ChrisB Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 With long established flying sites and clubs decreasing I wonder.How far do people travel to go flying andhow far are people prepared to travel to go flying for a normal flying session?I currently travel 10miles each way (20mins) and for the right site I'm prepared to travel 25-30 miles and (45-60mins)What about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinBrian Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I would be happy to travel up to an hour to use a good flying site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Went to Germany once...but difficult to say as I'm quite happy travelling 5 miles at the moment. If I couldn't fly there, I'd have to go further afield but maybe the regularity would suffer - it's close enough at the moment to pop up for a quick fix or a chat at least twice a week and more when the weather's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 My Sunday flying site is a 95 mile round trip, just under an hour each way and a very easy journey, tend to spend a whole day there 1000-1700 but only if the weather's good. - local club site that I use during the week is a 16 mile round trip about 15 mins each way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Houghton 1 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 As a glider guider flying the slopes around South Wales, my nearest slope is 35 mins driving and the others up to an hour or a little more, depending on traffic. Then up to a 20 minute hike carrying everything I need for a days flying in a rucksack and carrying in my hands. Steve A470soaring.blogspot.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Balaam Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I live in Northern Ireland 48 miles from my main flying club. It takes me one and a half hours which includes a short ferry ride across a short stretch of water. Each session costs me about £10 in travelling costs alone Steve B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Crook Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 As per ChrisB mine is a 10 mile 20 minute drive - I am in 2 clubs which are equidistant. Sloping is a different matter, many tens of miles to the nearest decent hill, so Ì only normally bother when on holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Sixty mile round trip for me,so tend to go only when can do a whole day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 9 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Posted by Steve Balaam on 23/08/2016 15:19:25: I live in Northern Ireland 48 miles from my main flying club. It takes me one and a half hours which includes a short ferry ride across a short stretch of water. Each session costs me about £10 in travelling costs alone Steve B would UMAC at nutts corner be any closer to you? its a very nice club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Geezer Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 To our power field (CMFC) about 9 miles and half an hour each way. Just a few times a year my pilgrimage to Pole Cott on the Long Mynd for a few hours slope soaring, a good hour and near enough 35 miles each way. Not so bad really except that's gallon and a half of diesel gone forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Williams Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 It's at least an hour in any direction to any club. The Long Mynd is only half an hour away, but I don't do gliding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Harris Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 3 miles for me but that is a time restricted (for IC) site, my second club is 3/4 hr drive away so all day flying is done there when the weather plays ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bert baker Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 41 miles for club with virtually no restrictions and in middle off no where, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 My club is a 25k (15m) round trip with at least 80% of the journey via dual carriageway. Normally 10 - 15 mins to get there. I manage to fly most days ( early in the morning before the heat gets unbearable) as I'm on my summer hols until at least mid September. I do feel very lucky. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 We used to have three sites which could only be used on one Sunday out of three For some it meant a 20 plus miles each way. Now we have a central field that we can use at any time and it is only about 9 miles for the furthest away. 3 miles by road for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 About two and a half miles for power flying at the club - say ten minutes each way. Nearest slope is just under 6 miles away going there, but just over 5 miles coming back! (I have to pass the entrance to the road it's on and double-back at the roundabout!) So 10 to 12 minutes to get there. I very rarely travel any further afield to fly power models, though I'll travel a bit further afield for a slope when the wind dictates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Jeffery Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 My local club is LMAC near Leicester Just a beginner but have been made very welcome and is only 20 min away Untill I learn to fly properly there is no need to go further afield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark a Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I fly at the same site as ChrisB and it normally takes me 30 mins there and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Martin Harris - Moderator Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Posted by Percy Verance on 23/08/2016 21:42:43: About 7 miles for me, although my club is looking into the possibility of gaining the use of another field for electric flying only. This one is literally about a mile and a half from my village, hence the electric only stipulation. You're a nimby then? Edited By Martin Harris on 23/08/2016 22:19:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Plains Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I'm not prepared to travel any distance to fly my planes. I'm only prepared to fly them either in my back garden (40ft x 12 ft ) or right from my front door. Unfortunately, I have just two choices. One means driving 12 miles to the club site at Little Haldon. And the other choice involves travelling about 5 feet vertically off the edge of the car park at work, then I can walk a few feet and launch a plane across the fields of the Creedy Valley. If the wind is in the right direction or it's very light to calm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Jones Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 For power flying I am fortunate enough to have 3 clubs within 15 minutes travelling time. I'm a member of two of them so I have good choices there. For sloping I have to travel, Mid Cheshire is pretty flat but Bosley Cloud isn't too far away at 30 mins each way, the further LMMGA sites being up to twice as far. Occasionally I'm happy to travel greater distances, the Gt Orme for example is 1.5 hours away on a good day, on a bad day ity's impossible (in fact I had to turn back just the other weekend, 2.5 hours travelling and I'd only got as far as Queensferry). I fancy travelling off to a splash in somewhere before the year is out, perhaps one of the Lake District ones in the Autumn. So I suppose my answer would be; for routine flying around an hour each way, for a treat though I'm prepared to make the effort to go a lot further. Edited By Ian Jones on 23/08/2016 23:59:21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aitch Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Posted by ChrisB on 23/08/2016 12:53:30: With long established flying sites and clubs decreasing I wonder. How far do people travel to go flying and how far are people prepared to travel to go flying for a normal flying session? I currently travel 10miles each way (20mins) and for the right site I'm prepared to travel 25-30 miles and (45-60mins) What about you? When I lived in Maldon it was a 30 mile round trip to our favourite site, the old main runway at Bradwell aerodrome. It was nice, and we'd call i at the Star in Steeple to round off the evening. Then I moved to Chelmsford, effecitvely doubling the journey, and that was the end of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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