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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Age: 52
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Well, I have to give my home field Lydd a prop. The tower is always very friendly and helpful. And calm even under high workloads. Taking the time asking arriving strangers if they need fuel and stuff (I know it's in their interest, but still). The cafe food is not amazing, but it will do the job.
Bembridge - only been once but they were rather friendly. And cheap.
Damyns Hall - really nice little airstrip close to London. Cheap and friendly and in the weeks very quiet. I recommend it for visits to London.
Did a cross country to Santa Barbara recently and the controller there went out of his way to help a non-native English speaker and US rookie like myself to copy his (for me) complicated clearance. He really took his time, slowed the R/T down and looked out for me. Nice people - hats off.
Bembridge - only been once but they were rather friendly. And cheap.
Damyns Hall - really nice little airstrip close to London. Cheap and friendly and in the weeks very quiet. I recommend it for visits to London.
Did a cross country to Santa Barbara recently and the controller there went out of his way to help a non-native English speaker and US rookie like myself to copy his (for me) complicated clearance. He really took his time, slowed the R/T down and looked out for me. Nice people - hats off.
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: london
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I last flew into Compton Abbass about 1982 - nice clean tidy field - excellent restaurant.
Around the same time - when Biggin Hill was virtually just private and club
(no noisy jets) I went with my small son into Biggins pilots cafe and purchased tea and lemonade. As I moved to take our tray over to a table Mary (the owner) shoved a tray of cakes towards my little son
saying " Here we are have one of these".
What I nice lady I thought as my son thanked her for the jam tart.
As we got up to leave this voice bellowed out for all to hear
"Hey you havnt paid for the cake" !
Around the same time - when Biggin Hill was virtually just private and club
(no noisy jets) I went with my small son into Biggins pilots cafe and purchased tea and lemonade. As I moved to take our tray over to a table Mary (the owner) shoved a tray of cakes towards my little son
saying " Here we are have one of these".
What I nice lady I thought as my son thanked her for the jam tart.
As we got up to leave this voice bellowed out for all to hear
"Hey you havnt paid for the cake" !
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Middle England
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Carlisle - super all day breakfast
Wellesbourne - super all day breakfast
Shobdon - super all day breakfast
Sleap - super all day breakfast
... now I come to think of it, maybe that's why I enjoy my flying so much and why my trousers seem to shrink in the night.
Wellesbourne - super all day breakfast
Shobdon - super all day breakfast
Sleap - super all day breakfast
... now I come to think of it, maybe that's why I enjoy my flying so much and why my trousers seem to shrink in the night.
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: southeast UK
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Around the same time - when Biggin Hill was virtually just private and club
(no noisy jets) I went with my small son into Biggins pilots cafe and purchased tea and lemonade. As I moved to take our tray over to a table Mary (the owner) shoved a tray of cakes towards my little son
saying " Here we are have one of these".
(no noisy jets) I went with my small son into Biggins pilots cafe and purchased tea and lemonade. As I moved to take our tray over to a table Mary (the owner) shoved a tray of cakes towards my little son
saying " Here we are have one of these".
27 years tends to change things.
Maybe one day we will get an airfield cafe and bar back!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Oxford
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Seething - had the best chips of my life there, and he put the fryer on just for me
Wellesbourne
Shobdon
Sleap
Goodwood
Popham
Ha'penny Green is OK
and I like Cambridge despite silly hi-viz &c. Expensive but not ridiculous, and friendly
ditto Gloucester, actually
Tim
Wellesbourne
Shobdon
Sleap
Goodwood
Popham
Ha'penny Green is OK
and I like Cambridge despite silly hi-viz &c. Expensive but not ridiculous, and friendly
ditto Gloucester, actually
Tim
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In Exile...
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One for the white list:
I visited White Waltham for the first time on Saturday. Very friendly ATC, efficient fuelling, lots of interesting aircraft kicking around, clubhouse well stocked and friendly opps staff. Only downside was the runways were a bit lumpy in places, and the circuit / join procedues aren't the easiest in the world. Worth a visit.
I visited White Waltham for the first time on Saturday. Very friendly ATC, efficient fuelling, lots of interesting aircraft kicking around, clubhouse well stocked and friendly opps staff. Only downside was the runways were a bit lumpy in places, and the circuit / join procedues aren't the easiest in the world. Worth a visit.
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Liverpool
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We have paid a couple of visits to Sywell in recent weeks. It is an outstanding destination. Hats off to the AFISO there. The traffic is continuous and heavy with fixed wing using both hard and grass runways and mega amounts of rotary movements. It is all handled expertly and with the minimum of delay. The new hard runway is an added bonus. Presently only the hotel is open for food but it of a very high quality and reasonably priced. You really do wonder what is wrong with so many of the airfields mentioned in this forum in that they can't follow this example. If you are good enough you will attract the paying customers.
