Broadford Skye airfield status
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From: Glens o' Angus by way of LA
Broadford Skye airfield status
Anyone know if this field is still in use, I landed there a couple if years ago, was wanting to use it again, Wikipedia says it's been used recently for storing wind turbines.
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From: wishaw strathclyde
Mike wood was based there with g-jsky (c42) at Skye microlight training.The website is still up and running.Try Kate Wood on 0141833259 or 07864008517 and hopefully they can update you on the airfield.
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From: Moray,Scotland,U.K.
I flew in there this year. Contact the Highland Council for PPR. 01478 614867. I just checked that on the web page. Much more expensive than Plockton, but the toilet is now always open
Aircraft use of the aerodrome | Isle of Skye aerodrome | The Highland Council
Aircraft use of the aerodrome | Isle of Skye aerodrome | The Highland Council
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The aerodrome is approximately 3 miles north of the Skye Bridge
Any pilot intending to land in that location will need floats...
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From: Glens o' Angus by way of LA
Thanks for the info, unfortunately I won't be making this trip, or any trip for that matter. I crashed my beloved Maule into an Aberdeenshire hillside Thursday night. No injuries for my passenger or myself fortunately, but my pride and joy that I've spent 600 of the best hours of my life touring ever nook and cranny of the U.K. and Western Europe is a total write off . Broke my heart today taking the wings off and loading the wrecked fuselage and gathering up the landing gear onto a trailer with a forklift on a windswept hill in the middle of nowhere in the pissing rain. Bad day, mad at myself but again thankful no injuries. The emergency services, cops,fire and ambulance personnel and the guys that monitored and responded to my ELT signal were first class.
Tomorrow's another day.
Tomorrow's another day.
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From: wishaw strathclyde
So sorry to hear about your accident mate,but as Maxred said,to walk away without injury is the result we all want to hear.Any incident we are involved in we tend to analyse and play it over in our heads time and time again but accidents and incidents are risks we take every time we fly.Your skills as a pilot have enabled 2 of you to walk away and the loss of an aircraft hurts but that can be overcome.��
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From: Glens o' Angus by way of LA
How did that happen?.
What can we learn from your unlucky experience.
What can we learn from your unlucky experience.
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Very sorry to hear about your accident but it's a relief to hear that you both walked away from it. A happy contrast to so many of the threads on this forum. Well done and may your good fortune continue
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Thanks for all the kind words. An update: insurance adjuster guy came over to see the plane, just before he arrived I got a call from the farmer who owns the field I crashed in , he says 7 of the 33 pedigree cows he had in the field have died of lead poisoning and his vet is considering condemning the entire 33 to take them out of the food chain. He says they are valued at £6k a head. I'm a tad suspicious but that's the way I am. They adjuster deems the Maule a total loss so I get the insured hull value. Never a dull moment
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I would ask for a second independant vetinary opinion on th cause of death
In general lead poisoning is a very slow process unless the lead is travelling very fast so I call bull!!!!!.
This is a matter for the insurance company of course.
In general lead poisoning is a very slow process unless the lead is travelling very fast so I call bull!!!!!.
This is a matter for the insurance company of course.