Posted on Behalf of Chris Wheeler at Brimpton Airfield
> Here are a couple of future events for your diaries this summer.
> First is our annual Brimpton fly-in in aid of the Thames Valley and Chilte
rns Air Ambulance, which will be held on Sunday 5th June this year.
> As usual everyone is welcome and a Poster will be distributed soon.
>
> The second item is a =9Cgetting to know you=9D event, from a t
otally new organisation. You will all have heard of AOPA, LAA, BMAA and vari
ous other associations representing pilots and aircraft owners, but until no
w, the smaller airfields which provide most of the facilities that many of y
ou are likely to use regularly, have had no form of representative body. Tha
t has changed with the emergence of the Airfield Operators Group (AOG) , whi
ch is intended to give the likes of Brimpton, Popham, White Waltham and many
others a voice where one is needed. (Have you heard how many of our smaller
airfields are under threat of closure?)
> Just to get more interaction between flying members of these airfields, Mi
ke Pearson, the new manager at Popham, developed the idea of the Flyball com
petition. Details of the first of what is hoped to become an annual event ar
e on the attached flyer. The object is to collect as many numbered balls as p
ossible, from as many participating airfields as you can reach during the da
y.
>
> Each ball will have a value, from 5 to 50.
>
> You can collect one from each visited airfield.
>
> The crew collecting the highest score during the day will be the competiti
on winner.
>
> No crew can start before 1000.
>
> It will be up to each crew to decide the route they take and order in whic
h they visit each airfield. Just a hint, but you will need careful initial r
oute selection to try and collect a few high value balls, as their number wi
ll be limited.
>
> Competition finishes at Popham at 1600, to be followed by a BBQ and prize d
istribution.
>
>
> Weather permitting, this has the makings of something different, which wil
l offer a bit of a challenge, with chances to meet new people and possibly t
o visit an airfield you haven=99t been to before.
> The participating airfields will be more than those indicated on the Flyer
and I will have details of the full list before the day. Just a clue, but t
he AOG has members from Land=99s End to Rochester and Lee on Solent to
Manchester. Total of thirty two at the last count. (one in Ireland as well,
but I don=99t think they will participating in the is one!)
>
>
> Happy flying
>
> Chris Wheeler
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