80th anniversary of commercial flights to the Isles of Scilly
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Hi RV was not aware of your involvement at LE (no doubt was a peaceful change to auto rotates in the Gazelle!!)
I was a councillor on Penwith DC at the time and I seem to remember that most (if not all) the DCs from the rest of the Duchy sent a member to our meetings. On occasions there was money available for airfield improvement. I tried to use it for a tarmac runway but one of the users vetoed that! Later I was able to get a grant that was used to construct a hangar, which was a vast improvement over the small rickety affair they had previously. Are you still banner towing?
Hi RV was not aware of your involvement at LE (no doubt was a peaceful change to auto rotates in the Gazelle!!)
I was a councillor on Penwith DC at the time and I seem to remember that most (if not all) the DCs from the rest of the Duchy sent a member to our meetings. On occasions there was money available for airfield improvement. I tried to use it for a tarmac runway but one of the users vetoed that! Later I was able to get a grant that was used to construct a hangar, which was a vast improvement over the small rickety affair they had previously. Are you still banner towing?
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one of the current twotters is G-BIHO which i used to handle when it was in service with Brymon! late 1980's
Brymon when they got their new 50 seat Dash-7's they thought about ops to St Marys with those but that never came to fruition - i think one test flight was done
I always thought a Dash 7 would do them well now but then you start to have to bow to security issues (diff rules over 19 pax) both at ISC and Lands End airports which are not in that category and the costs soar
Brymon when they got their new 50 seat Dash-7's they thought about ops to St Marys with those but that never came to fruition - i think one test flight was done
I always thought a Dash 7 would do them well now but then you start to have to bow to security issues (diff rules over 19 pax) both at ISC and Lands End airports which are not in that category and the costs soar
I did one trip to/from ISC in the RHS of a Twotter when ISC was, pretty much, all grass, a still air day so the Captain needed to bounce us to an airborne status before we reached the cliff edge.
Alas I was on duty that July day in 1983 when the BA chopper went in, talking with BA on the ground in ISC was somewhat emotional whilst a Brymon Twotter on the ground at the time in ISC got airborne on search and rescue activities.
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Fire Cover ar Small Airports
One of the financial problems is when the 'operator' also runs the airport.
The cost of fire cover certainly was one of the factors that saw Plymouth's demise, and when the DH6 movements at L-End increased they also had to bite that extra cost bullet,(plus licenced Air Traffic).
PZ Heliport was able to operate with an 'in house' air ground radio service, and a (shared with other duties fire service).
The travelling public do not realise the huge costs that are borne by small airports just to satisfy regulations, it puts a huge financial load on a small operation out of all proportion to the potential revenue stream.
Yo Yo I was at L-End when the Caribou arrived and 'demo'd'. The Piston Radial
element was impressive enough, but when he did a stol landing and 'hit reverse' the dust cloud was awesome.
The cost of fire cover certainly was one of the factors that saw Plymouth's demise, and when the DH6 movements at L-End increased they also had to bite that extra cost bullet,(plus licenced Air Traffic).
PZ Heliport was able to operate with an 'in house' air ground radio service, and a (shared with other duties fire service).
The travelling public do not realise the huge costs that are borne by small airports just to satisfy regulations, it puts a huge financial load on a small operation out of all proportion to the potential revenue stream.
Yo Yo I was at L-End when the Caribou arrived and 'demo'd'. The Piston Radial
element was impressive enough, but when he did a stol landing and 'hit reverse' the dust cloud was awesome.
One example of a Caravan currently flying on scheduled passenger services in EASA land is the Finist'Air operation between Brest and Ouessant (Ushant). The over water distance is only 11 nautical miles compared with the 27 nms between Lands End and St Marys.
I did note that the departing flight I observed climbed in the overhead of the island instead of turning straight on track for the mainland.
I did note that the departing flight I observed climbed in the overhead of the island instead of turning straight on track for the mainland.
