Any experience of Castle Air out of BQH?

[nickfrog]

Flying to France with them on Monday, hopefully in a twin.

Anyone used them?

[normalbloke]

nickfrog said:

Flying to France with them on Monday, hopefully in a twin.

Anyone used them?

Not personally used them, but they’re a fairly grown up outfit.

[Wildcat45]

Started by a Fleet Air Arm helo pilot I think.

Didn’t they fly Anneka and Annabelle around in Treasure Hunt?

[eccles]

Castle air used to be in the credits of a lots of TV shows being used for ariel filming.

[RobbyJ]

They've been in business for over 40 years and are very experienced. From what I see they fly the A109 and A139 almost exclusively so you're in for a nice ride in a twin either way.

[DavieBNL]

Safe Hands..

[nickfrog]

Thanks for all the feedback. For completion, this is a very sleek operation indeed and the flight was very smooth despite a slight initial risk of freezing fog at destination. In the end the weather was clear. The Touquet custom was a bit OTT, not sure that's since Brexit but we weren't in Schengen anyway. From memory we didn't have to leave the aircraft a few years ago but perhaps that was in Amiens.
We did get a nice 109 G which is their smallest aircraft. The 139 looks amazing but uses twice the fuel I understand. There might be more similar trips in the near future, who knows? A decent day out of retirement for me

[RobbyJ]

Awesome, you lucky man!

That G-LAWA AW139 is a beast, as is that brand new AW139 SAR in the background of your photo that they have for sale.

[nickfrog]

Yes the search and rescue thing is awesome with the massively bulbous windows sticking out. The interior of their ”normal” 139 was 6 massive captain chairs. The luggage space behind it is cavernous too, like 4 times the size of the 109's (or more?) despite some of the extra bulk being dedicated to the bigger tank.