Flying School, Flying Lessons, Trial Flights - Old Buckenham Aero Club, Norfolk

Battle of Britain Cocktail Party

Notice for all members of Old Buckenham Aero Club or Airfield.

To launch the new Aero Club facilities at Old Buckenham we are throwing a Battle of Britain cocktail party on Friday August 13, between 5 and 8pm approx.

Please could you let us know if you would like to attend for catering numbers and we will send some more details nearer the time.

Tel: 01953 861337 or email: flying@oldbuckaeroclub.co.uk

Arrival of the PA-18 Super Cub (June 2010)

Old Buck Aero Club is pleased to announce the arrival of the PA-18 Super Cub for trial lessons and tailwheel conversions.

The Piper Cubs have always been a favourite for tailwheel enthusiasts and the Super Cub is that much better since it offers a bigger engine and is flown from the front seat. We are now offering tailwheel conversion in addition to our other courses.

Please see our Trial Lesson and Learn to Fly pages for pricing, or call us on 01953 861337 if you have any queries.

Night Flying Courses (May 2010)

Old Buckenham Aero Club is now able to offer night flying courses and renewals at Old Buckenham Airfield from the end of October 2010. Please call Gerry Honey,CFI, to book as there is a waiting list on 01953 861337 or email flying@oldbuckaeroclub.co.uk.

2010 is the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The Old Buckenham Air Show on the 27th June 2010 will help commemorate this great historic event with a display by the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight of Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster, supported by other WWII aircraft including the American long range fighter that protected the B24 bombers from Old Buckenham all the way to their targets and back − the North American P51D Mustang.

Our three Boeing Stearmans − the 1940's biplane aircraft that most American and many British pilots learnt to fly on will display again with other WWII types, including a Bucker Jungmann biplane.

The display will also feature modern aerobatic aircraft and a very elegant motor-glider duo display, together with all the ground attractions the Old Buck Air Show is known for − classic cars and military vehicles, trade stands and hot food and refreshments.

As before the Air Show will support East Anglia's Childrens Hospices. EACH are building a brand new hospice so they need all the financial help they can get. Come to the Show and help us to help them.

You have probably noticed on the home page that we now have a video link to You-Tube.
The intention is to liven up the website and to inform people, who may not know us, about what is on offer here.
We plan to add more clips to show what we do with the PA28 and more about the school and the airfield.
If there is anything which you feel that we should add then please tell us, I'm sure that there are many things that we have overlooked.

During the winter we will be actively working out how to add in-flight video to the Trial Lesson experience. It is feasible but there are practical difficulties and costs to be overcome.

We hope to be able to offer our clients the chance to buy, at reasonable cost, a video of their own trial lesson. Due to practical considerations like download times etc., it will only be possible to offer a low cost generic video on the day but, in addition, for a small further cost, it should be possible to provide clients with an edited video of their own flight, which would be a short movie something like the Trial Lesson video on the home page. This could be followed by the full unedited sequence of the whole flight.

If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions about this, we would be grateful to hear them.

If any members are looking for someone 'fly out' with please email: flying@oldbuckaeroclub.co.uk

Opening Times 2010

Old Buckenham Aero Club will be open on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We hope that these extended opening hours will enable more people to learn to fly and participate in Trial Lessons.

Wanted

We're setting up an Old Buck Aero Club Gallery, if you have any photos of your flying experiences at the club please email jpeg files to flying@oldbuckaeroclub.co.uk