LONDON

I did the same thing in the '90s. I flew out of Air South at the
Shoreham Airport near Brighton. Same as Carl, I got an instructor to
keep me out of trouble and we flew the coast over to Portsmouth. Looking
back I wish we had flown east to Dover and the white clifts. I think
Air South is out of business, but after the flight, they broke out some
champagne for us Yanks. There are many museums for flying and military,
good to go see. Another trip is the bunker where Churchill directed the
war underneath London. It is called the Bunker, I believe. You will have
to ask a tourist guide. Wentworth Airfield is like Rickenback. Very old
aircraft. Forgive the spellings.

Ross
KSWI

Carl Orton wrote:

A few years ago I flew out of Old Sarum Flying Club near Salisbury.
Allegedly the oldest airfield in England in it's original configuration.
Grass over chalk. Farnborough's older but has obviously grown with the
population.

Your US license is good to go; I only had a short time there, so rather than
get checked out for solo, I just went for an hour with an instructor, just
so I could have a UK entry in my logbook. At the time, rental costs for a
'66 172 were like $200/hr US, not counting the instructor. !!!


"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message
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Biz trip to London - leaving this weekend. Thinking of doing some flying
there. I'm an American PP-SEL-IA. Suggestions on where to go, etc.?

Thanks!

Paul

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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On 2006-04-03, Chris wrote:

On a point of pedantry - if he flies up to Scotland, he'll find Class E
airspace.

On a point of pedantry the OP was asking about London not Scotland or the
teeny weenie bit of Teeside or even Belfast where there is Class E.

But it is entirely possible that he could fly a light plane from London
to Scotland. It's a bit misleading to tell him that there is no class E
when he could quite conceivably meet some should he decide to take a
couple of days out and fly from London to Wick.

It would set him back the best part of £1500 -£2000 for the privilege. I
know you think Americans are a bit daft but hey they are not that daft.

On 2006-04-04, Chris wrote:
It would set him back the best part of £1500 -£2000 for the privilege. I
know you think Americans are a bit daft but hey they are not that daft.

I don't think Americans are daft at all, as a matter of fact. I also
make no assumptions about the guy's wealth - he could be a millionaire
for all I know.

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