Duxford Bonus Day 2010 - dates for your diary
 

Duxford Bonus Days programme for 2010: discounts for a great flying day out.

Two completely new Bonus Days for 2010.

Duxford is home the Imperial War Museum and must be the premier destination for GA pilots in Europe. Most weekends through the flying season, although there are no guarantees, you are quite likely to see warbirds flying – Spitfire, Hurricane, B17, Catalina and other rare types are based at Duxford.

The Bonus days offer great discounted prices: qualifying types of aircraft (or pilots) will enjoy half-price landing fees and much reduced museum admission. Single or twin can land for £7; museum entry is £7 for most adults and children come in free. In the case of the some of the Bonus days, all light aircraft will qualify.

There’s lots to see, the £25+ million ‘AirSpace’ project, the American Air Museum and four hangars packed with vintage aircraft, many in flying order – really a ‘must-see.’

Here are the plans for this year – make a note in your diary now:

April 17 Duxford Bonus Safety Day –arrive in any light aircraft -- free landing & Safety Program admission - also may arrive by car (we've managed to avoid Easter weekend this year!)

May 22 ‘Pilot Magazine’ Bonus Day -see ‘Pilot' for details nearer the time

June 19 Cessna Bonus Day -arrive in any Cessna light aircraft

July 24 Piper Bonus Day -arrive in any light Piper

August 14 New PPL Flyout and Experience Building Bonus Day - new PPLs make a cross-country flight with an experienced PPL. See separate thread for details and to note your interest viewtopic.php?f=10&t=59807

September 18th AOPA Bonus Day - for AOPA members and all interested in AOPA. Meet the AOPA folk and exchange opinions. Presentation planned.

Following the success in 2009, we will run another Safety Bonus Day (with better weather this year, hopefully), which kicks-off the flying season on April 17th. As an incentive to attend this day, landing and the Safety Day Programme will be free and pilots may arrive by car to attend the Safety Day only. I will start a separate thread for the Safety Bonus Day, to give more details, in a month or so.

As well as Bonus Days, Duxford welcomes FLY-INs. Any group of pilots planning to visit Duxford can arrange special prices in advance, subject to a minimum of about 6 aircraft (for discounted landing fees) and/or 20 people (for discounted museum admission as well). This does not apply to event days, and it must be pre-arranged in writing with the airfield manager, Frank Marson.

Further information about the Bonus Days and information for fly-in visitors can be found on the web site IWM Duxford - Europe's premier aviation museum (not yet updated, but will be asap).

The airfield team will be delighted to hear from forumites (call for PPR and briefing 01223 833376) and to see you on the day.

Just for people who don’t know, I should declare my interest. I’m a casual FISO at Duxford. I’m also a pilot who thinks the place is pretty marvellous.

Alan.

Fantastic thanks

Would "new PPL" include "new NPPL"? One of our group is just completing his NPPL and would have done his convertion to the group aircraft by then.

Many thanks Alphaalpha - as someone who should have a shiny new NPPL by March/April (crosses fingers for weather) I'll be planning a rip over at some point... :ok:

Iain

Do you have a date for the air league day this year?

Maoraigh1: Yes, of course, new NPPLs will be just as welcome as PPLs. I suppose I should have made this clear in my post, but "NewPPL/NPPL" is just a bit cumbersome. The idea is that the tyro pilot is accompanied by an experienced pilot to help him out and give him/her confidence to go for a navex to a new destination. And, of course, to experience the fun of a fly-out to a really interesting destination, meeting like-minded folk when he gets there.

851pilot: Excellent. You'll be welcome on the Bonus Day or any other day.

Hatzflyer: Sorry, i don't. I will make enquiries when I am next at Duxford.

The booking sheets for the Bonus Days are now set up, so you can book in as soon as you like. We are using a 'broad slot' system to ensure that arrivals are spread out so the circuit isn't too crowded. 01223 833376 is the tower number.

Alan.