Mildenhall
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Mildenhall
Simple, really - do they take visiting civil aircraft?
I fly from an RAF club which will probably help - we are exempt landing fees and already have the relevant insurance. I see in the VFR Flight Guide that 'all movements are under IFR' - not a major problem as they are OCAS and I can make an approach using my IMCR - vectors to visual approach, I assume, in VMC, given that they appear to be a little corner of England that is forever in the US...
Tim
I fly from an RAF club which will probably help - we are exempt landing fees and already have the relevant insurance. I see in the VFR Flight Guide that 'all movements are under IFR' - not a major problem as they are OCAS and I can make an approach using my IMCR - vectors to visual approach, I assume, in VMC, given that they appear to be a little corner of England that is forever in the US...
Tim
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You will probably need a clearance from the Pentagon, despite having a RAF Station Commander (token) they operate to US PPR rules. I know someone who did land there in a precautionary WX diversion, was met by 35 vehicles and 17 Bird Colonels (full Emergency procedure) then arrested as an unauthorised alien.
