Birmingham ATC

One Friday afternoon during August a small party of club members were able to visit Birmingham ATC. A very informative afternoon was had by all with a good insight into both Approach and Tower operations. One clear message from the ATC chaps is ‘we are here to help, don’t be afraid of talking to us.

Below is an extract from a members email after the event:

Apologies for being a bit slow in sending this but I just wanted to say thanks to whomsoever organised the ATC visit. I found it very interesting/informative and the controllers were all very keen to dissuade us from an often held view that they don’t want to talk to or help the ‘ GA ‘ community. They were particularly keen that rather than just slavishly following their zone boundary on GPS or keeping below their airspace it is helpful to squawk 0010 and listen out on 118.050 when close by so that they can make contact if they need to route traffic that might present a potential conflict.

They also had the usual share of ‘ amusing ‘ stories, I particularly liked the one about the pilot who swore blind he was over Leicester but was in fact over the Black Country. At least I now know there’s no good reason to visit Leicester!

Hopefully more visits will follow

More Congratulations

A big ‘Well Done’ to Paul Trivett on completing his PPL course on 12th March.

We wish him well on his next challenge. The Waypoint Course at Oxford Air Training, leading to a CPL.

First Solo

Congratulations to Ian Smith on achieving his first solo flight on the Eurostar microlight on Saturday 7th March

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