Just to back up Tom’s statement, Air Atlantique Classic Flight will certainly remain at Coventry this year, and for the immediately forseeable future. Much of the speculation over a potential move has been fuelled by the very real problem that for organising public events, the airside hangars at Coventry Airport present real challenges, being sited on a very active portion of a busy regional airport. These challenges can be overcome, but tend to restrict our public events to occasional, stressful but ultimately hugely enjoyable events!

Our real desire is to have a public ‘shop window’ for the fleet, accesible to the public day in, day out, with the attendant gift shops and cafes that generate revenue for the upkeep of our unique collection. Behind the scenes, this challenge is still being given serious consideration, with many potential venues being looked at. The venue needs to have to have all of the neccesary factors to make such a huge undertaking feasable, an airfield with a high percentage of what is required, but a few fundamental drawbacks, simply will not do at this stage!

In the short term, we are very busy preparing a programme of events ‘at an airfield near you’, bringing our pleasure flying experience to a variety of scenic, smaller airfields around the country. The next one, on April the 15th, will be at Wolverhampton Business Airport, the fee for the flight is modest for such a unique experience….

FLY IN A CLASSIC AIRCRAFT OVER BRIDGNORTH AND THE SEVERN VALLEY

On Saturday 15th April, Air Atlantique Classic Flight, Europe’s premier operator of airworthy vintage and classic airliners, offer a fantastic chance to get a privileged view of Bridgnorth and the scenic Severn Valley from the Air. The flights are available in two fascinating historic aircraft, the de Havilland Dragon Rapide and the fascinating Percival Prentice. The Dragon Rapide was designed in 1935, and carries eight passengers in great comfort, the thirties equivalent of a private jet! The Percival Prentice was designed in 1944, as a successor to the famous Tiger Moth. Air Atlantique’s Prentice spent much of its early life involved in military training flights in the local area, based at Halfpenny Green with the No. 2 Air Signaller’s School.

Flights on Saturday 15th take place from Halfpenny Green, now better known as Wolverhampton Business Airport. Flights cost £55 per person on either aircraft, simply arrive on the day for an unforgettable flight. From the airport, your classic aircraft will fly west to Bridgnorth, offering stunning views of high town, the church, castle ruins and the furnicular cliff railway. Spectacular views of the river, the Severn Valley Railway and Victoria Bridge are included as the aircraft returns to the airfield.

Call 0870 330 4747 for more details, contact us by emailing [email]classic@airatlantique.co.uk[/email] and see more about our fascinating fleet at http://www.classicflight.com.

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Suggestions are welcomed for other venues that you would like to see us visit, we watch these forums with keen interest and have taken notes of ideas already posted! Please rest assured that the classic flight team is striving, and working all hours, to secure the future of our very special collection, keeping them where they belong, in the air! Our public flights are a hugely important source of income, by checking in passengers are investing in our efforts to keep real aviation available to everybody 🙂