LAA England Tour
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LAA 75 Anniversary England Tour. By Neil Wilson
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ith the LAA England Tour scheduled for early July, this is the last opportunity to bring you up to date on arrangements. Since last featuring the Tour in the magazine, much more detail has been finalised and it is not expected that there will now be any significant changes. A briefing will take place each morning which will include the weather forecast, NOTAM and any specific requests made by the air traffic services whose zones we will be flying to, or near, during the day. Please PPR all airfields that you intend to visit and stay at overnight, as it will help with ATC and numbers for meals. Please tell them you are with the LAA Tour. Any landing fees, accommodation, fuel etc needs to be paid for and arranged by yourself. Evening meals and breakfasts at the overnight airfields are all payable by the participant. 4 July: The Tour will start to gather at the Meet the LAA Day and Wessex Strut Fly-in at Henstridge on 4 July, where there will be a FREE landing. People can stay overnight as camping will be permitted and there will be a cooked breakfast available the next morning. There will also be an engineer on site in case anybody requires technical assistance. 5 July: Following the briefing we head off from Henstridge to Bodmin, where again there will be a FREE landing. This will be the second overnight stop and camping is allowed, plus evening meal and breakfast arranged. This will also give people the chance to fly down on the Monday if they cannot make Henstridge on Sunday. Dunkeswell is available as a lunch/coffee stop en route and Devon Strut members will on site to welcome us. Please show your LAA membership card for a half-price landing. En route info: Exeter Radar request you call for a Basic Service on 128.908. If non-radio, please buddy up with someone who has a radio and fly in loose formation if possible. Newquay ATC asks that you make an early call before Oakhampton when en route to Bodmin. 6 July: Head for Barton (£5 landing fee) for the next night stop, which again gives people the chance to join up as we fly north. Once again camping will be allowed, and an evening meal and breakfast will be available. The North West Strut members have offered to provide lifts to nearby hotels. Cotswold Airport (Kemble) is available en route as a coffee stop and we will be joined by both Bristol and Gloster Strut members. Shobdon are also looking forward
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