Daedalus Airfield - Lee On Solent, EGHF
Visited the above today for the first time and just wanted to say what a great little airfield it is. Fantastic approach up the Solent and finals over the sea onto a beautiful runway. The guys in the tower super friendly, a short walk from the tower over the road onto the beach for coffee and rock cakes at The Shack, overlooking the Solent across to IOW.
Give it a go, you won't regret it :0) PPR on the website Welcome to the LFA Website |
Originally Posted by r44heli
(Post 9150166)
Visited the above today for the first time and just wanted to say what a great little airfield it is. Fantastic approach up the Solent and finals over the sea onto a beautiful runway. The guys in the tower super friendly, a short walk from the tower over the road onto the beach for coffee and rock cakes at The Shack, overlooking the Solent across to IOW.
Give it a go, you won't regret it :0) PPR on the website Welcome to the LFA Website Do you know the Shack opening times? Worried they'll close for the winter... |
Tried to get there on Sunday but was beaten by the weather - sounds like we must give this another crack when we can!
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Managed to get there on Friday - and let me say, they were a great bunch of lads...
Seriously, nice airfield, friendly reception, professional A/G operation (no wannabe ATC types). Only minor gripe is that at £15 I would have liked a cafe to go to - but the Shack tell me they are open all year and you're right about the rock cakes, though I'm not a fan of instant coffee. But I'll be back, definitely. And although the joining instructions on the website look a bit intimidating, the disused railway line you need to find to avoid Fleetlands couldn't be easier to spot. |
Agreed it's a great, welcoming place including the trusting fuel man who gives you an invoice and asks you to pay online when you get home:
One word of warning though, fuel is nothing to do with ATC so mentioning it ahead on yer PPR form doesn't always bring results: I was directed by tower when I paid my fee last month to taxy over to fuel bowser's base: the tanker was a minute red blob in the far distance on the other side or the airfield. When I explained the faff of starting a hot fuel injected engine, they relented and called the bowser over: This all took about an hour as he has to follow the peri track and cross the active runway twice, giving way to circuit training traffic. This prevented me from a full stroll along the beach to an apparently very nice cafe in the village. But the Shack bacon and egg bap was pretty good.... I'll deffo be going again. Cusco |
Visited on Sunday and endorse all that others have said before - a friendly welcoming place but be cautious that the grass can be soft if you have to start a second line of parked aircraft and its hard to pull a Grob 109B when its sunk into the soft grass! Also some pilots don't seem to consider that a 109B has the same wingspan as a Mosquito!
Would recommend the airfield and the egg & bacon bap in the Shack! |
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