Leading Edge Glasgow (PPL)
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I didn't know Marcus had moved to Balado. That's a shame. I always liked having him about. He's got a good head on his shoulders about flying as well as being a thoroughly nice bloke.
LE have NEVER had a base in Aberdeen, you may be confusing them with a certain defunct operation who did nothing but drag the reputation of flying schools even further into the mud.
The "fun and games" at Perth a year ago was due to the licensee deciding that they didn't want to do it any longer and cutting back. It caused a few issues, but it was all sorted pretty quickly and everything is tickety-boo now.
LE do have a base at each Perth and Cbn. Lots of aircraft, some news ones on stream, others coming on line soon etc. So it's doing well.
Allan who owns LE often posts here, and I can assure you he is an aviation enthusiast. He's passionate about "doing the right thing" and in all my dealings with him, he's about the only genuinely honest flying school owner I've worked with. He's usually trying to do 600 things at once, but amazingly succeeds most of the time. How he keeps up his work rate I have absolutely no idea!
LE have NEVER had a base in Aberdeen, you may be confusing them with a certain defunct operation who did nothing but drag the reputation of flying schools even further into the mud.
The "fun and games" at Perth a year ago was due to the licensee deciding that they didn't want to do it any longer and cutting back. It caused a few issues, but it was all sorted pretty quickly and everything is tickety-boo now.
LE do have a base at each Perth and Cbn. Lots of aircraft, some news ones on stream, others coming on line soon etc. So it's doing well.
Allan who owns LE often posts here, and I can assure you he is an aviation enthusiast. He's passionate about "doing the right thing" and in all my dealings with him, he's about the only genuinely honest flying school owner I've worked with. He's usually trying to do 600 things at once, but amazingly succeeds most of the time. How he keeps up his work rate I have absolutely no idea!
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Still in the Glasgow AIP entry as of today and in the next AIRAC cycle (valid from 28 Sept) so no sign of 09/27 being closed just yet.
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I believe runway 27/09 is out of use now, so your stuck on the same runway as the big boys
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I believe runway 27/09 is out of use now, so your stuck on the same runway as the big boys
Still in the Glasgow AIP entry as of today and in the next AIRAC cycle (valid from 28 Sept) so no sign of 09/27 being closed just yet.
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I believe runway 27/09 is out of use now, so your stuck on the same runway as the big boys
Still in the Glasgow AIP entry as of today and in the next AIRAC cycle (valid from 28 Sept) so no sign of 09/27 being closed just yet.
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It may not be closed yet then but they certainly don't allow its use for takeoff/landing right now unless I heard incorrectly.
I'm sure others from glasgow will be able confirm this but im pretty sure its going out of use in the very near future and they are already denying its use.
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Keeping runways is incompatible with their core business activity which is to sell over-expensive tat in their shopping malls. They'd get rid of 05/23 as well if they could continue to sell said tat.
I always used to enjoy seeing ATP's, SAAB's, even the odd Q400 and UGSAS making a 27 approach over the city. Liked to think they were making a point to BAA rather than really having to due to the wind
I always used to enjoy seeing ATP's, SAAB's, even the odd Q400 and UGSAS making a 27 approach over the city. Liked to think they were making a point to BAA rather than really having to due to the wind
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I too have just moved to Scotland, having been living in Stirling for two months now. As such Cumbernauld has become my local airfield and after two years of no flying activity, today I was checked out in Leading Edge's new Acher III at Cumbernauld and have also been cleaed to fly their Tomahawk / Cessna 152 fleet.
I personally chose LE as I had met one of their instructors through a friend who used to fly with them. He's also (one of) their examiners and is a thoroughly nice guy and a pleasure to fly with.
The school seems to be well run and very frienly (the club reminds me of the school I originally learnt to fly at in Cardiff). They don't try to extract more cash than necessary from ones wallet, in fact quite the opposite although it ain't like the old days when AVGAS cost .75p per litre as well as NVQ's being available for budding career pilots... ah they were the days.
However I have no knowledge of any other clubs in Scotland and am sure they are all prett good around these parts of the country.
I learnt to fly at Cardiff where we enjoy full ATC 24 hours a day with Class D airspace etc. This does help when it comes to communicating with ATC but I don't think you'd go too wrong with flying from Cumbernauld as the airfield is sandwiched between the two big airports with ATC being very accommodating and friendly on both sides.
I personally chose LE as I had met one of their instructors through a friend who used to fly with them. He's also (one of) their examiners and is a thoroughly nice guy and a pleasure to fly with.
The school seems to be well run and very frienly (the club reminds me of the school I originally learnt to fly at in Cardiff). They don't try to extract more cash than necessary from ones wallet, in fact quite the opposite although it ain't like the old days when AVGAS cost .75p per litre as well as NVQ's being available for budding career pilots... ah they were the days.
However I have no knowledge of any other clubs in Scotland and am sure they are all prett good around these parts of the country.
I learnt to fly at Cardiff where we enjoy full ATC 24 hours a day with Class D airspace etc. This does help when it comes to communicating with ATC but I don't think you'd go too wrong with flying from Cumbernauld as the airfield is sandwiched between the two big airports with ATC being very accommodating and friendly on both sides.
