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Please click here for our December 2008 Newsletter

Written by John Broad.

If you missed last months news letter or just want to read up on the last 2 years news and events, please have a look at our archive.

Young Aviators Day 2008

On the 21st September 17 pilots flew 31 Young Carers and 16 adults around Oxford as part of the Young Aviators programme. Both ITV Thames Valley Today and the Oxford Mail turned up to record some of the excited youngsters taking flight. It was an excellent day, really helped by beautiful September sunshine a light breeze and lots of keen helpers from the Oxford Branch. For more information about the day please click here (1mb).

Calling all pilots of aircraft with two or more seats!

Calling all pilots of aircraft with two or more seats! The Oxford branch plan to hold their Young Aviators Day on Sunday the 7th September at Oxford Airport, Kidlington where around 60 young carers will be looking forward to a special day out. These young people have difficulty in getting any time off from their work looking after siblings or parents and the Oxford branch want to make the time they do have very special by giving them a flight around the local area.

If you can spare some time on the 9th, please come along to Oxford Airport, Kidlington at around 10:00. Please email Colin Hughes via Barbara Rose: brose@smartemail.co.uk for more details.

Note that if the weather should stop flying on the 7th, the event will be re-attempted on the 21st September.

Weston on the Green Airfield might become Eco Town.

You may have read or heard of the proposed Eco Towns put forward by the government and that they have now produced a short list of potential sites. One of these sites is called "Weston Otmoor" and would spread from the M40 taking Weston on the Green airfield, the village of Weston on the Green span the already overcrowded A34 across to the wildlife and SSSI site of Otmoor and cover part of the Oxford Green Belt. Please sign the petition to assist with the fight against this appalling plan!

Helping at Young Aviators Day

The yearly Young Aviators Day is one of the biggest events in LAA - Oxford's calendar. This year it will be held at Kemble Aerodrome on a date yet to be decided (initial date 10th of May cancelled) which will also be weather dependent. If you would like to help out as a pilot and/or ground helper, both kindly received, please contact Alan Twigg on 07747 843471.

JON VINER JOINS UK LIGHT AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION

The UK Light Aircraft Association ( LAA ) is pleased to announce that Jon Viner, previously CTO with the British Microlight Aircraft Association, will be joining the LAA Engineering team in May 2008. Click here for more information.

Help Save Leicester Aerodrome;

For details see click here and you can add to the petition by clicking here. You may read that Redhill Airfield is under threat but this story is more interesting than the usual. Go to the website www.save-redhill-aerodrome.org for more information. The equestrian centre planned is a technical application to find out just how biased the local planning authority are!

Kemble Aerodrome.

Thank you to all those that supported Kemble Aerodrame. The Aerodrome is nolonger under threat of closure.

Airspace

For all the latest information on Airspace see the new Airspace Initiative please click here.