Military basing announcement: implications for GA in eastern Scotland
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No one I know that visits Kingsmuir has a bad word for the man.
Yes everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I don't think this is the place to discuss a man's honesty who isn't here to defend himself.
Yes everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I don't think this is the place to discuss a man's honesty who isn't here to defend himself.
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I have to say this opinion is a real surprise to me as well - unless Floopy has some links to the long gone and unlamented parachuting people?
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Don't see anything on the Courier website, care to summarise?
Could be a Nimby farmer with a grudge or genuine. I don't know.
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Given my experience of parachutists at three different site I'd tend to side with the farmer!!!!
With drop sircraft that often see 'uncared for' not surprising that flying out and back to altitue is not a preferred practice.
With drop sircraft that often see 'uncared for' not surprising that flying out and back to altitue is not a preferred practice.
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Bit of narrow minded point of view guys.
"With drop sircraft that often see 'uncared for' not surprising that flying out and back to altitue is not a preferred practice"
????????
Trying to decipher this one. So here goes.
Are you trying to say parachute aircraft are uncared for? If so, if you look into it you,ll find they are subject to the same standards as any other aircraft with some additions. They may seem to be held together with bodge tape but that is to stop snagging and damage to parachute equipment.
As for flying out and back to altutude to drop. This is the preferred practice and one I encourage to reduce niose to a minimum in the local area. However when the jump altitude is a low one then this is not always possible.
BTW I have no connection with the operation at Fife. But is the person that is complaining the manager of the chicken farm who lives next to the runway.
If so its a silly place to live if you dont like aircraft noise.
Floppy
PS Getting a bit off topic now
"With drop sircraft that often see 'uncared for' not surprising that flying out and back to altitue is not a preferred practice"
????????
Trying to decipher this one. So here goes.
Are you trying to say parachute aircraft are uncared for? If so, if you look into it you,ll find they are subject to the same standards as any other aircraft with some additions. They may seem to be held together with bodge tape but that is to stop snagging and damage to parachute equipment.
As for flying out and back to altutude to drop. This is the preferred practice and one I encourage to reduce niose to a minimum in the local area. However when the jump altitude is a low one then this is not always possible.
BTW I have no connection with the operation at Fife. But is the person that is complaining the manager of the chicken farm who lives next to the runway.
If so its a silly place to live if you dont like aircraft noise.
Floppy
PS Getting a bit off topic now
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Is the drop aicraft noisier than the other stuff at Fife? If so I can see why the chicken farm guy is complaining. He was living with level x of noise, all of a sudden it's X.
