Sywell Airfield hosted the LAA (Light Aircraft Association) Annual Rally 2012, Aug 30 - Sep 2nd with approx 1025 aircraft arrivals over four days, (Thu x 51, Fri x 311, Sat x 588, Sun x 75) all marshalled by The North Weald Marshallers. This year Follow Me-Aircraft Marshallers were invited to work the ramp at the event.
Set in the heart of Northamptonshire, Sywell Airport boasts one of the best General Aviation Airfields in the United Kingdom. With superb airfield facilities and a wonderful Art Deco styled Hotel & Restraurant (opened by none other than Group Capt Douglas Bader in 1958), it is easy to see why many pilots consider this one of the finest fly-in destinations.
Sywell is also the home of FlyLight Aerosports Ltd., a busy & thriving micro-light specialists who can count one Lorcan Parker as part of their team. Lorcan is well known across Ireland as one of the authors/photographers for Aviators Guide to Ireland, the best Airstrip/Airfield/Airport Guide ever produced for Ireland.
FlyLight are unique in the UK in offering services that cover all types of light recreational aviation, from paragliding through to high-performance touring microlights. |
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