOD FLY IN

This Forum did us proud last year at the Robin Hood Fly In when 160 of you descended on our cracking Nottinghamshire Airfield (the former Rolls Royce Flight Test Establishment) and raised loads of money for Cancer Research


Everyone welcome, Free Landings, Aerial competitions, Food and refreshments available, Stalls and displays, Camping available overnight

Please come and support a great established fly and meet some friends old and new.

They'll PPRUNE gathering at the base of the windsock at 13:00 I'd like to put some faces to some of those usernames!!

Hope to see as many of you there as possible on the 20th and this year we've mown lots more parking areas!!!!.

Happy Landings

Nick

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Having flown in to your open day on 25th June (excellent!), I've got the Citabria booked for 20th August.

Fingers crossed for good WX!

SSD

[Flyboynick]

It looks like the weather gods may be kind to us this Saturday. Does anyone else fancy coming or is it just me and SSD.
You're all more than welcome!!!! No PPR just turn up and call us up on Hucknall Radio 130.8.

Nick

[ozplane]

I hope to be there if the Airtourer behaves. With the newish East Midlands airspace, do EM prefer a call or (like Stansted) are they happy for you to transit from the South below 1500 feet?

[Flyin'Dutch']

ALthough a fair few forumites will visit both here and on the flyer forums, you may want to repeat this announcement on their Fly Ins page:

http://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=3caa390e8ce5bf077602a85d209b42a8

[Mark 1]

Ozplane,

EMA (castledon, nottingham/derby/...???) are usually most amenable to a transit.
Most commonly it will be E of the M1 below 2000' (Shepshed & Long Eaton lanes), and you may need to hold/adjust for final approach stuff, but generally straightforward.

Following the Fosseway to the East at 1499' is always an option.

I hope to be there in the RV in the morning.

[Dusty_B]

I've got a one-way ticket to Hucknall on Saturday in an aircraft that is staying overnight. I unfortunately, need to be back at work early Sunday morning...

So am trying to hitch a lift back home again, if anyone has a spare seat!

My destination is Enstone (Oxfordshire). Cost sharing expected (unless it's a huge thirsty beast... might need to talk to the bank manager first!).

Cheers all. :ok:

[ozplane]

Thanks for the "heads-up" Mark 1. The local 5-day forecast has changed through 180 degrees and is now forecasting heavy showers instead of CAVOK. I guess we'll get what we see on Saturday morning.

[Mariner9]

Mrs M9 and I hope to attend in our Pioneer 300, subject to Wx of course.

Forecast for Saturday seems to be changing by the hour :*

[EastMids]

With the newish East Midlands airspace, do EM prefer a call or (like Stansted) are they happy for you to transit from the South below 1500 feet?

My experience is that they're usually happier if they know who you are and what you're up to even if you're not planning on going into their airspace. EMA do seem to get some zone busts these days and whilst they seem to be fairly relaxed about most of them its still better not to do it - beware the new airspace if you only "think" you know it, especially as upper airspace now extends right up to the EGNA ATZ.

As has already been said, EMA also are accommodating to transits when that's possible - most direct route from the south would be through the Shepshed/Long Eaton lanes as mentioned - but if you go up the east side beneath the class delta I suggest you give them a call anyway once past Leicester AD or west abeam Leicester city if you're that side (up to then talking to Coventry may be wise given the possibility of 737s in the open FIR). Routing to the east, EMA may well give you a squawk and often ask for a call east abeam the extended centreline. A couple of other thoughts - if you do go up the east side, beware Nottingham/Tollerton's ATZ at the north east corner of EMA's airspace, and I'd also suggest that routing from vicinity of Tollerton direct to Hucknall could be difficult to justify in a single!

Andy

[ozplane]

Thanks for the info EastMids. all good stuff. I take your point about the direct track from Nottingham to Hucknall, what is the recommendation on that bit of airspace?

[Mark 1]

Ozplane,

If you're heading up the East side, simply follow round the edge of Nottingham and eventually you'll see Hucknall.
If you reach the M1 you've gone too far.
Keep clear of Langar, they'll probably be meat-bombing.

See you there.

[ozplane]

Many thanks Mark1. The weather forecast has changed AGAIN and it looks as though it's a goer. Fingers crossed.

[Flyboynick]

Yes it does look a goer. All the wind and rain from the slow moving front came thru Thursday night. We've been at the airfield all day today preparing and its been glorious in the sunshine believe it or not. The whole airfield has dried out a treat and the runways and taxiways are in excellent condition for you all.
The 18 hour TAF for East Midlands reads as follows:-
EGNX 191600Z 200018 31010KT 9999 SCT030 PROB30 TEMPO 0309 8000 BKN014

Perfect for Runway 29, 865 metres of level,short dry grass!!!

Hope to see as many of you there tomorrow. There's a warm welcome waiting and some great food.

Happy Landings

Nick

[ozplane]

Just got back from Hucknall and I must congratulate the organisers on a very well run Fly-In. Interesting selection of aircraft and I hope the Cancer Research ladies did well from the non-appearance of the burger van. East Midlands were very helpful with a transit of their zone, so all in all a very good day. Only slight disappointment was the non-appearance of ppruners at the windsock at 1300 but I did meet "Taildragger" so that was a bonus.

[javelin]

And what happened to the competions and PFA involvement ?

Enjoyed myself, great tea and lunch, glad no one was there from PFA Engineering, might have said something I would have regretted !

Lovely trip back on top, pint, home in time for tea - Marvellous !

[EastMids]

Thanks Nick, great flyin even if I was only able to stay on the ground for 45 minutes!

But "Wot, no burger van!!!" :confused: :{

East Midlands approach sounded busy with transits, so busy in fact the very rarely used "East Midlands director" seemed to be active for vectoring the commercial inbounds - quite a surprise!

Hope the flyin went well for everyone and here's to next year's - as long as the burger van comes back! ;)

Andy

[Small Rodent Driver]

Great day out.

Thanks to all involved.:D

[Flyboynick]

Thanks to everybody who turned up and made it a great day. We had 130 aircraft on the ground and raised £900!! for Cancer Research. Apologies for the non appearance of the burger van (it was booked but just didn't turn up!!!), thank goodness we had the food from the Cancer Research ladies.
As to the non appearance of the PFA, I'm afraid it was only the East Midland Strut of the PFA that were running it, well six of us in truth (I wasn't able to do anything else on the field except marshalling), and so we didn't have anybody from Turweston. I must say though that at some parts of the day it did feel like a scaled down PFA Rally.

Nick

[javelin]

Tip for next year, put the Monarch cutlery and Excalibur napkins on Ebay, raise more money for cancer research and get some cheap plastic forks from Asda.

P.s. Did I win the spot landing in my Citabria ?