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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jul 2015, 11:37
Replies: 0
Views: 850
Posted By EGCA

Gloucester Airport Charity Open Day: 26th July

Does any kind soul have any further information about this event please? The only information I can see is a poster on the airport's website with the event times (11-00 to 16-00).
I was wondering...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th May 2015, 12:50
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

Point taken. Time flies. At least the...

Point taken. Time flies.


At least the reopening of the former RAF Church Fenton bucks the trend.


EGCA
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th May 2015, 14:07
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

Sorry, bad choice of words on my part. No offence...

Sorry, bad choice of words on my part. No offence intended.


Given the length of runway provided at Sheffield City I guess it never was going to achieve viability as a small commercial airport,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st May 2015, 10:43
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

I said the "line of the runway".ie a linear run...

I said the "line of the runway".ie a linear run of buildings down the centre of the site on the same alignment as the ex-runway.


If you input AMRC2 into the search facility on the Star website,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Apr 2015, 18:59
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

Passing through Chesterfield on a rail journey...

Passing through Chesterfield on a rail journey today, noticed the front page of the Sheffield "Star" newspaper. Artist's impression of a proposed new high-tech development on the site of Sheffield...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Feb 2015, 20:41
Replies: 6
Views: 2,382
Posted By EGCA

treadigraph: Thanks. Aircraft back tonight as I...

treadigraph: Thanks. Aircraft back tonight as I type this, but I accept is probably the Cessna, not a Dak.


EGCA
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
4th Feb 2015, 07:43
Replies: 6
Views: 2,382
Posted By EGCA

DC3 over Hereford

Last night,( 4th Feb) either side of 10 pm, what I am sure was a Dakota, established a racetrack pattern just to the West of Hereford, approx. along the river Wye, ie an East-West-West- East pattern...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Oct 2014, 16:48
Replies: 247
Views: 93,369
Posted By EGCA

My Daughter who lives and works in Cambridge...

My Daughter who lives and works in Cambridge mentioned recently that closing Cambridge as an airfield and using it for housing, with Marshalls moving their ops elsewhere had come up again.
I must...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Oct 2014, 16:41
Replies: 21
Views: 6,575
Posted By EGCA

I don't think "expansion" in terms of a longer...

I don't think "expansion" in terms of a longer runway and then larger aircraft is ever going to be on the agenda. Given the site, the runway safety project makes the best of what they have. So no...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Aug 2014, 19:02
Replies: 66
Views: 47,911
Posted By EGCA

Post 9/11, shooting down a passenger aircraft...

Post 9/11, shooting down a passenger aircraft that appeared to be under control of other than the crew and was heading for a densly populated UK location, such as for instance Canary Wharf, would be...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th May 2014, 09:59
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

Any News?

Just wondered if anyone has any uptodate news about the current situation at the former Sheffield City, and whether the majority of the fixed wing runway has now been either torn up or incorporated...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Dec 2013, 12:44
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,914,678
Posted By EGCA

Nigel: Point taken. Assumes you over-run on the...

Nigel: Point taken. Assumes you over-run on the runway heading, rather than elsewhere!

Anyway if Vince Cable gets his way ( and I credit him with talking common sense most of the time...) he...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Dec 2013, 08:11
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,914,678
Posted By EGCA

Having seen that image on another forum prompted...

Having seen that image on another forum prompted me to do a little easy research. Apparently it was less expensive to divert the road around the runway extension rather than build a tunnel, but the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Dec 2013, 14:29
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

ShyTorque: Apologies, I might be commenting from...

ShyTorque: Apologies, I might be commenting from an out of date position, having found a document via Google ( but dated 2012) that appears to show that the old airport terminal area is in fact in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Dec 2013, 16:57
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

Interesting that today the "RESCA" link I posted...

Interesting that today the "RESCA" link I posted above no longer works, and cannot now find it via Google.
Maybe my posting just reminded someone to take down the website.

My question still...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Dec 2013, 17:44
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

As things stand the "heliport", hard...

As things stand the "heliport", hard standing/hangar/fuel, is solely for the use of the local Police helicopter. Not sure if even the air ambulances use it.
I dont think there has ever been any...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Dec 2013, 09:51
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

I think rather than the City Council "writing...

I think rather than the City Council "writing blank cheques" it was more down to interested Sheffield businessmen as to whether there could be a revival. I recall there was interest from Mr Cook of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Dec 2013, 13:29
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

An news regarding the future--if any--for...

An news regarding the future--if any--for Sheffield City please? It's gone very quiet.

Is the runway still extant or has building work started on the extension to the business park?

Edit:...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2013, 18:23
Replies: 0
Views: 994
Posted By EGCA

Stow Maries WW1 Airfield

Piece on the BBC radio news today about a substantial grant to assist with further restoration of this rare surviving WW1 airfield near Chelmsford.

Here is the url for their website:...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Oct 2013, 12:55
Replies: 8
Views: 2,425
Posted By EGCA

Thanks, memory default! Anna Walker as you say. ...

Thanks, memory default! Anna Walker as you say.

Her life story was interesting. Brought up in South America were her father introduced her to private flying at a very early age. On moving to the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Oct 2013, 08:42
Replies: 8
Views: 2,425
Posted By EGCA

Thanks, I am sure that is the actual plane. Much...

Thanks, I am sure that is the actual plane. Much smaller than the AN2 mentioned by others, but thanks for the suggestions.

As an aside, on "Midweek" on radio 4 a few days ago the potential pilot...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
1st Oct 2013, 13:15
Replies: 8
Views: 2,425
Posted By EGCA

Oops yes! A "radial" engine! ...are you...

Oops yes! A "radial" engine!

...are you going to tell me what it was now?

I'm no expert on these things, but could this be a Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing ?

EGCA
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Sep 2013, 10:32
Replies: 8
Views: 2,425
Posted By EGCA

Biplane over Cambridge

Was in Cambridge last week and noticed a biplane flying low over the suberb of Girton. Anyone confirm what make of aircraft this was please? It was painted an allover sort of dark orange colour,...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2013, 07:03
Replies: 992
Views: 1,010,700
Posted By EGCA

Interesting piece on BBC Radio 4 just now. Their...

Interesting piece on BBC Radio 4 just now. Their presenter happened to be at Swanwick yesterday recording a piece about future London airports, and asked the top man there about the decision to bring...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th May 2013, 17:42
Replies: 992
Views: 1,010,700
Posted By EGCA

Passenger interviewed on the BBC News at six said...

Passenger interviewed on the BBC News at six said that he saw an engine cowl start "flapping" as the aircraft gathered speed on take-off.

EGCA
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Feb 2013, 19:48
Replies: 114
Views: 47,562
Posted By EGCA

Thanks for that. Presumably 4800 ft is adequate...

Thanks for that. Presumably 4800 ft is adequate for the proposed jet ops with the Embraer 175.

EGCA
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Feb 2013, 19:44
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

Reality check....three points:

First:-If Finningley is not busy with IT traffic, maybe, just maybe, there isn't any great demand from (Sheffield) local tour companies to fly more of their customers from Finningley, presumably they...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Feb 2013, 13:21
Replies: 114
Views: 47,562
Posted By EGCA

Geo73: I read that the Guernsey runway is being...

Geo73: I read that the Guernsey runway is being extended at the western end, does this mean an actual increase in the declared/available distances, or was it necessary for the new "runway end safety...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jan 2013, 15:18
Replies: 4,582
Views: 1,365,664
Posted By EGCA

HS2: Less than an hour to Central London....

Sorry to post in amongst all this ongoing deep discussion about airport ownership and the like, but just listening to Radio 4 the reporter said that Manchester Airport will get its own HS2 station,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jan 2013, 18:46
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

Lost opportunities, lacking interest...

We have lost some airfields along the way, but hopefully others prosper, through a mix of business and private flying, maintenance etc. Examples being Gloucestershire, Nottingham, Leicester,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Dec 2012, 15:33
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

helicopter use?

Just out of casual interest is the area at the eastern end of the airfield still only available to police and air ambulance helicopters, or does it have a wider permission now for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Dec 2012, 22:07
Replies: 256
Views: 38,891
Posted By EGCA

fairflyer: Well summed-up. No hope of licenced...

fairflyer: Well summed-up. No hope of licenced extension of runway length no doubt due to the recent RESA provisions, which could well cut down on what applied before. Runway dimension was...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Oct 2012, 18:11
Replies: 79
Views: 21,905
Posted By EGCA

Excellent news, and as the airport press release...

Excellent news, and as the airport press release mentions, Filton sadly closes at the year-end, and EGBJ is well situated close to the M5.

Photo linked above shows the recently remarked runway...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Aug 2012, 08:02
Replies: 5
Views: 3,351
Posted By EGCA

Thanks for your responses. Looks a lovely...

Thanks for your responses. Looks a lovely location from the images on their website.

Just noticed the piece on the front page of the local free newspaper entitled "Pair Unhurt in Air Crash", and...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Aug 2012, 18:26
Replies: 5
Views: 3,351
Posted By EGCA

Eastbach Farm Accident

The local newspaper in Hereford reports an accident at or near Eastbach Farm on the 27th July, when an aircraft (type not identified) crashed and caught fire whilst attempting to land. Two occupants...
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