Stapleford to Shoreham VFR tips?

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by londonblue

Shoreham is also a place with annoying runway numbers. They're 02/20. It's very easy to get them confused so be careful, otherwise you might end up flying against the traffic in the circuit.

On another forum some time ago, I discovered a satellite photo of a 'new' airfield in Ireland which had never opened and the runway was painted with '20' at both ends; would that make it easier for you?

[Downwind Lander]

Originally Posted by alex90

Does it HAVE to be Shoreham? It's very expensive, and last time I went there people (ATC and ground crews) were rude, unpleasant and it definitely ruined my day...

Albeit that was some time ago, I still had such a bad experience that I cannot recommend it to anyone....

Another benefit of Shoreham is that, soon enough, maybe round about Crawley or Tunbridge Wells, when you look up, you will see on the horizon the chimney stack of Portslade power station. You aim a tad to the right of it.

[effortless]

Ah you yung 'uns'! When I were a lad you had two huge chimney from Shoreham B power station, smaller for Shoreham A and the gas works. You could see the vapour rising from them almost at top of climb from Touquet.

[Phororhacos]

You can now see the Home - British Airways i360 | Brighton
i360 at Brighton from even further away.

and for the OP I think Shoreham is PPR for visiting a/c. see http://flybrighton.com/fly-with-us/a...lots/#tab-id-7