VFR Club
| These charts compare the Club's relative flying activity across our base and guest locations,
for the last two months as reported by our members using the Club's PIREP facility. |
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| Club Base Locations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened in 1931 as Staverton Aerodrome, Gloucestershire Airport has been progressively developed during the last 75 years into one of the busiest airfields in the UK. Just four miles from Cheltenham, home of prestigious horse-racing, literature and music festivals and only six miles from the cathedral city of Gloucester. With VATSIM ATC on line every Tuesday evening for at least the past 5 years, it is also one of the busiest virtual airfields in the VATSIM system. The Club established its base at Gloucestershire in December 2004. | ||||||||||||||||
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"Biggin on the Bump" was an airfield which played a pivotal role in the 1940 Battle of Britain and still today has that feel of "something historic happened here". It's long main runway can accommodate even the largest of the Club's aircraft and it features regular VATSIM ATC. The Club has built a full scale base here with an operational centre, clubhouse and hangar, and has operated from Biggin Hill since its formation in February 2004. | ||||||||||||||||
| Club Roving Base Locations | ||||||||||||||||||
| As a move towards supporting more airports which have regular ATC coverage on VATSIM, the Club has decided to adopt one of them as a Roving Base. The plan is to change the base every three months. More bases will be added as they are selected. The currently active Roving Base is marked by a red star below. Club members visiting that airport will be awarded a star. Information related to other past and future potential Roving Base selections is being made available below. Members are encouraged to visit them as well, however, only the marked airport will earn a star. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cardiff is situated in South Wales on the northern bank of the Mouth of the Severn. The picture shows the British Airways Maintenance Building on the airport. Cix VFR Club is pleased to have adopted its virtual cousin as our second Roving Base location, from September 2011. | ||||||||||||||||
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Liverpool is situated on the north bank of the river Mersey. Cix VFR Club is pleased to have adopted its virtual cousin as our first Roving Base location from June to August 2011. | |||||||||||||||||
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Shoreham Airport was adopted as the Club's main training location. This is because of the absence of Controlled Airspace locally, and the availablility of VATSIM ATC services several nights a week. Members can start their online flying experience here in the company of other beginners and, via the Club TeamSpeak server, obtain help from experienced members also flying from this pretty seaside location. Real World Shoreham Airport is the oldest licensed airfield in the UK, and has a beautiful Grade II listed art deco building which is not only a Control Tower but also a full scale Passenger Terminal. | |||||||||||||||||
| Club Guest Locations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Guest Airfields |
Each month our Events Manager selects three or four other airfields for members to visit. These may be large regional airports, small general aviation aerodromes, or grass farm strips. Some will be close to a Base Airfield, allowing short simple flights to suit new members with limited experience, and others will be designed to present different challenges, be it navigation, short landing strips or complex controlled airspace. Briefings will not be provided by the Club, and members must choose their own route and do their own flight planning. The idea is to encourage members to explore Britain by Flight Simulator and provide at least some challenging flights. The Club Star Awards process is used to analyse each member's Pilot Reports and to allocate Stars for recording visits to these locations. This month the selected guest airfields are:
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