On 2008-03-31, Mike wrote:
In the UK we flew out of a grass strip (the Old Sarum Flying Club near
Salisbury), and never went above 1500 feet on the hour long flight, to
avoid having to deal with ATC (which I think would have incurred
fees).

Highly unlikely, no fees are charged for aircraft less than 2 metric
tonnes gross. In all probability the pilot probably just didn't want to
bother talking to ATC.

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