Friday the 20th October was the culmination of some four months of letter writing, numerous phone calls, emails and faxes to put into place a ‘Fly In’ visit by our North Weald ‘Fly Out’ Group to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Brize Norton is the biggest RAF station in the UK and is home to […]
Well the penultimate ‘Fly Out’ of our first year. The original plan was for four aircraft, with eight members and two guests to fly from North Weald to Goodwood for lunch and return via Headcorn for tea. With a good forecast after the early morning mist cleared, it was decided to venture slightly further afield
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So to Sunday the 1st October and our planned Fly Out to Kemble and Turweston in conjunction with the Andrewsfield Group ‘Heenans Flying Circus’. The group met at a rather dark, damp and overcast North Weald with a far more autumnal feel to the day than of late. The TAFs were not great, predicting good
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Well, trip number 8 for the Fly Out Group and the most ambitious to date. A very good turn out at North Weald for our planned trip to Jersey, the largest and most southerly of all the UK Channel Islands, all of which are surrounded by Class A airspace. Julian Mitchell with girlfriend Rachel, Paul
Sunday 16th July was our day for Alderney. A mini North Weald ‘Fly Out’ this one with just two aircraft and seven members and guests taking part. G-AVNS with Paul Bazire, Julian Mitchell and Rob Smith on board. G-DCKK, Andy and Amanda Ramsay and Lee and Anne Ware. The TAFs were the best of the
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So for the first time the ‘Fly Out’ Group go ‘International’; with nine out of the ten participants being new to flying over the channel for lunch. It was shaping up to be an exciting day. And as it turned out, so it was – but not really for the right reasons! The participants gathered
Trip number 5 with a slightly different flavour, a visit to the Queens Helicopter Flight (QHF) at Blackbush in Surrey. A total of thirteen members and guests assembled for this first mid week ‘Fly Out’. Paul Bazire and Ian Slater, on his first trip with the group, accompanied by his guest John Nixon in G-AVNS.
So, to our fourth ‘Fly Out’. The day started well with a very acceptable forecast across much of the country, or certainly the bits we wanted to use. The crews gathered at North Weald at 09.00 to prepare and plan the trek North. G-DCKK, four up with Andy Ramsay, Alex Kenning and guests Dan
A cloudy start, but a promising forecast brought the Fly Out Group together for it’s third day out and a planned two stop trip to Compton Abbas and Bembridge. After a few complications with aircraft we managed to set out to Compton Abbas. Off first was G-BZWH, followed closely by G-DCKK and G-AVNS. Also joining
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Sunday 19th was our second Fly Out date, originally with planned stops at Seething and Conington. All four of the our aircraft were to take part and we had a full complement of bums on seats. Unfortunately due to the Scarlet Pimpernel (aka G-DCKK) being missing, despite Simon and George’s best efforts, we were down
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