I flew the Silverstone shuttle for a few years, last one in 1998. There were several visual holding points from which you were called in to land. I forget when it was but one year a S61 joined and started to go round one of the holds in the wrong direction. It just had to be ......Irish Helicopters!larsssnowpharter wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:44 pmBack in 1999, Silverstone became the busiest airfield in the World on the day of the Grand Prix. All done VFR. Over 4000 movements.
The days of the exodus from Aberdeen to Silverstone of large helicopters for the weekend have long gone.