Lads and ladies

Sunday 19th looks good after a wet and windy spell.

Anyone want to meet up for a last minute big Flyer fly-in?

Venue suggestions welcome. I could do with getting the oil hot. 8)

Just announced by AOPA I understand

At the CAA’s Electronic Conspicuity (EC) conference in London on 27 June Mark Swan, Director of Safety and Airspace Regulation, announced that the CAA will be relaxing the rules around simultaneous transmissions...

I am new to this forum so apologies if I am not doing this correctly. I am confused about the details of Richard Warriner's infringement, I am a glider pilot but training for a TMG rating so this is now more relevant for me. He says that his...

Hi there all,

I've got a small admin type query to put to you on how I should go about submitting my FRTOL paperwork/application to the CAA, submitting it as a stand alone license, not with the PPL application. Do I just send the paperwork off...

Looking after a friend’s Moth at the mo. Decided today that it needed a chance to stretch its wings after an idle Christmas. So took it up on this beautiful winter flying day. Clear blue sky; the faintest breath of wind; mists in the valleys; frost...

.......stop future payments.
Recover any monies owing.
Move on.

For sale is my Garmin Aera 795

It's all up to date as of October 2019, both firmware and all the databases. The unit is complete with all the original accessories, plus a RAM suction mount, with the original box too.

There is one small mark on the...

Every so often, my lad (33) and I venture on a US road trip. We have done East Coast, West Coast, New York, San Fran etc.

Looking at late May, early June, about a week to 10 days with a purpose.

Looked at Boston, Atlanta, New Orleans or Seattle,...

Now that the PAW team appear to have teamed up with the Open Glider Network (OGN) and are trialling rebroadcast of FLARM position data then they appear to have pulled ahead of the competition. I see the various systems as follows:

PAW Device...

The idea is to post a long lost word, but the kicker is - it has to be a word that has personal meaning.

I’ll kick it off with “oxters”, a word I hadn’t heard for 3 decades until yesterday....my mother and grandmother used to complain about being...

HIAL remoter airfields downgrading from ATC to FISO; Union concerns

NATS trainee recruitment drive

I'd always assumed that it was my responsibility to send the docs off to the CAA following an SEP Revalidation. After all it's my rating....

However, the SkyWise email just now places the responsibility fairly and squarely in the hands of the...

Despite having more than 500 hours, and having flown in and to Ireland, and Jersey, and within France in an F-reg plane, and in the USA and Canada, I’ve never taken the plane I share from the UK to France.

So I’m looking for recommendations for a...

IWM Duxford are recruiting a full-time permanent FISO . Is there anybody browsing the Forum who might fill the bill - pilot or enthusiast, maybe an ATSA? I have been a part-time FISO for about sixteen years and I still look forward to going to the...

I shared in my post "When's it too late..?" that I want to become a commercial pilot. It's a deliberate career change choice based on wanting to realise a boyhood wish. So I've decided it really is now or never.

I have booked in for my...

Looking for some common sense and inspiration for when the day comes. What was your first solo trip after you received your PPLicence?

Just received some timely advice from Eurocontrol.

After several days of low pressure, it is expected that barometric pressure could increase to a record 1050 hPa this weekend.

This could particularly have implications for pilots flying below...

The Pooley's entry for Finmere does not mention the word "microlight" and gives the impression of it being an ordinary unlicensed aerodrome (albeit with some noise sensitivities). The only restrictions mentioned in Pooley's are PPR and...

At the F’Boro NATS presentation at Waltham this week, the NATS presenter made reference to the ending of the UK’s derogation from the SERA Rules of the Air Regarding VFR and SVFR flight rules - to occur around 20/3/20.

I’ve had a look on the CAA...

I bet there were some squeaky bums here

The preliminary report from ATSB is here

Saturday 0800 EST.
Could be interesting!

.... they're acting as if it is.

Yesterday I thought I might see if my glideslope/localiser indications are working, as I'm planning to renew my IMC rating in the near future, and I want to do it in my aeroplane. So my plan was to fly to Guildford...

In Episode 1 (Innovation, drones and recreational flying) UK CAA Director Jonathan Nicholson speaks to Innovation Strategy Lead David Tait to find out how his team is working with organisations to support innovations and new products coming to the...

I am just curious to know what the average salary is of PPL holder.

It would be good to know how often you fly, if you own/share a plane etc...

Breaking off from the Airspace consultation thread, please see below an example of Tim’s Heat Diagram (using my flight logs).
It is a clear indication of where I do most of my flying - therefore if everyone’s data was plotted, it would give the CAA...

Hi.

I won’t give you my full sob story but my local planning authority has declined our modest over the garage extension on grounds that it doesn’t fit in with neighbouring houses. I’ve suggested various compromises but they won’t budge. I...

The scale of the infringement issue at Barton=

The response to the issue = 29 pages

Is it just mid-winter or do we need to get things into proportion?

I wonder how many of the people that contributed to this debate have responded to the CAA...

Has anyone else noticed that the LLR has changed on Skydemon?

It appears to now be within a CTR?

Not seen mention of it before, but a report has been published.

Last night Amanda Henderson the Casualty actress got a question about a Swedish climate change activist wrong calling Greta Thunberg "Sharon". the clip has apparently "gone viral."

Today Greta Thunberg has renamed her Twitter...

According to the NPPL website it is possible to fly to the IOM using an NPPL "with prior clearance from their Aviation Authority".
Have any Forumites done that, and how did they get their clearances?

Hello,

I know this is very late notice, but two of the attendees to Aviation Weather School (Part 1) tomorrow have just advised they are stuck in another part of the world and so will not be able to attend.

So if you'd like to come along tomorrow...

Does anyone know what was going on here?

The latest from Skywise

"Instructors providing training within the scope of their privileges

There have been several instances where LAPL only instructors have conducted training for which they do not have the instructor privileges stated in...

Have there been any recent web page changes? I ask because I'm seeing a couple of things that I used not to see.

The first is a message in my Browser (Safari (latest version) running on OSX 10.14.6) that says the web page has been reloaded because...

SERA.5005(f) says a VFR flight shall not be flown:
"(1) over the congested areas of cities, towns or settlements...at a height less than 300 m (1 000 ft) above the highest obstacle within a radius of 600 m from the aircraft"
but that's...

Hello

I just completed the FI course without CPL exams so can teach LAPL.

I have 2 questions.

As a CRI you can do the LAPL - PPL conversion.

1) As an FI without CPL can you do LAPL to PPL conversion?

2) As an FI without CPL exams if I do night...

Who on here spends hours and hours planning theoretical routes in skydemon when they don't even have a licence or plane... This guy!

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I need to open "TCP port 8068" in my firewall to allow remote access to a device on my LAN. I think that I will also need to do a bit of port forwarding as well, but that'll be Step 2.

I have an o2 skinned Thomson TG585.v7 wi-fi modem...

I just turned the telly on now to see this. They were at the Dambusters Inn just now, and now they're at the pub at Woodhall Spa. They're going to places related to Bomber Command.

Actor Derek Fowlds, known to millions for playing Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister, has died at the age of 82.

He also played sergeant-turned-publican Oscar Blaketon in ITV police drama Heartbeat for 18 years, and was "Mr Derek" on the...

So after a break of nearly a year I have found another Nissan leaf to soothe my needs to drive an EV.

But things have changed a bit on the charging front !

No longer does my Ecotricity electric highway card work in the machines at the motorway...

I might be pushing my luck with this one, but I'll ask anyway :wink:

I have followed various "tutorials" on YouTube, and have done the following ...

Within my router > Services
Created a RADIUS user, with a name & a...

We have a few medicine experts here, how on earth did this happen, is it antibiotic resistance or is something else that's more insidious going on, maybe medical malpractice?

What happens in the UK if the registered owner of an airframe sells on an aircraft, and fails to tell the UK CAA?
Are there any sanctions?

Hmmm....

I have strobe lights (3) on my recently bought ATL, but the control unit for them is missing. I think it is a factory built system. Can anybody tell me the manufacturer and the type of this system or the control unit?

Where dose it all go?

Flying! Ex-Flying! - As a retired person or OAP?

Peoples with a life time of PPL flying experiences?

Are we getting into the realms of needing a PPL Veteran’s Society/Club?

Could be a new job for the Grimm reaper?

Contained in the Rules of the Air Regulations 2015 legislation is the following requirement:

3.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a)
carry out a review of the Rules in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
(b)
set out the conclusions...