Christmas Flying
 

I recall last Christmas there was an abundance of good flying weather and a shortage of destinations.

Can anyone give me some confirmation of some REAL flying clubs who don't close betwixt Christmas and New Year?

If not am I going to have to organise a fly-in to my gaff just to keep GA alive in the south of England 'cos my guess is we're gonna have a stonking great "high" sitting over us throughout Christmas and the New Year. Last year it all went dead and I 'phoned 13 airfields and the only one who answered was Leicester. I ended up meeting DubTrub that day. Great bloke but can't fly to save his life. He does bomber circuits that would make Geoffrey Wellum apply for annual leave whilst on them...

Any suggestions of who might be worth setting out for between the 26th and the 2nd are welcome.

Sticky, L ?

P.S If I do organise a fly-in it'll be for a/c of 55 years old (or older) and with the important wheel where Cabair don't want it

Hey Mono

I fit your criteria (nearly) any chance??:D

"Nearly" concerns me.

Do you have a "landomatic"?

:*

Built 1959 surely thats old enough?

:ok:

Go for it, have a fly in!!

Surely you could get a lift in a proper vintage?:bored:

I have the right kind of lawn strimmer, but despite her previous forbearance, a wife that won't budge :{ Maybe I can escape via the bedroom window.

Your Bonanza may be vintage, indeed, but not sure that Monocock wants a hole in the hedge at the end of the runway in question.
Unless you regularly land wheels up?:\

...and Mono 'you know where' will as ever be open. But I've done too many fly-ins here this year.

Room for one more? And this year, I won't have to jump ship to fly ....:E

So is a brand new Schweizer helicopter out then?

As an ex-Newburian, I could always gate-crash in me car and that does (sort of) fit your criteria!

Cheers

Whirls

If you allow a couple of days closure for Xmas and Boxing Day. Popham is usually open that week. - I'll ask tomorrow. (We certainly have a New Year's Day Fly-in as is traditional.)

EDIT: Asked 'the management', and Popham is only closed 25th and 26th

White Waltham closed 25th, 26th Dec & 1st Jan - open for
the rest of the time...

Irv and eharding An awful lot of places are closed for a lot longer over the break...good to know you are open.
...of course, many airfields are open for arrivals, but a whole lot more are SHUT for departures; no wonder a lot of nice winter skies are unoccupied.

Great pity.

Leicester is open and licenced every day except Christmas day.

Shoreham is shut 25th, 26th and 27th :ugh:




Not that I would be allowed to fly in to Mono's at the moment anyway with my landomatic :( :sad:

I guess i could ask DubTrub for a lift if I cant get the Bonanza in.

How long is the runway Monno?:}

North Weald - Open throughout the holidays except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Aerbabe,

You mean open through out the holidays, except on the holidays!? :}

That's it. :ok:

Barton - open and licenced, fuel available, every day except Christmas Day :ok:

Squadgy -

I've only been to Barton once and that was as P2 in an Arrow.

I really want to fly in myself and aim to do so with some good weather this Chrimbo. My only worry is that silly corridor thingy. Is it more simple than it looks at first glance?

Don't forget, I'm a simple straw-chewing agrarian so don't credit me with too much intelligence outside of a 100 mile radius from home...:uhoh:

Monocock - The Low Level Route really is simple. The easiest way to go about things is to fly to Ashcroft Farm airfield's overhead and then fly a track of 360 not above 1250ft on the Manchester QNH. Once you reach the Thelwall Viaduct VRP take up a track of roughly 060 which will lead you to Barton. No need for any clearances to enter the corridor, although Manchester Appr on 119.525 will provide a FIS if you want.

Manchester ATC have produced a really useful guide to the route which is available for download off the Barton Aerodrome website, direct link here

Look forward to seeing you over Christmas:ok: