Aero Club takes off with improved clubhouse

Tuesday 29th June 2010, 2:29PM BST.

Rob Le Page of the Guernsey Aero Club, right, on the new balcony with visiting plane enthusiast Philipp Kunert.              (Pictures by Adrian Miller, 0988824)

Rob Le Page of the Guernsey Aero Club, right, on the new balcony with visiting plane enthusiast Philipp Kunert. (Pictures by Adrian Miller, 0988824)

THE Guernsey Aero Club says it now has the closest balcony to any runway in the whole of the UK.

The clubhouse has just undergone a £100,000 refurbishment to increase the size of the training room and upstairs bar area. A large balcony has been created to allow panoramic views of the runway and taxiway.

‘We started in late January,’ said Rob Le Page, from the club.

‘We completed it on 19 June, but the planning of this started three years ago.

‘We were getting to the point that we were outgrowing the facilities we had with the large numbers of members.’

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