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Unfortunately I have to inform you that due to circumstances beyond our control Vans Club France have had to cancel the Quiberon Fly In scheduled for the end of May.

Last Thursday 24th April a Robin DR400 aircraft belonging to the Quiberon Aero Club crashed on takeoff killing all three people on board. The plane went down near a camping site adjacent to the airfield, fortunately there was no one at this time of year in the camping site and no one on the ground was injured.

The Quiberon Aero Club who is responsible for the airfield has been engaged for some time in a conflict with the local residents association and others who wish to have the airport closed. Those who seek advantage in having the airfield closed will obviously use this recent accident to try and achieve their ends. Quiberon Aero Club this weekend informed Vans Club France that they were canceling our fly in as well as other fly ins scheduled this year at their airfield. The airfield remains open to the general aviation but in the hope of letting things calm down they believe it prudent to cancel all large fly ins. With only 4 weeks to go to the annual VCF fly in we don't have sufficient time to find another suitable airfield and make the arrangements to accept 60 or more airplanes with probably over 130 people in attendance. Hence the committee of VCF have had to quickly make a decision to cancel the fly in this year so as to inform all those who had signed up to attend. Also those who have reserved accommodation in Quiberon should make the necessary cancellations.

We at VCF are evidently very sorry for having to cancel this popular annual fly at such short notice but we felt it better to take that decision than risk trying to put together something which would not be as good as the previous 4 fly ins. If you know of anyone who was planning on attending our fly in and who does not use the Internet perhaps you could make them aware of the situation.

The Quiberon airfield was opened in 1954. At that time there were green fields and beaches surrounding the airfield and the small village of Quiberon was some distance away. In recent years Quiberon like many sea side towns has become very popular and expanded. Construction of holiday homes and camping sites have been allowed to be situated right up to the perimeter of the airfield. Due to the geographical nature of Quiberon as it is a small peninsular, land has become scarce, and obviously property and land speculators as well as some local officials see the airfield as a desirable piece of land for them to get their hands on.

Barry RV6A F-PRVM