ILS Training in the South
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: 23, Railway Cuttings, East Cheam
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I think they have woken up to the massive GA grass parking area which is now virtually empty.
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: South-East, United Kingdom
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Cambridge are making a real effort to welcome back GA:
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Cambridge, England, EU
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Has anyone shot an RNAV(GNSS) approach yet? Is there a similar charge to navaid approaches?
It's not much of a challenge, though - much too easy! (Well, flying it is easy, remembering which buttons to press on the G1000 to get it loaded up is another matter.)
Join Date: Dec 2012
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Go to Calais!
I recently went there and did 4 ILS/GNSS approaches prior to landing, paid my €10 or so fee (I forget how much exactly but it wasn't much), and then did a couple more GNSS approaches on departure, at no extra cost.
The best thing s that I then got to claim the £80 drawback on the fuel for the 40 minute flight there from North Weald!
I recently went there and did 4 ILS/GNSS approaches prior to landing, paid my €10 or so fee (I forget how much exactly but it wasn't much), and then did a couple more GNSS approaches on departure, at no extra cost.
The best thing s that I then got to claim the £80 drawback on the fuel for the 40 minute flight there from North Weald!
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I'm home based at EGFF (not south-east I appreciate) and my approx. £160.00 per month parking fees includes all landings and approaches, so I regularly call ATC for an IFR RV ILS to landing. 3 x ILS per month and I've broken even.
It keeps my hand in; instills stacks of confidence in passengers who may be flying for the first time as I explain it makes no difference whether I can see where I'm going or not and that this is how the big boys do it (except for absence of Autopilot); gives me a radar control service with its added safety factor; and whilst it does take a bit longer than a VFR arrival with circuit to land, the extra 10 minutes in the air is well spent keeping in practice.
It keeps my hand in; instills stacks of confidence in passengers who may be flying for the first time as I explain it makes no difference whether I can see where I'm going or not and that this is how the big boys do it (except for absence of Autopilot); gives me a radar control service with its added safety factor; and whilst it does take a bit longer than a VFR arrival with circuit to land, the extra 10 minutes in the air is well spent keeping in practice.
