Elvington Fly in
 

So as to not hi-jack the North Weald Thread, I thought I'd start a new one

Would anyone be interested in a fly in at Elvington airfield, near York?

Suggested dates, to fit in with LnS would be either 28th of August or the 5th of September, as im busy on the 14th, and there is an airshow on the 21st, with very restricted landing slots available.

Elvington has 3018m of tarmac (9895ft for those who work in old money), and free landing fees for those who buy fuel.

It is also home to the Yorkshire Air Museum, which costs the pricely sum of five new english pounds to enter.

So.. any takers?

Were always going somewhere, Elvington is as good as any.

Tony

Too close to home to fly, but I'll probably turn up by car.

I shall try to come, as have still not found out whether aeroplanes can fly north of Leicester. I shall consult the babelfish page on how to speak northern on the radio. Should I bring wampum to pacify the natives?

NinjaBill, had you thought about running a poll of the dates?

Mike

Being an internet incompotent, i cant work out how to do this,

Perhaps BRL can sort this out for me?

are you about BRL

Did I read somewhere that there is a Yorkshire Air Museum fly-in the week before??

I'd probably book an aircraft out, would call in via somewhere else :)

I'd be interested - just re-newed my SE Piston...at Sherburn In Elmet!!!! Not sure the club would be too happy if I borrow an aircraft on a busy Saturday to fly to Elvington!!!!

Will probably drive....

Get a date, so that we can see what we are working towards

FD

I'd prefer a Sunday...instructing on Saturdays.

So long as you do 20minutes in each hour slot, you'll avoid the surcharge, and even then, I've never seen it charged.

Last summer I saw two guys take an PA28 "out for the day" - they flew to Breighton and back, and then got Mike behind the counter to split the cost between them. (20 minutes each)

As for busy Saturday afternoon, everytime I've rung up recently, I've always been able to get an aircraft at short notice.

Make a trip of it to somewhere else and call in on either leg, or both? (or come with me :)

Why don't you all come and visit us at Netherthorpe for the Sheffield Aero Club Fly-In on 31st July?

I'm only a 5 min drive away so like knobbygb I'll drive over rather than fly.

FNG - aeroplanes do work up here, but beware of airframe icing in "T' frozen North".

The permafrost usually melts on the surface around July (perhaps not this year) but that only tends to leave the runways surfaces boggy on grass strips.....;)

Never been to Elvington but sounds like a good idea to me.... if I can scrape the ice off our 172.

Well, if I have some money by then, it would be nice to call in on the way to somewhere else as suggested.

Could visit all the local fields in one day that I haven't been to yet - Elvington, Breighton, Beverley. Oh, and call in and see a few old friends at Full Sutton. Should add up to a couple of hours. Knobby, JB007, Fon and MikeeB in a Cadet - would cost us about 30 quid each for a good day out.


Fon, did you ever make it to Crossland Moor?

Four up in a cadet..... brave man.

How about we book both Robin's out?


BTW: I can't do the 5th September

This has the makings of a nice little gathering. So far we seem to have: TonyR, knobbygb, FNG, MikeeB, JB007, Fonawah, big.al. Ninja, Tempsford + 2 family members, VFE & mum, myself and possibly Timmcat and maybe a Timmkitten or two :ok: It will be nice to meet up with people I have already met and meet the ones I haven't. I'll bring some cake or biscuits to have with the coffee.;) Oops, I nearly forgot, Jinkster said he would try to be there too :ok:

If we go the Air Museum they do IIRC have a cafe type establishmet available to provide biscuits etc.

I would rather buy from there and do my little bit to suppor them :)

I think we need to set a date ASAP, and let them know we are coming because Elvington is quite often used for trackdays etc. and we may not be able to get in. Guy who sits behind me in the office is doing a Ferrari trackday there one Saturday in August.

Then again, I've seen a JP land there while a trackday was on, they may have just stopped the cars :)

And just to show poor form and follow up on my own post I\'ve just found the following:

Auto66 Club are using Elvington on the 14th, 15th, 29th and 30th August, and the 11th and 12th of September. I don\'t remember them ever using the main runway, so we maybe okay.

UKtrackdays interestingly enough also have Elvington down for in use on the 29th and 30th, which if the case, will probably exclude us from landing.

I can ring them tomorrow if you like and find out what if any weekends in Aug/Sept we can get in, unless somebody else already has?

How about a date poll BR L ??