What Ever Happened to BCT at Kemble
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Just opened up this enormous thread regarding BTU's antics, makes for quite entertaining reading! (Especially yours Vertiginious). I also used to work 'with' Pawl Shanley and am having quite excellent fun reading all of these posts.
Wonder where/what he's doing now?
Wonder where/what he's doing now?
Two peas sharing the same pod?
The Dutch transmitter is owned and operated by a professional company called ‘Broadcast Partners’, which maintains transmission sites for loads of national, regional and local radio stations in various European countries.
Broadcast Partners have recently switched off the Dutch transmitter due to….
*drum roll*
…. non-payment.
You can read all about it on Digital Spy
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From: Central London
Our little friend is up to his tricks again.
OneGold is up and running online - Page 8 - Radio - Digital Spy Forums
Milking the broadcasting lark again I guess.
OneGold is up and running online - Page 8 - Radio - Digital Spy Forums
Milking the broadcasting lark again I guess.
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
This is the Total Star Radio DJ to whom the flying fox refers:
Whether or not he has any connection with the events described in this thread, I have no idea.
Whether or not he has any connection with the events described in this thread, I have no idea.
Red On, Green On
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From: Between the woods and the water
The Flying Club Kemble "suspends trading"
Plus ca change mais c'est le meme chose
For reference:
THEFLYINGCLUBKEMBLE.COM WHOIS
Updated: 22 seconds ago
Registrant:
Edmund Hewertson
The Old Fire Station,
Kemble Airfield
Kemble, GLOS GL7 6BA
GB
Domain name: THEFLYINGCLUBKEMBLE.COM
Administrative Contact:
Hewertson, Edmund
@flypropstar.com
The Old Fire Station,
Kemble Airfield
Kemble, GLOS GL7 6BA
GB
+44.1285771025
FLYPROPSTAR.COM WHOIS
Registrant:
PropStar Asset Management Ltd
Hangar G2
Kemble Aerodrome
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 5SY
Plus ca change mais c'est le meme chose
For reference:
THEFLYINGCLUBKEMBLE.COM WHOIS
Updated: 22 seconds ago
Registrant:
Edmund Hewertson
The Old Fire Station,
Kemble Airfield
Kemble, GLOS GL7 6BA
GB
Domain name: THEFLYINGCLUBKEMBLE.COM
Administrative Contact:
Hewertson, Edmund
@flypropstar.comThe Old Fire Station,
Kemble Airfield
Kemble, GLOS GL7 6BA
GB
+44.1285771025
FLYPROPSTAR.COM WHOIS
Registrant:
PropStar Asset Management Ltd
Hangar G2
Kemble Aerodrome
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 5SY
Last edited by airborne_artist; 26th November 2011 at 17:22.
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From: the dark side
I came across this website which is very useful for checking background histories of company directors Who runs it?
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From: UK
The members of the club met and hopefully an new "not for profit" club retaining the name, location and equipment will restart operations in the next couple of weeks.
For sure, the emphasis will be on responding to what the members want, reducing the cost per hour, and NOT taking any money up front..
Obviously there needs to be at least a minimum number of members to give the club a stable outlook; the list is being put together now.
Fingers Crossed all will come together soon
For sure, the emphasis will be on responding to what the members want, reducing the cost per hour, and NOT taking any money up front..
Obviously there needs to be at least a minimum number of members to give the club a stable outlook; the list is being put together now.
Fingers Crossed all will come together soon
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From: oxford
The flying club Kemble- now in administration.
Just for information- Pilot Flight Training from Hinton is currently going through all the legals with Cotswold Airport to take on the lease of the old Flying Club Kemble building and to operate from there.
This would be in addition to their other operations and it should be stressed that Pilot Flight Training has nothing to do with either Propstar or The Flying Club Kemble, but WILL be offering free membership to former members of The Flying Club Kemble.
We currently have 4 x PA38s, 4 x C150/152s, 3 x Pa28s, Grob 109, Dimona and a couple of slingsbys. Which aircraft come across to the new operation will depend upon demand.
There is an instructors meeting this friday night to have a chat about the operations. Obviously we already have our own approvals, examiners etc so starting operations should be fairly quick.
Wish us luck. But just to stress- we are nothing to do with the old company in any way!
Safe landings guys.
This would be in addition to their other operations and it should be stressed that Pilot Flight Training has nothing to do with either Propstar or The Flying Club Kemble, but WILL be offering free membership to former members of The Flying Club Kemble.
We currently have 4 x PA38s, 4 x C150/152s, 3 x Pa28s, Grob 109, Dimona and a couple of slingsbys. Which aircraft come across to the new operation will depend upon demand.
There is an instructors meeting this friday night to have a chat about the operations. Obviously we already have our own approvals, examiners etc so starting operations should be fairly quick.
Wish us luck. But just to stress- we are nothing to do with the old company in any way!
Safe landings guys.
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From: Wiltshire, UK
Good to see the facilities will be re-energised. Good luck with your new venture. It will be interesting to see how prices compare to your Hinton operation.
I wondered if the new operation will also have access to the 2-3 aircraft that TFCK had leased - I think these were 2xC152 and 1xPA28?
I wondered if the new operation will also have access to the 2-3 aircraft that TFCK had leased - I think these were 2xC152 and 1xPA28?
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From: UK
Ah the story is long but the outcome is short - nothing happened.
It was deemed not financially viable to run the club as a "not for profit organisation" but, another organisation that was training elsewhere thought to take it on. BUT, they had problems of their own and although planes arrived the club never got off the ground.
By this time much of the support drained away. So the core of the students and qualified members that hired have gone to the Cotswold Flying School Cotswold Flying School Home Page which operates from the tower building.
The premises of the old Kemble Club are still, I believe, vacant.
It was deemed not financially viable to run the club as a "not for profit organisation" but, another organisation that was training elsewhere thought to take it on. BUT, they had problems of their own and although planes arrived the club never got off the ground.
By this time much of the support drained away. So the core of the students and qualified members that hired have gone to the Cotswold Flying School Cotswold Flying School Home Page which operates from the tower building.
The premises of the old Kemble Club are still, I believe, vacant.
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The moral of the story is however quite simple; don't put money up front, its a risky business. The first post asked:
The answer to that is quite simple, they closed down one operation and returned to their core activity. Meanwhile, this thread has picked on one individual, akin to the persecution of witches and achieved nothing as some originally forecast. Nobody ran off with anyone's money, it paid off some of the companies debts, but obviously not all. Hopefully others will learn something from this because it will happen again.
What Ever Happened to BCT at Kemble
