Events History

Date	Event	Notes
December	Cix Christmas Caper 2010	This year Richard Sinclair has created one of those fictional story based events which he puts together occasionally and which involves a bit of role-play. So get yourself into a thespian mood, bush-pilot costume and ice-tanned make-up complete, and become a "jobbing" commercial and air taxi pilot flying people and small but important cargos across British Columbia in a light aircraft. Full details in the Briefing Document.
Friday 26th - Sunday 28th November	SoCal Day Trippin	Joel Phillips takes us to some of the best and most diverse places that Southern California has to offer. We will be landing at three of the most popular destinations for 'SoCal' VFR day trips. In this 252 nautical mile journey we will go from the beach, to the mountains, and then to the desert all in one Thanksgiving weekend! Full details in the Briefing Document.
Friday 24th September	Push-Ups for Plots: Transit Trauma	This month's Push-ups is all about zone Transits. After departing Biggin Hill or Shoreham, you will be required to negotiate a transit through Gatwick's Class D before arriving at Shoreham or Biggin Hill. Then you'll go back again. This will test your skills in accurate navigation, heading and altitude holding, There will be traffic on a reciprocal heading at a similar altitude, so you will need to keep a good lookout. And of course there will also be the regular traffic in and out of Gatwick. Briefing Document by Tim Arnot.
Thursday 15th July	Scillonian Shuttle	Buckets & Spades all round for this seaside day out. We'll depart Newquay, and follow the Cornish coast before heading out to the Isles of Scilly, for a snack and a game of beach cricket. Then we'll head back to Newquay to catch the last of the day's surf. (or should that be surf 'n' turf?) Briefing Document by Tim Arnot.
Wednesday 9th June	CIX on the Costa Cálida	This event starts and ends in Murcia San Javier - LELC, Spain. A clockwise circuit will start off by following the coast before heading inland. ATC will be provided by the Spanish VATSIM controllers, and this is an excellent opportunity for newcomers to participate in their first official Club event. Briefing Document by Francisco Garcia Garrido.
Tuesday 25th May	South Wales Circular	The River Severn and the Welsh Valleys feature largely in this tour from Melvyn Kirk. Pilots can fly the route in either direction, so watch out for oncoming traffic! For full details see the briefing document.
Friday 16th April	Push-Ups for Pilots IV	A major navex around London, with general handling and circuits thrown in. This should really give your piloting skills a good work out. For full details see the briefing document.
17 February - 10 March	Going Dutch	For this event we will be going on an outing, to Lelystad and back. Lelystad is the premier GA airport in the Netherlands, situated just to the East of Amsterdam. It is host to one of the world's biggest Flight Sim shows every November. The trip will be split into four parts, each approximately 1 hour's flying time, flown on consecutive Wednesdays. So, on 17th Feb, we start from our base in Biggin Hill, and head for Ostend, then on week two, we fly on to Lelystad, and so on, arriving back at our Gloucester base on March 10th. For full details see the individual briefing documents: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
January 2010	Portland Navy	In January this year an additional guest airfield was defined in place of an event. This was EGDP, the Portland Navy base, which has a very short runway normally used only by helicopters. It presented quite a challenge to land there, and it was also hard to depart from, without taking part of the fence with you.