Isle of Wight Airport - SANDOWN - Keeping you up-dated
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Isle of Wight Airport - SANDOWN - Keeping you up-dated
Please remember that Sandown (EGHN) has a website that is up-dated daily to show the airfield status and other important information, typically about the runway, taxiways and Carla's Café (CJ's) - what could be more important.
Sandown, including the café, will be CLOSED
for the Christmas break from 24 - 27 December (both dates inclusive) but will re-OPEN 
Saturday 28 December and remain open right through the New Year (please see the website for operational hours).
Keep an eye on the EVENTS page of the website to see what is going on. And why not book a fly-in at Sandown in 2014 and the good airfield with good food.
The website you need to add to your browser is www.eghn.org.uk . Go on, do it now.
See you here.
Remember. Safety first. Always
Sandown, including the café, will be CLOSED
for the Christmas break from 24 - 27 December (both dates inclusive) but will re-OPEN Saturday 28 December and remain open right through the New Year (please see the website for operational hours).Keep an eye on the EVENTS page of the website to see what is going on. And why not book a fly-in at Sandown in 2014 and the good airfield with good food.
The website you need to add to your browser is www.eghn.org.uk . Go on, do it now.
See you here.
Remember. Safety first. Always
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Sandown PPR open to-day
Hi folks. Good news - Sandown is PPR open to-day (Sunday). So is the café (not PPR!! for bacon butties).
So call 01983 716926 for airfield information and then get airborne.
See you here.
So call 01983 716926 for airfield information and then get airborne.
See you here.
Please sir, may I come to your airport and pay a big landing fee so I can have a bacon sarny.
Thank god I fly in North America, where GA still makes sense
Thank god I fly in North America, where GA still makes sense
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If you guys over the water knew Sandown, and appreciated that we have had the wettest winter since 1766, you would understand the logic of calling Sandown first to ascertain the state of the grass and the taxiways from someone on the ground there. The last thing anyone wants is an aircraft ploughing a furrow in the runway and/or nosing over. Once the surface has hardened, I am sure the PPR requirement will be gone.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The absolute last thing we want is for every one of the hundreds of airfields in EGTT to start issuing NOTAMS about their runway status, noise issues, etc.
The absolute last thing we want is for every one of the hundreds of airfields in EGTT to start issuing NOTAMS about their runway status, noise issues, etc.
That's the standard place
And why is it so hard to accept the place as it is, with its rules and its traditions; and be glad that there is an aerodrome at all?
Whining is easier, of course, but doesn't really help anyone.
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You can only issue NOTAMs for licenced airfields.
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It certainly is! Fuel has been delivered. Last few adjustments being made to dispensing side apparently before it is available for purchase. Oils will also be available. Check the website for an official announcement in the next few days.
If you advise AUS of an air navigation hazard such as kite flying, they will issue a NOTAM. If you advice AUS of activity at an unlicenced airfield with no ATZ, they will issue a NOTAM (eg Dunsfold). They will issue NOTAMs for AIR navigation 'hazards', but not about unlicenced airfield facilites.
