RAF St. MAWGAN
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delayed ..... probably until after Christmas
The re-opening has been delayed due to groundworks on the runoff areas, not smooth enough for the CAA.
Seemed to be acceptable when it was an MDA and we had half the worlds pax in due to fog everywhere else.
Oh, and another thing .. the delay in preparing for the CAA certification was due to time limits imposed on contractors by the RAF
allegedly. Poxy politicians.
Still, its nice and quiet without those pesky passenger craft about.
Seemed to be acceptable when it was an MDA and we had half the worlds pax in due to fog everywhere else.
Oh, and another thing .. the delay in preparing for the CAA certification was due to time limits imposed on contractors by the RAF
allegedly. Poxy politicians.Still, its nice and quiet without those pesky passenger craft about.
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I find that hard to believe. When I last spoke to aircrew at SM (before they left) they said they had to bend over backwards to fit everything around civil operations, so it seems a bit unlikely that they would put any restrictions on civil contractors. More like the dumb council trying to shift blame again methinks.
Had a fantastic start to my flying career in 1986 and the best days of my life flying for "the third division south". Moving from Donny to Newquay was all part of the early adult-hood education which helped.
We always had to do the dets that ISK were unable to as we had the best ground crew that the Nimrod fleet could offer, and a leadership that insisted on work hard, play hard (RC). Fantastic.
Sad to leave it in 1992 when we gave up the newly surfaced 9000 x 300 ft runway to the runway-hungry Sea King fleet. Hope there was also a leaving doo for the table tennis club who had the luxury of utilizing all the newly build HASs.
THANKS to all you Newquay folk: You were ( and still are) the kindest and most easy going people that I have, to date, lived among. Best wishes and hope RBC don't **** up this opporunity????.
Tim. If you are the TM I once had knew as a NLF guy then best wishes.
We always had to do the dets that ISK were unable to as we had the best ground crew that the Nimrod fleet could offer, and a leadership that insisted on work hard, play hard (RC). Fantastic.
Sad to leave it in 1992 when we gave up the newly surfaced 9000 x 300 ft runway to the runway-hungry Sea King fleet. Hope there was also a leaving doo for the table tennis club who had the luxury of utilizing all the newly build HASs.
THANKS to all you Newquay folk: You were ( and still are) the kindest and most easy going people that I have, to date, lived among. Best wishes and hope RBC don't **** up this opporunity????.
Tim. If you are the TM I once had knew as a NLF guy then best wishes.
