The
photo at right is taken while downwind right hand for Glenrothes
runway 07Glenrothes is a wonderful airport, with a tarmac runway, about 15 miles north of Edinburgh. The Tipsy Nipper restaurant serves great food, and if you spend more than six pounds, your landing fee is waived. I think it's halved if you buy fuel too.
It took Richard and I about 1 hour 20 minutes (with a headwind) to fly our TB-9 last September. (We took life jackets for the 10 minutes or so over the Firth of Forth.) Scottish Info were very helpful, and before coming in to a bumpy (the wind not the pilot) landing at Glenrothes, we talked to Edinburgh approach as we skirted their CTR.
The
photo at right is taken while downwind right hand for Glenrothes
runway 07
Glenrothes made us very welcome, and we had a lovely lunch watching PA-28s, C150/2s and Diamond Katanas coming in and out. We also saw the arrival of an MB-8 (?) Autogyro. We decided it looked good for hedge hopping.
Returning that afternoon the weather was CAVOK and gave us an
excellent view of Winfield aerodrome, a former RAF station just west
of Berwick upon Tweed. (Look it up in Pooley's and get advice on
runway surface state before arriving.)
As the cloud built up over the Northumberland countryside, we kept to
the coast and then slipped under the cloud base on our way back to Newcastle
Verdict at the end of the day was "60 minutes in Scotland was not enough."