In article m, Richard
Kaplan wrote:
It's only 30nm long by about 14nm wide, so it's hardly difficult :-)

How many airports are there in the nation? How many pilots? Airplanes?

Four airports (one public use, three private): Ronaldsway (where the
airlines go), Jurby, Mount Rule and Andreas (where the glider club is).
The flying club probably has on the order of 50 members. The glider club
has 18. There is also an active hang-gliding/paragliding club which
flies most days in the summer. At Ronaldsway, there is a British Airways
maintenance facility plus probably ~30 GA aircraft (including one or two
unusual types). The glider club currently has 5 servicable gliders plus
a tow-plane (a 1945 Auster 5J1 which has been re-engined with a 160hp
Lyc O-320).

There is an annual airshow (which last year had TWO P-51 Mustangs which
aren't really a common sight here), plus the Schneider Cup air races,
and we're trying to get an annual Reno-style pylon racing event going...

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