Lechlade on Thames-30th Dec 2019

Scuba01 · 30 December 2019 19:03

I have been wanting to fly here for a while, it sits in a gap between Brize Norton and Fairford NFZ, it has a small gap were you can fly, the NFZ limits you to 200ft
First time with stobes on in daylight, and they worked well.

The historic small town of Lechlade sits in an Area of Natural Beauty on the River Thames, with good road links from all directions and within easy reach of all the Cotswold villages and countryside.
I parked in a pay carpark, £1 an hour just before the bridge.

PingSpike · 30 December 2019 19:30

I think you may have gotten a bit carried away with the upload button

Scuba01 · 30 December 2019 19:43

Apologies Spike, clicked on 10 but it seems to have uploaded all of them!

Steviegeek · 31 December 2019 07:30

Nice shots there Kev @Scuba01 I wish we were that fortunate with the sunshine up here in the midlands
Cheers
Steve

robwakefield99 · 31 December 2019 09:39

Lovely shots there Kev, nice and clean.
Last time I was around Lechlade a Vulcan came over, nice sight but would make me nervous flying there, tangled with that air traffic flying ppl

Scuba01 · 31 December 2019 10:13

Hi Rob, it is at the end of Fairford approach and you do not get hardly any PPL traffic, Brize traffic on 25 departure will be around 2,000ft, I had a A400 yesterday just as I was about to take off. Also DJI locked me to 200ft. And also in this location you do not need to fly far away from where you launch

Digbypatch · 17 February 2020 19:06

Excellent photos, I worked out of Fairford when the Gulf War was on and the B52 bombers where flying out on sorties, is Fairford still a operational base ?

Scuba01 · 17 February 2020 20:37

Hi @Digbypatch,
Fairford is operational , it has 2 x U-2”s based at present and has frequent temporary deployments of heavy bombers 3 or 4 times a year.
Couple of my pics below

Cheers
Kev

Steviegeek · 17 February 2020 20:44

Nice shots, love the take-off
Cheers
Steve

chrisjohnbaker · 17 February 2020 20:50

Love them Plane shots Kev !.

Digbypatch · 21 February 2020 19:55

Excellent photos
Cheers