Boac wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 5:07 pm
TGG wrote:Note to Russians, attack at tea time on Sunday.
Traitor!!
Why should a closed airfield keep a 'listening watch'? If it were an MDA, yes.
Well for my benefit, what else! I pay my taxes... (tongue very much in cheek lest anybody take me too seriously)!
Valley used to be a MDA back in the 90's and was promulgated as a MEDA sometime around 2010 if I remember correctly. I think that these days you are expected to divert to Liverpool if you wear a uniform and to bugger off if you are a humble civilian bumbler like me.
I suppose if I had landed they would have forgiven me.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... JSP360.pdf
Any Civil aircraft in distress may make a forced landing on any MOD
airfield at any time. Action to be taken for a civil aircraft making a forced
landing, as detailed in Paragraph 3.4 below, which is registered outside the
United Kingdom, will be found in Chapter 4, Paragraph 4.9. See also
Paragraph 4.20 regarding ‘Prevention of Terrorism’, and Chapter 7
concerning landing charges.
3.3. When General Aviation aircraft of up to 3 tonnes, not being flown for
hire, make genuine Emergency Landings within normal operating hours they
may do so free of charge. Parking fees may also be waived for a period of up
to 3 days depending on the circumstances. It is at the Station or Unit
Commander’s discretion as to what constitutes an emergency, but it may
include mechanical failure, pilot illness or low fuel etc.
http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/ga_ ... bSSL26.pdf