Fife Flyers - Fife Airport Traditional Cache
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Fife Flyers - Fife Airport
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Part of the Fife Flyers series. Although Fife has no commercial airport the county has a long history with aviation, mainly military. Some of the airports and airfield in this series are still in use however the majority have now well disappeared with only remnants remaining of those days gone by in some cases you will just have to use your imagination. In all cases, airports and airfield were located on flat accessible land. Most of the caches in this series will be easy to get to and find.
Fife Airport opened on April 6 1964. Throughout its early years it operated as a grass airfield (then under the less pretentious name of plain 'Glenrothes'). It became the base of the Scottish Air Scouts' Auster and Sedbergh glider and was home to a growing number of light aircraft, including those of a succession of flying school operations. In 1974, Glencair (Aero Services) was given a 25 year lease to operate the airfield and soon hangar and maintenance facilities were under construction. Parachuting joined the aerial activities for a while. In June 1978, it was a bustlingly, busy place, being the final check point for the Scottish International Air Rally that year, with Douglas Bader presenting the prizes. Two years later the grass runway was replaced by 700 metres of tarmac and this was followed by a small Control Tower, taxiways, a GA parking apron beside the terminal and a bar/restaurant. Various flying training ventures came and went until in 1984 Fife Aero Club was formed, offering a range of flying training from PPL to twin ratings. Missionary Aviation Fellowship training for flying in third-world countries was carried out at Glenrothes in the mid-eighties. This all came to an abrupt halt in the early nineties when, under the terms of its constitution, Glenrothes Development Corporation had to dispose of the aerodrome and did so to a buyer with big ideas who appears to have lacked the wherewithal to carry these ideas out. Instead of the promised extended runway and enlarged business airport terminal, Glenrothes closed in 1993, with white crosses painted on its disused runway and sad-looking, derelict hangars, Tower and terminal building. At this juncture the present operators, Tayside Aviation, stepped in to rescue what is now one of the jewels in the UK's General Aviation crown. Tayside was already running a thriving flying training business at nearby Dundee Airport and knew what GA airfield operation was all about. They set about restoring what was by this time officially known by the rather grandiose title of 'Fife Airport' and by 1994 it was back in action again, a better GA facility than it ever had been before. And, still operated by the same company, it still today is one of the UK's best home airfields or destinations for private flyers. The cache is a regular sized cache hidden in an area which gives good views of the airport. If you’re feeling a bit peckish why don’t you nip to the airport and try the small award winning restraint, the food is great!
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