Barton - Helicopter Fly-In Sat 14 August
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i find it exraordinary that in the context of the vast sums of money involved in helicopters that such lively debate is had over the paltry sum of money charged to land.
the other day i flew into barton, left the helicopter all day in a secure area and enjoyed a great day in manchester city centre. my landing fee was less than the taxi fare into the city.
take off your blinkers and remember that ga airfields are the grass roots of aviation. i mean its not exactly as if there is an alternative. ive not seen their books but i doubt they make a great deal from ga, and if folk keep whining i imagine they will just abandon ga to its fate and go chasing corporate jets and the big money.
i find old school airfields fascinating and envy joel for all but living there!!! i hope the fly in is a huge success and may well saunter down myself if i can find a machine. the weather looks promising too. safe flying guys.
the other day i flew into barton, left the helicopter all day in a secure area and enjoyed a great day in manchester city centre. my landing fee was less than the taxi fare into the city.
take off your blinkers and remember that ga airfields are the grass roots of aviation. i mean its not exactly as if there is an alternative. ive not seen their books but i doubt they make a great deal from ga, and if folk keep whining i imagine they will just abandon ga to its fate and go chasing corporate jets and the big money.
i find old school airfields fascinating and envy joel for all but living there!!! i hope the fly in is a huge success and may well saunter down myself if i can find a machine. the weather looks promising too. safe flying guys.
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il check if any of the machines i fly are available and if i do of course il let you know. thank you for the invite i think its great that an airfield as busy as barton would make an effort for us!!!
il check online now!!
il check online now!!
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Stringfellow!
Stringfellow!
Your caravan park looks impressive from the air! (yesterday)
JT.
Hope the weekend is a success and everyone has a great time and hopefully more people will get into flying through visiting Barton on the day.
I allso live within the area but have had a few negative vibes from the staff over the years,other than the very good cafe! that have put me off the place, and to possibly spending alot of money with them to get into aviation and to climb further up the ladder.
Looking forward to the mentioned sandwich/coffee
Your caravan park looks impressive from the air! (yesterday)
JT.
Hope the weekend is a success and everyone has a great time and hopefully more people will get into flying through visiting Barton on the day.
I allso live within the area but have had a few negative vibes from the staff over the years,other than the very good cafe! that have put me off the place, and to possibly spending alot of money with them to get into aviation and to climb further up the ladder.
Looking forward to the mentioned sandwich/coffee
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I would have gone but am away. I normally only go to Barton for LPC once per year. I might be inclined to go more often if it wasn't a rip off to go there. I buy Avgas for a hell of a lot less than that. Landing fee is too high.
Could this be a turning point? Hope so! I quite like flying in there.
edit. I get what you're saying stringfellow. its just that most of the places I go have no landing fee.
Could this be a turning point? Hope so! I quite like flying in there.
edit. I get what you're saying stringfellow. its just that most of the places I go have no landing fee.
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mr pennine!!!
thanks for taking the time to fly over on wed, it looked a tad breezy up there.
and to all you guys at the fly in have a great day and spare a thought for how lucky we are to fly helis. enjoy a sandwich and a brew and if someone will hire a humble ppl a machine il see you all there.
thanks for taking the time to fly over on wed, it looked a tad breezy up there.
and to all you guys at the fly in have a great day and spare a thought for how lucky we are to fly helis. enjoy a sandwich and a brew and if someone will hire a humble ppl a machine il see you all there.
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"how lucky we are to fly helis"
Where does luck come into it ??
I put my machine and ppl(h) down to hard graft and dedication....
You get out of life what you put in !!!
Have a good meet guys...praying for good weather for you
Where does luck come into it ??
I put my machine and ppl(h) down to hard graft and dedication....
You get out of life what you put in !!!
Have a good meet guys...praying for good weather for you
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parasite drag,
i could not agree more. my ppl too was funded by hard graft and sweat. i agree life is what you make it, il rephrase it too how priviledged we now are to fly.
i could not agree more. my ppl too was funded by hard graft and sweat. i agree life is what you make it, il rephrase it too how priviledged we now are to fly.
