Transport to airshows – Helping each other?

HA HA I can see the comments post-airshow . XXXX gave me a lift to Duxford , he turned up in a Vectra …my god people actually go out & buy those things , never again!!

Or I had a ride to Cosford with XXXXXX nice bloke ,but , his car was a 10 yr old Nissan Primera ! what a heap & only a tape player with an audio book tape of War & Peace . Never mind it could have been worse it could have been a Renault Laguna or a Mondeo???

We need to be grateful or people help & generosity as long as the old ” I wouldnt be seen dead in one of those” doesnt creep in.

As for me I drive non mainstream vehicles so I couldnt care less what I’m seen in!!

Legends Sunday

A lift to and from Legends is available for the Sunday. Departing Whitchurch, Shropshire 5am. I’m happy to pick up en-route if reasonable travelling time (can leave earlier in return for a nice bottle of Spitfire). Check out a route-planner to see if it’s workable. I want to arrive at the gate nice ‘n early 😉

All other driver/pax conditions are on the first post of this thread.

Be warned: I might have to get in the mood (for a few minutes at least!) with Sounds of Shuttleworth Vol 2 😉

Please PM me if interested

SFF

Happy to take one person (only got a 2-seater!!) from Gloucester area to various shows/museums/events throughout the summer, or pick up en route. Perhaps we should have a spare seat sticky thread on the forum next year?

If anyone would be so kind to pick me up and drop me off at Stansted airport or Cambride train station for traveling to the Shuttleworth airshows. i would be glad to pay some expenses for Gas/Diesel and perhaps buy some lunch? im not shure at the moment if i will be alone or with someone..

Cheers and thanks very much,

TG1984

I live in Welwyn and often go to Old Warden and Duxford shows if anyone wants a lift-You will need to appreciate REM though (or at least be able to tolerate them!)

I go up the A303/M3/M25/M11 to Duxford for FLs as well as some other shows. But I tend to stay overnight.

Funny how this thread can degenerate into the ‘use Map vs use GPS brigade!’.
I have both ‘nav aids’ in my car, if I am picking up someone en route, it is far easier/less stress to have their post code…who would not want a less stress journey/life?!….only a Yoghurt!!!

totally agree moggy! In all fairness it only takes a modicum of common sense to drive to a different city – just need to know which way you’re going and a vague understanding of uk geography!

I agree,getting from a major place to a major place when traffic is ok is fine ,BUT how often have you been diverted,how often are you looking for a specific small area within a larger heavily congested area.
Planning with a map is fine but when plans are thrown out the window by something unexpected and you need to know whether to stay on a motorway or get off and go via back roads ,well.
Anyway,the whole argument is null and void if you don’t have or use one 🙂

totally agree moggy! In all fairness it only takes a modicum of common sense to drive to a different city – just need to know which way you’re going and a vague understanding of uk geography!

…for many who are happy to embrace useful technology, sat nav makes their lives easier

Don’t get me wrong.

I have a built-in satnav in the posh car (pretty useless), a portable Garmin in the big car, a Pilot 111 for the aircraft, an Airspace Aware on the panel of the aircraft and Co-Pilot Live on my phone.

I have spent over forty years driving something in excess of a million miles, I can get anywhere I like in this country or abroad using a simple map. The advent of Google maps on the computer make it even easier. Equally I can navigate the aircraft using compass and stopwatch, just as I was taught.

It merely amused me that the original comment almost implied that without satnav, the offer of a lift could possibly fall through from the difficulty of locating the pick-up point. Ten years ago I doubt the poster would have written “.. possibly in a car with maps on board “

Satnav makes things easier. Total reliance on it is a Bad Thing 😮

Moggy

Great idea !!!!
I’m in Accrington.

Would also be interested to hear from anyone who would like to car share on visits to old airfields (particularly Bomber Command and 8th Air Force).

Cheers

Is this a comment on modern life?

What’s wrong with maps?

Moggy

(Bait taken)

In a sense, yes it is a comment on modern life. I think dropping in a comment like ‘possibly sat nav equipped’ reflects the world we live in, and that for many who are happy to embrace useful technology, sat nav makes their lives easier (in this case, to easily get to a pick up point in an unfamiliar area). I’m aware of the perils of not keeping the software up to date, and of being taken up a blind alley, but it’s all about how you use it.

What map (and I do carry one) can alert me of traffic snarl ups and auto-re-route me? The big road maps are bulky, inconvenient, and for safe study require you to park up.

Ah, Moggy – a man after my own heart! I accept that Sat Nav has a role but the problem is that if it used without any other knowledge, and it misdirects, the driver has no idea of his location.

The number of times I have had exasperated drivers on the phone, lost trying to find our offices, but who have no map in the vehicle.

A good parallel is using a calculator without having the remotest idea what the answer should be.

If there’s a few within the area why not hire a mini bus and split costs?

Or Train travel but this may be a little expensive for many.

Is this a comment on modern life?

What’s wrong with maps?

Moggy

Anything that helps,even planes use sat nav 🙂 Don’t forget if you are on your own going to an area you are not familiar with and have a timetable to stick to to meet a stranger as such all help is welcome.
I don’t generally use a sat nav but there are many occasions i wished i had.
I hope that people do manage to get on,it is going to be a long tortuous journey if you don’t hit it off.

I wonder how many of us travel to at least 1 airshow a year with a spare seat (or two), possibly in a sat nav equipped car

Is this a comment on modern life?

What’s wrong with maps?

Moggy

I’ll be travelling from North Shropshire to Duxford and perhaps Old Warden ‘sometime’ during the year.

Can take at least two from Cambridge Station to Little Gransden next year.

I like the rules of travel!;) But I will be going to all the Duxford shows from Kent but as for others much depends on the state of the wallet nearer the time! And depending on whether or not family members accompany me I will have 3 seats or no seats. More info after the Winter…..:)

Id be happy to help. I always have at least 2 spare seats going. I tend to do Old Warden and Little Gransden although im hoping to do more this year.

haha…ill see what i can do 😀