Lee on Solent fly-in – the facts

Watcha – Mr Crutch himself here (and no, it’s not a tax-dodge name)

Access to the hangars will NOT be permitted, nor will pedestrian/vehicle access. I’ve had weeks of negotiation on getting this approved by the various parties. Hants Police (who currently operate the airfield) have to keep their prime job of running an Air Support Unit and not an airfield, hence why Lee is reasonably restrictive anyway. The agreement we have is that it’s combined with the Hovercraft Museum event so that folk turning up actually have something to look at (our parking area at the southern end if disued 17/35 is right next to the access gate, and we’ll run a crew shuttle back and forth). The organisers of that have granted free access for pilots and all occupants as the ‘landing fee’ (= charitable donation) can all go straight to charity; no one of the organising or the ops team on the day is getting anything for this.

Please continue to spread the word, and to re-iterate [email]hoverfly2005@navigatair.com[/email] is the e-mail for those who want to come. If it all goes well, hopefully we can do another event in the future, and with less restrictions.

Thanks folk

Mike