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Do not jest, there may well be one in the hangar.
Helicopter ops bring Reports do they not? Or was that the seaplane again
Must be time for the second terminal, is not time for the annual Euro budget round? Another £9m please things got busier, wot with 3 charters bring 45 souls in.
Helicopter ops bring Reports do they not? Or was that the seaplane againMust be time for the second terminal, is not time for the annual Euro budget round? Another £9m please things got busier, wot with 3 charters bring 45 souls in.
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Not everyone arriving by aircraft
Anyway, I'm sure the Council will have marketed the airport to charter operators who can use the reduced distances, and they direct any inquiries to those operators.
As to the various posts re aircraft types:
1) clearly Do228 has no problem with the reduced distances
2) J41? With a departure on 01 (TODA/ASDA 1064 metres) and engine failure at V1, doing an immediate left turn once airborne to avoid the hill? I'd love to see a J41 Operations Manual that allows that.
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The Coooncil
The honorable gentleman did not realise that OBAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT had the full resources of Argyll cooncil marketing department on hand for just such matters.
Indeed valued resources were pulled from the 'Lets Get The Fuel Operator Out' marketing team, to 'Lets attempt some larger charter operators who operate Dorniers
Indeed valued resources were pulled from the 'Lets Get The Fuel Operator Out' marketing team, to 'Lets attempt some larger charter operators who operate Dorniers
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Or, they could woo some charter operator that doesn't have the right kind of aircraft but might buy some in future. Oh no sorry I forgot, they tried that.
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If you build it, they will come.
Perhaps if ABC were not so cash strapped at the moment they would already have constructed a 1,200 place car park and a 300 bed hotel beside their International Airport.
Obviously they don't need all that infrastructure at Oban just now, but that's what is holding the local economy back. Once the hotel and car parking complex is in place, the West of Scotland will become the new Docklands, or something.
The investment in the Airport will spur aircraft designers on to great things and it is surely only a few years until we see 150 seat jets capable of operating from what's left of the runway.
Obviously they don't need all that infrastructure at Oban just now, but that's what is holding the local economy back. Once the hotel and car parking complex is in place, the West of Scotland will become the new Docklands, or something.
The investment in the Airport will spur aircraft designers on to great things and it is surely only a few years until we see 150 seat jets capable of operating from what's left of the runway.
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A little less conversation,
a little more aviation...
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Tricky....very tricky.
On the one hand, the thrill of seeing one of these magnificent creatures on the wing, in the natural splendour of the islands, is a powerful force in bringing visitors to the area, and all of the associated benefits to the island economy.
On the other hand....Tobermory-Fried Sea Eagle - tender pieces of free-range Sea Eagle, lovingly coated in a secret blend of herbs and spices, and then deep-fried in lard produced from local cattle....mmmmmmmmmmmm. Scrumptious.
I remember flying a sea eagle off my arm on a falconry course once. Fascinating beast, and huge, with very sharp talons.
But carrying off a child? No, just not big enough. And there's plenty of experience to know that birds of prey are quite capable of staying out of the way of light aeroplanes - just come and fly out of Booker, with its large local population of only slightly smaller Red Kites, to see that.
(Yes, okay, a newborn lamb weighs about the same as a newborn child, but lambs are wandering about on their own immediately, humans are much bigger before they are doing that.)
And I think if I lived within a community supported by a mix of agriculture and tourism, I'd be celebrating anything that brings tourists and lives off rabbits !
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But carrying off a child? No, just not big enough. And there's plenty of experience to know that birds of prey are quite capable of staying out of the way of light aeroplanes - just come and fly out of Booker, with its large local population of only slightly smaller Red Kites, to see that.
(Yes, okay, a newborn lamb weighs about the same as a newborn child, but lambs are wandering about on their own immediately, humans are much bigger before they are doing that.)
And I think if I lived within a community supported by a mix of agriculture and tourism, I'd be celebrating anything that brings tourists and lives off rabbits !
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Hmmm, Sea Eagles
Seems they nipped over to Oban and nicked some of the fire cover! Reducing to Cat 1 I believe.
Airport operation going out to tender apparently so that'll increase the dole queue.
Airport operation going out to tender apparently so that'll increase the dole queue.
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Hope this is NOTAMed. Can't have visitors' babies being wheechted away from terrified Mums and Dads as soon as they step out of the family Cessna upon arrival on the ramp at the airport (sic) eh
WTF indeed
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WTF indeed
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Can't have visitors' babies being wheechted away from terrified Mums and Dads as soon as they step out of the family Cessna upon arrival on the ramp at the airport
This will also have the added bonus of preventing customers from going to the refueller for unauthorised jammy dodgers, rather than reporting directly to the airport jobsworths as mandated in their AIP entry, wouldn't need hi-viz then either
. You would think they would actually be able to spell the word "airpoRt" though, wouldn't you.
EGEO AD 2.20 — LOCAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
1. Airport Regulations
c. High visibility jackets mandatory whilst airside.
d. All arriving Crew/Passengers must walk directly to the terminal and report their intentions to Oban airpot staff. Directions will be given to those
needing to proceed elsewhere airside. No persons will be permitted to walk across the apron area unless heading directly to/from aircraft via
the terminal building.
e. All Crew/Passengers walking from H1 and H2 are required to use the designated walkway to/from the terminal. No persons will be permitted to
walk across the apron area.
1. Airport Regulations
c. High visibility jackets mandatory whilst airside.
d. All arriving Crew/Passengers must walk directly to the terminal and report their intentions to Oban airpot staff. Directions will be given to those
needing to proceed elsewhere airside. No persons will be permitted to walk across the apron area unless heading directly to/from aircraft via
the terminal building.
e. All Crew/Passengers walking from H1 and H2 are required to use the designated walkway to/from the terminal. No persons will be permitted to
walk across the apron area.