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25/07/2008, 7:38 PM C-Frost £120.00 SPENT IN 3 MINS FOR A RIDE IN A HELICOPTER AT HELIDAYS I WENT TO WESTON SUPER MARE TO GO TO HELIDAYS FIRST IT COST ME £5.00 TO GET IN THEN FOR A 3 MIN RIDE IN A HELICOPTER WOULD YOU PAY £120.00 2 X ADULTS AT £35 2 X CHILDREN AT £25.00... A COMPLETE RIPPED OFF AND EVEN THOE FOR CHARITY OUT RIGHT RUBBISH AND A TOTAL DISAAPOINTMENT THE LOCAL COUNCIL CERTAINLY KNOPWS HOW TO MAKE MONEY ....

28/07/2008, 5:30 PM Jerry Attrick Joined on 25/07/2008 Posts 10 Re: £120.00 SPENT IN 3 MINS FOR A RIDE IN A HELICOPTER AT HELIDAYS I watched the whole affair while enjoying a fantastic walk up over Brean Down.  I would have said that your estimate of 3 minutes was a bit on the generous side.  I took a flight from Wroughton a few years ago and had at least 10 mins for 20 quid. If you decided to go ahead, did you bother to check on the operator's personal insurance arrangements?  Choppers are not the safest mode of transport.   Jerry    Report

29/07/2008, 1:12 PM C-Frost Re: £120.00 SPENT IN 3 MINS FOR A RIDE IN A HELICOPTER AT HELIDAYS Would love to know just how much goes to charity - and even moreso - which charity are we talking about.  I expect you are aware that the Helicopter place is a registered charity...

30/07/2008, 6:04 PM The Green Knight Joined on 23/02/2008 Weston-super-Mare Posts 57 Re: £120.00 SPENT IN 3 MINS FOR A RIDE IN A HELICOPTER AT HELIDAYS Wow! £120! Just think, you could have seen the Sand Sculptures 40 times for that.....;) The Green Knight    Report

31/07/2008, 10:11 PM C-Frost Re: £120.00 SPENT IN 3 MINS FOR A RIDE IN A HELICOPTER AT HELIDAYS The council is nothing to do with Helidays.

01/08/2008, 10:05 AM The Green Knight Joined on 23/02/2008 Weston-super-Mare Posts 57 Re: £120.00 SPENT IN 3 MINS FOR A RIDE IN A HELICOPTER AT HELIDAYS  Anonymous wrote: The council is nothing to do with Helidays. Of course not,but the chairman of the Helicopter Museum just happens to also be,amongst other roles, chairman of the council. No inference intended. The Green Knight    Report

01/08/2008, 10:51 AM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 373 Re: £120.00 SPENT IN 3 MINS FOR A RIDE IN A HELICOPTER AT HELIDAYS  Anonymous wrote: The council is nothing to do with Helidays. Ostensibly not, but they're indelibly linked.    Report

10/08/2008, 10:00 AM C-Frost Re: £120.00 SPENT IN 3 MINS FOR A RIDE IN A HELICOPTER AT HELIDAYS He has to make up his Pension Contributions somehow, ops, sorry, we the ratepayers are paying for that.  Pigs, trough comes to mind.

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