ORIGINAL: jetmodeller
ORIGINAL: Jamie C
ORIGINAL: jetmodeller
Hi To All Sorry but this time is a ONE DAY ONLY JMA Jet meet the 6th October 2013.We have 1 3/4 mile of runway at Sculthorpe which is an MOD property, ex second world war and has not been used for full size for several years,there is no security as such just a combination lock on a gate so no ID required.If things go well and there is the demand I can sort some weekend events for next year. Sculthorpe is close to Kynns Lynn in North Norfolk Hope to see u all there regards Keith Whiddett
Keith,
Can you get in touch with Roger as this is not the info i was given. cheers
As Jason has said, it is a long drive for one day but will serve our members in northern parts quite well.
Jamie I gave Roger the dates way back in March,dates for every month of this year except april as I was away on Hol,s some of which were week ends,the JMA committee chose not to use any week end dates and I was told oct 6th would be ok fine with me but it never was two days. It baffles me that long marston at £750 ago gets three meets and sculthorpe at £125 a day gets throw in at the end of the year when the weather is quite lightly to be crap!!As for traveling I travelled to Long Marston 6hrs round trip,£100 worth of diesel and was then told it was an extra £10 to fly,Wyton was Thirty pounds for one day,it is getting beyond the joke and very expensive if you do not live in the midlands Keith ps I would have rather have kept this to email but since you have posted it I have replyed.
Conversely it is the same for us in the south. Finding locations if VERY difficult and we try to get a good spread around the country, unfortunately we cannot please everyone. We try to avoid meetings to close together and also the major shows as well as other non jma meetings. Long Marston is about as central as we can get and is cheaper than the £1000 a day plus ablutions that the DIO charge us for meetings at RAF airfields.
Cost is always a driving factor but the dates for Long Marston, Merryfield and Shawbury were worked out last year when we did not have Sculthorpe dates and Wyton got the go ahead at the beginning of this year so unfortunately we had to squeeze Sculthorpe in at the end, not that we are not grateful for the use of the field, it is just that we could not change what had already been organised. Next years calendar is already being discussed so if anyone has any ideas/new venues please get in touch.
At the last AGM the membership agreed that subscription must go up and charges introduced to combat the dramatic increase in cost, we get nowt for free anymore.