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If you are ANYWHERE in the control zone make sure you get definate clearance before lifting. I heard somebody being eaten alive by Man Approach a few weeks ago after departing from a pvt site where he could not get radio contact with approach (unfamiliar with electric telephone, obviously..)
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Get hold of the boys at Beck Aviation. Haven't got the numbers or anything else immediately available. Good private site with Jet A1 just east of Stretton VRP. Fuel much cheaper than anywhere else in the area. Hotel half a mile away should you need it and good security
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Heard from the NEA chaps at EGCC that Man Utd have built a heli-pad at the stadium to help whisk the Glaziers boys off away from the great un-washed.
Know the Beck setup but not close enough to be deemed a city alternative.
Heard from the NEA chaps at EGCC that Man Utd have built a heli-pad at the stadium to help whisk the Glaziers boys off away from the great un-washed.
Know the Beck setup but not close enough to be deemed a city alternative.
I work the Manchester area and no one has heard of Utd building a helipad.
During the Commonwealth Games a helipad was set up on the Quays.
I am surprised that Manchester hasn't got its own 'Battersea' by now considering the money in the city. Come the Chelsea, Arsenal, etc, games all the helicopters come streaming North looking for the nearest site to meet their Bentley.
Maybe a business opportunity going to waste.
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During the Commonwealth Games a helipad was set up on the Quays.
I am surprised that Manchester hasn't got its own 'Battersea' by now considering the money in the city. Come the Chelsea, Arsenal, etc, games all the helicopters come streaming North looking for the nearest site to meet their Bentley.
Maybe a business opportunity going to waste.
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Heard from the NEA chaps at EGCC that Man Utd have built a heli-pad at the stadium to help whisk the Glaziers boys off away from the great un-washed.
During the Commonwealth Games a helipad was set up on the Quays.
Barton is about 8mins outside rush hour to the City Centre by car.
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Thanks for that folks, guess I wasn't clear enough.
Am well aware of all the sites that are currently used, having used them many times but am investigating the possibility of using a helipad near the economic centre - a la London/Battersea.
It's now obvious that there isn't one - yes there are some alternatives but they all have some drawback.
Barton is good but it's not a heliport in the centre and has a pathetically slow fuel pump!
Do any of you fellow Northerners on the wrong side of the Pennines
know if the canal-side areas have been considered in the past. Looking at all the pro-manchester web-sites that highlight the growing importance of the business links blah blah - surprised that a commercial pad is not in the pipeline.
Am well aware of all the sites that are currently used, having used them many times but am investigating the possibility of using a helipad near the economic centre - a la London/Battersea.
It's now obvious that there isn't one - yes there are some alternatives but they all have some drawback.
Barton is good but it's not a heliport in the centre and has a pathetically slow fuel pump!
Do any of you fellow Northerners on the wrong side of the Pennines
know if the canal-side areas have been considered in the past. Looking at all the pro-manchester web-sites that highlight the growing importance of the business links blah blah - surprised that a commercial pad is not in the pipeline.
EESDL,
There are lots of open spaces in Manchester suitable for a helipad to be set up but I think most of it is earmarked for development.
During the games a helipad was set up on the Quays but I think it was for a pleasure flight operation. The land used would make an excellent location for Manchesters Battersea.
I have seen an A109 going into the JJB soccerdome next to the Trafford centre. Not sure if it was Mr JJB in his old A109. (Believe he had one for a short period before he got the Bell).
So Barton is the only option.
Now it has new management and new fees they should be pushed to upgrade their facilities. Surely the Glaziers will increase the rotary traffic? The Police unit has a superb pump but you have to put up the banter that goes with it.
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There are lots of open spaces in Manchester suitable for a helipad to be set up but I think most of it is earmarked for development.
During the games a helipad was set up on the Quays but I think it was for a pleasure flight operation. The land used would make an excellent location for Manchesters Battersea.
I have seen an A109 going into the JJB soccerdome next to the Trafford centre. Not sure if it was Mr JJB in his old A109. (Believe he had one for a short period before he got the Bell).
So Barton is the only option.
Now it has new management and new fees they should be pushed to upgrade their facilities. Surely the Glaziers will increase the rotary traffic? The Police unit has a superb pump but you have to put up the banter that goes with it.
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Floater - would be interested in knowing where the pleasure flight operation you mentioned operated from. Virtually the whole of Manchester was subject to a TRA during the games, and IIRC the only exemptions were for Police, Ambulance and TV aircraft as well as an advertising airship.
Barton can open early and stay open for rotary traffic up to 2300L, (with PPR), so if you need to attend an early business meeting, or go to an evening football match etc. then that would seem the best solution.
A Bell 222 (I think), did used to land fairly regulary at JJB next to Barton Bridge - not seen it for a while now though.
I have often thought that one of the disused docks adjacent to the Lowry Centre would make an excellent Battersea style heliport - approaches along the Ship Canal, not too much surrounding housing and fast access to the City Centre by Metrolink and to the road network by the M602 - anyone out there want to give me a lot of cash to develop the idea
Barton can open early and stay open for rotary traffic up to 2300L, (with PPR), so if you need to attend an early business meeting, or go to an evening football match etc. then that would seem the best solution.
A Bell 222 (I think), did used to land fairly regulary at JJB next to Barton Bridge - not seen it for a while now though.
I have often thought that one of the disused docks adjacent to the Lowry Centre would make an excellent Battersea style heliport - approaches along the Ship Canal, not too much surrounding housing and fast access to the City Centre by Metrolink and to the road network by the M602 - anyone out there want to give me a lot of cash to develop the idea
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Squadgy,
I will check my facts. The area you talk off would be great and think that is were the site was during the games.
Only trouble with that site is the estate at the back of it. The new owners of the expense flats on the Quay found out the hard way. Did they not wonder why all came with automatic gates and high fences!
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I will check my facts. The area you talk off would be great and think that is were the site was during the games.
Only trouble with that site is the estate at the back of it. The new owners of the expense flats on the Quay found out the hard way. Did they not wonder why all came with automatic gates and high fences!
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