I planned to revisit Kemble or Cotswold Airport as it is officially known soon after I had my PPL. I had been twice during my training, one of them being a swelteringly hot day in May 2012, the day of the solo cross-country!
I knew it had to be on my must visit 'food tour' list because of a previous encounter with a thick slab of buttery flapjack. Amazing
Sadly I forgot to bring cash and there was a minimum limit for card payment so in the end I settled for tea only. However this was free , thanks to a free tea/coffee token given to me on arrival when paying my landing fee!
By the way, the landing fee was also half price! A bargain fuelled day. May is a good month to visit this Gloucestershire airfield as they were offering half price landing fees to bring in more visitors. Its a great place to fly, good ATC/ops service, decent food and beautiful scenery, nestled at the foot of the rolling Cotswolds.
My routing was Goodwood-Petersfield-Whitchurch-Malborough-Kemble. Flying around 2,300ft and talking to Farnborough, Boscombe and Brize Radar stations. My return leg was a reverse of this. A mostly uneventful flight except the circuit being overwhelmingly busy on return to my home airfield. Everyone decided to arrive back at the same time!
In the overhead at Kemble for Runway 26, lots of stored/scrapped airliners below
The view when checking the fuel tanks for fuel quantity, tower, Gnat (early Red Arrows jet) and two Boeing 747-400s ex Corsair and Cathay Pacific
Flying north west, overhead M3 motorway near to Popham Airfield
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