All good news from Sandown Airport since it was bought by Jonathan Owen and Tony Fowler a few weeks ago.

A landline telephone has now been installed – the new number is 01983 716 926. E-mail will be available by the weekend – [email]tower@eghn.org.uk[/email] and the website (http://www.eghn.org.uk) is about to be updated. Free WiFi is also available.

The tower frequency remains 119.275MHz. Please note that PPR is not required.

Landing fees have been reduced (what?). Typically a single can now land for only £10.00. Full details are available on http://www.eghn.org.uk / landing fees. Regretably fuel is still not available anywhere on the Isle of Wight, however efforts are being made at Sandown to resolve this.

Work to improve the facilities continues. Carla is still providing refreshments from the catering trailer whilst the team of volunteers labour to fit out a new cafe / clubroom for her.

We are on the look out for some new seaweed to feed to the pet met man (he lives somewhere under the tower). Hopefully he will provide us with some up-market weather rather that the rubbish so far this year.

So what is missing? Guess it is you. So get that aircraft out of the hangar and set course for Sandown – like now! See you there.

Fieldhawk

I’ll drink to that. How much more pleasant. As tho’ a cloud has been lifted.

A cup of Carla’s coffee I trust :eagerness:

The cloud was a cu-nimb – active.

I think that these my be ‘bog standard’ equipment that could be installed in any number of aircraft with applicable system(s) installed.

Good news indeed. No housing then 🙂

Spent my last two years in the RAF there on 71MU and the RAF Gliding and Soaring Centre. Very happy days.

SOME GOOD NEWS FROM SANDOWN 🙂

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Assuming that her unit is still there that seems a good idea.

When will we know the outcome of the appeal?

Moggy

Moggy – It has never got to the need for an appeal, just a case of getting formal planning approval in place.

AND THE GOOD NEWS TO-DAY IS THAT FORMAL PLANNING [COLOR=”Red”]APPROVAL HAS BEEN GRANTED FOR CARLA’S BACON BAP CATERING OUTLET 🙂 🙂 🙂[/COLOR].

So, when the runway dries out the idea put forward by John Green (see two posts above) will be the best idea.

There is a possibility that more news will be forthcoming soon, so please keep visiting the forum.

For all the years that I have been involved in operation of aircraft I have been under the impression that it is a criminal offence to tamper with, or in any way interfere with an aircraft, unless authorised. Such, that when invloved with aircraft, and seeing something amiss, I do not take it upon myself to ‘rectify’ any situation, but look at it as my responsibility to inform whoever needs to be informed. Vandals, thugs etc do not have authority to touch aircraft, airfields etc.

There is in existance, the legal instrument ‘Air Navigation and Order’. There has to be a copy at each establishment licencesed in connection with aviation, including, I guess, Police Air Support Units. So, would someone kindly put the coffee down, climb out of the chair, go to ‘ops’ and look for the green coloured binder on the shelf. Surely there is something in there that covers all that is going on.

Another thought worth considering – if hijacking was the current vogue would the same attitude be applied to getting something sorted – thought not.

Swinderby was so unspoilt, it was like a time warp. Would have loved to see that preserved.

Hope you meant the real Swinderby and not the square bashing Swinderby. Cut my teeth on Vampire T11’s at the end of the 50’s. I think there were something like 60 aircraft there – more than the entire Air Force now (or very nearly).

OK, there were other great aircraft there as well – really great days.

Additional comment:
Roborough
I don’t know about RAF stations but how about Portsmouth and Plymouth (Roborough) airports. It’s still mind boggling as to how the local councils managed to get them closed down.

Roborough: You have got the keywords there – ‘mind boggling’ and ‘councils’. Perfect bedfellows.