Now there is a face that only a Mother can love :lol:

He was correct to take his stand though. 'Just Culture' simply did not exist there.

This arrived by email yesterday - Fwd for info:

Shobdon Airfield Temporary Restrictions

Temporary restrictions on aerodrome operations and opening hours on ATS staff shortage days

During training of new staff in the Shobdon Air Traffic...

Don't say Skydemon!

I have an ongoing issue with SkyEcho connected to Skydemon, so I need to find another App that I can test with.

Problem only occurs in flight. Either drops the data, or crashes Skydemon completely. Don't think it is SD, but...

We are in a village oil club.

they run country wide, you register on the oil club website.

Just got an email, this week’s price.

49p a litre.

I’m pretty sure others here are on oil, just thought I’d mention it, I’ve not seen oil that cheap...

I’m apparently one of the first to take delivery of the new and improved Rosetta FX.

Clearly not flying wx today but setting it up on my desk the speed of all the lights turning from red to green or blue was very good. Seeing 4 satellites almost...

I graduated in 1999 and worked in aero industry since and now approaching 50 yr age, I still have my degree course notes in thermodynamic, aero dynamics, mechanics, statics. I have never ever needed to refer to them since graduation. I would like to...

Details to be found here

Objections required sooner rather than later, I suspect. These can be filed here

#FLY2024 Challenge is over… let's start again! 8)

FLYER invites you to share in the new #FLY2025 Challenge - and you'll see that this year we've tweaked the elements. Some elements might be a bit more attainable than previous years, others might...

"Old Sarum Airfield Ltd has been given the green light to build up to 315 homes and commercial and leisure facilities at the site"

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

Last updated: 12 Apr 25 Date 100LL inc VAT Name ICAO Notes 30 Jan 2025 £1.98 = Blackbushe EGLK 6 Apr 2025 £1.95 = Chichester/Goodwood EGHR 4 Mar 2025 £1.99 = Dunkeswell EGTU 1 Mar 2025 £1.76 = Earls Colne EGSR Reduced landing fee if uplifting more...

I hadn't noticed the new name until my visit last weekend. What a lovely Idea and it looks really grand on the top of the building.

I walked in with my British Patriots chest puffed out ready to salute her majesty and to my dismay she was nowhere...

Ronnie Scott was one of the WWII volunteers from Argentina.
He holds the rank of Sub Lt in the Argentine Naval Reserve and was recently honoured on the occasion of his 105th birthday. It is worth watching this video to see how you would like to look...

Cambridge (x2)

Always gives me a buzz…. :wink:

I'm struggling to engage an engineer in the South East willing to do a piffling job connecting two cables to the back of my Trig TT31 transponder.

Old Rosetta needed an RS-232 USB connector but new super whizz bang FX is Flarm compatible hence...

Any electricks experts here who could help us with the latest Big Red shenanigans?

When we ran the engine last year, all the engine temps were fine (except CHT #1). But when we did the shake down flight last weekend, the EGT and CHT temperatures...

Not so much a thought experiment as a peek into the future.

Assuming that there's no useful vaccine, what's the exit strategy from this Covid mess for families, the economy, society, education, government... everything?

Does anyone know how to join in or register interest?

Discover your airport's brand new website :@: : An invitation to travel!

It is more than just a showcase, this site is designed to accompany you in your travels or to discover the different activities offered on the platform but also to inspire...

Has anyone else used this new feature in SD via a Bluetooth to RS232 device to control their Funke ATR833 (the oblong version) radio via the serial input line ?

I have just ordered the recommended Bluetooth interface and would be interested if...

Navigo is the App for buying Paris transport tickets. I was 'lucky' enough to find its bug. If you buy a day, week, month ticket in advance, you are given the usual sort of calendar to tap 'start date', which you can then check before pressing pay....

One Dak didn’t make it to Europe last year due to engine problems despite heroic efforts to change one of the donkeys.

Now though N151ZE is preparing to set off on that journey

It’s the Commemorative Air Force’s Douglas R4D

According to the interweb all flying at Wyton ceased in 2013 and the UK Mil AIP no longer lists it. But SkyDemon and elsewhere say there's still military flying training from grass and tarmac rws 08/26 south of the old main runway (which is now full...

News of a senior appointment picked up from a LinkedIn post about the CAA (mis?)handling of drone authorisations.

Gincarlo Buono benvenuto!

Your brains are needed:
After 30-odd years in 'Group A', I'm thinking of moving to microlights. I did my differences training in a C42 and I've had a couple of lessons in a Thruster T600N - which I like immensely.
I want to be able to land in...

Hi all,

Just a bit of a newbie question.

Perhaps, I lost the context in the translation!

Sure, I understand that Mode-S and ADS-B are different.

If I understood the conversation, seemed that most of the current Mode-S transponders are...

Running from Tatenhill, Birmingham, Chippenham Heathrow SFC to 4000 feet, varying times. Be careful out there!!

In recent months, on a variety of forums away from Flyer, but maybe including, there has been this misconception that Danger Areas, whether they be Permanent or Temporary are a 'brick wall in the sky', 'airspace closures' or whatever you wish to...

A lucky escape for the occupants it seems

How inconvenient for the developers. :roll:

Just went through a charity review (with the official hat on), and realised that one new one that we decided to support last year had spent a fair proportion of what we sent them in mailing appeals to just about everyone on the Church Council....

I don't want to incur grief, but the reg, type and victims' names are published in the national press .

I also don't want to raise speculation about causes, but I was wondering, on behalf of a close friend of the passenger, about an anomaly.

This...

Anyone any experience of using these apparently handy and useful tools ?

As of today.

Foot & Mouth precaution

Dave W (posting from the wrong account)

PS No politics in this forum, please. Ta.

Following on from comments on Val Kilmer obit thread & The Doors…

Which musicians/groups “seemed to be everywhere” but everyone has forgotten about.

I’ll start with Nana Mouskouri. Only cos I had no clue she was proficient in singing in German...

Over the past weekend I haven’t been able to get into the forums to post.

On Saturday I appeared to be logged out so clicked on sign in. This didn’t take me to the usual page to enter username and password, it seemed to bypass that and took me...

Ahh but you are young and thrusting and will work hard enough and smart enough to attain an airplane

That is completely correct sir. I understand perfectly that you don't get anywhere without hard work. Just been looking at all of my interests...

I’ve been surprised to find some procedures in aircraft POHs which run counter to my training including:

C152:
“Carburetor ice, as evidenced by an unexplained drop in RPM, can be removed by application of full carburetor heat. Upon regaining the...

Much chat online today about this.

Six women, in very fetching jumpsuits, one a former aerospace engineer, another a PPL, but none who've had more than a couple of days of training for this so far as I can tell, who bought tickets for an...

Here near Brighton it's a bright sunny day, perfect for an enjoyable flight.

Sadly 82 years ago this was the day of the ill fated raid on the Skoda works near Pilsen. An uncle I could never know Sgt Raymond Hunt was wireless operator/air gunner in...

This isn’t GA really but some forumites may enjoy it. This popped up in he you tube feed, apologies if it has already been posted but a search didn’t turn up anything.

Head over to the Members' forum for the link to next week's Skivestream!

On this week's Livestream we’ll be paying a final visit to AERO Friedrichshafen 2025 with a look at some of the stories that didn’t make the headlines! In Fantasy Hangar, we’ll be choosing aeroplanes powered by the Rotax 916iS. See you at 7.30pm on...

Hi, not sure this is the right form, but I am at a stage in training where I’m starting to do radio calls - but one thing I’ve noticed with my headset (Dave Clark H10-30) is that I can hear my FI just fine, but any transmissions my FI makes to ATC...

A seed was sown by a well-known student forumite (take a bow @t6harvard) that it might be nice to have a thread for relatively newly qualified students to share their first new flight experiences as inspiration for current students and ideas for...

Advice and experience appreciated please!

The Superior Millennium cylinders I’m fitting need the piston rings gapped.

The PDF’s available online don’t specifically mention my C90-14-F engine, they kind of jump over it from A65 straight to O 200....

Does anyone know a UK based EASA Part 66 licensed engineer who can sign off an EU registered aircraft stuck in the UK?

Oh dear….! I’ve been in three times since Madonna’s ex took over the reigns, still undecided on catering as it and the service have been at both ends of the scale….!

I’am prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt, we’re it another airfield I’d...

Trust me chaps, eventually you will be using a Sainsbury bag for life or a battered old rucksack, but when you have to cart around a whizz wheel, paper chart, ruler, kneeboard, stopwatch nobody ever uses, motion discomfort bags, fifty-three...

There's this thread , but it's a few years old now - wondering if anyone has more information about whether either of these accepts civilian visitors.

There's a context email address in SD, which I'll write to at some point but if anyone knows...