Historic aviation

Young Aviator Day

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Young Aviator Day at Sywell was very busy. Andre Faehndrich, the organiser, says: “Initial numbers, yet to be confirmed: we flew 150 – 28 adults and 100 Scouts, 22 Non-Scouts, on a total of 122 flights on 19 aircraft flown by 22 pilots. We also carried out lots of STEM (Jet Provost and Scouts (extra badges, etc), Space Store, Static Aircraft and BGA flight simulator which was flat out all day!!). So all-in-all another terrific day. YA 2023 (17th Annual YA) is scheduled for Sat 09/09/23.”

Lots and lots of kids got to meet the T52 in person and lots of fun was had by all. The event was sponsored by AOPA and was a great success inspiring young people.

Many thanks to Viv Porteus for capturing the event to brilliantly.

Join Chocks Away Open day

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Chocks Away cafe is celebrating its 10 years’ anniversary and we are there to partake in the festivities.

After a nice cuppa please feel free to visit us to have a close look at the unique aircraft and talk to the team. We hope to see you soon. We are always grateful to all our supporters and people who love the airfield and Chocks Away just like we do.

Keeping Pilots Current

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Would you like to stay current and up to date with your fast jet flying skills?

Easy. We provide training using RAF based syllabus seamlessly adapted for civilian pilots.

Loops, rolls, barrel rolls, rolls of the top, Derry rolls, half cubans, horizontal eights etc are included. (Straight and level flight is also possible…)

Photography John Stiles

FAQ:

do I need a share to go solo? No.

do I need a pilot licence? Yes, a current ICAO licence (PPL (A) at least) is required.

is it expensive? Not really. About half of the cost of a Spitfire flight. You are in control, the flights are longer, the aircraft is completely authentic – including patched up bullet holes in the fuselage.