The owner may be 120 but I am sure he is smart enough to own shares in all UK prop overhaul shops, judging from the amount of gravel on the runway and elsewhere.

Why doesn't somebody get a broom and sweep it up?

They would have to pick up all the dog s*#t first!

Who remembers "The Screaming Skull" ?

Elstree and its problems
 

Be very careful in paying up front for a PPL course,especially at the present time!

I learnt at Cabair 19 years ago and have not flown with them since as they are just too expensive. A friend has been trying to learn to fly a helicopter with them buit about 50% of his lessons were canecelled to to unavailability of machines or instructors!

I have two friends who are learning with Firecrest and are very happy, and Flyteam no longer exists after Disley became involved.

Declaring an interest, I have an aircraft at Elstree and in spite of the fact that it's (Elstree - not the a/c!) a bit tatty in places it's friendly and compared to other places quite cheap.

It's all about chemistry. Give Firecrest a try and if you like them go for it, and pay for say ten hours at a time.

I suspect it may be one of these airfields that is fine if you're based there and you know the moods - it is however for visiting aircraft a complete contrast to the extremely friendly West Midlands airfield I work from and have my own aircraft based at. Nothing especially wrong with Elstree, it is after all a working airfield, but it's hardly one of my favourite destinations. On the bright side, easy taxi access to Watford Junction (£15ish), came in very handy this summer when I was ferrying twins in & out of Elstree on a reasonably regular basis for private owners.

Yes, the FISOs are a bit grumpy - but then a FISO should never be confused with an ATCO, it can be a very dangerous step for a FISO to offer too much. And they definitely don't... Landing fees seem to vary a bit - quite fair with a cash payment, but double the price for a debit card payment. Parking charges are very reasonably though, under £10 a night for a twin, fairly close to London. On the bright side, the fuel bay staff are friendly and helpful - even when pumping annoyingly precise quantities of filthy Jet A-1 into various tanks stored around the aircraft...

In summary: very definitely not somewhere I'd choose as a destination myself, but I'm happy enough to fly in & out when someone else is paying!

I remember Pete >>. AND the "screaming skull" Good old days when there were a few dayglow ex oxford 140's about Anyone still around from those days????

Yes many.

Now I was told by the s/w that the answer was too short and that I have to write a bit more.