First Fly-in for North Coates Flying Club

Fifty-six aircraft made it to the Spring fly-in at North Coates despite unsettled weather over 22 and 23 April.

"The days leading up to our first flying meeting of the year were, to say the least, nail-biting," club secretary Brian Stafford told LOOP.

"Winds, rain, fog, even a bit of sunshine, but true to form on the Saturday at least we had brilliant weather."

Sunday wasn't a complete write-off either, with decent weather in the afternoon.
According to Brian, there was a good variety on show, "from the diminutive Bambi to the sleek Kiss 450 weightshift microlight".

Among the others were SkyRangers, Rans S6, Eurostar, Sluka and various weightshifts.
Group A types included an Auster J/1N, a Piper J3 Cub, Jodel and Europa.

A new RV9A also popped in, and a few Cessnas - three of which came from Humber Flying Club. 

Plenty of familiar faces turned up to mark he start of the season, with the club's former chairman, John Evans making an appearance. Brian also added, "It was also good to see Roy Hodder back in the air arriving in the Stitts Playboy."
 
W: www.northcoatesflyingclub.co.uk

Words: Kirsten Corrigan