There's been a lot in the media of late calling for Whatsapp to be banned for under 16s - the Sunday Times poll was showing 90% in favour of a ban when I last looked.

As the parent of an 11 year old and 16 year old, I'm genuinely surprised that...

From UK Small Airfields Facebook page by Tony Bainbridge. Circulating for information.
Just a heads up to all Heli operators that thefts are on the increase. Our R44 was left out for a single night at Wellsbourne to allow and early start today and...

Over the past 12 - 24 months a number of situations have cropped up in my daily life, outside of work, where I've wanted to give some feedback to someone. These have been entirely reasonable scenarios: praising a local business for their service, or...

My Jaguar V8R

Last year £284.23

This year's renewal quote through the broker £756.24

Final renewal cost via Tesco £301.06 (Includes £22 that I added for key cover which I didn't have last year)

And because I went via Confused.com I get a year of...

I read the article on the Volocopter which was titled "Volocopter can start training pilots for their electric air taxis".

Is the only difference between the 2 types of VTOL aircraft the fact that the Volocopter is electric thus more...

Who would have thought, a tiny eel like fish that lives on sandbanks, would trigger a major dispute.

The UK has decided to close fishing of these tiny fish on the Dogger bank, which lies within the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) .

The reason...

SkyEcho/Skydemon combo - when I click "Go flying" and select "SkyEcho 2", I get an error "Protocol not available"

It used to work. I works for another syndicate member on the same SkyEcho.

WiFi is connected to the...

Good explanation Sandy. Unfortunately he has lost his way back to this thread so he can't reply. Give him a few more days and we might get something.

Looking at the answers it can't possibly be a because the wind is from the wrong side. B is...

Hey! I thought I would reach out here.

I have thankfully come now to a position where disposable income is at the point I can pursue my PPL. I did a few trial flights a few years ago but due to COVID/Work Commitments, this had to stop.

I have...

My first proper lesson . ...

Woke up to fog, rang aerodrome, they reported decent cloud base and some blue sky.

As I drove down the weather improved and we ended up with scattered above 3,000', blue skies, wind light, almost straight down the...

...not before time, or a time to worry about her replacement? :?

There's no disappointment on my part, nevertheless, it was an impassioned speech.

We would all like to know about and join in celebrating noteworthy milestones along the path of your aviation career - whether that be private or commercial. This thread allows all those steps to be cast into internet eternity forever more.

Please...

This excellent drama/documentary on ITV exposes severe failings in both the culture of The Post Office management and the British criminal justice system .
The scandal has been described as the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history....

Evening all, I’m hoping that the combined knowledge of the forum can, once again, make up for the inability of the CAA to provide accessible information! Any help you can provide would be appreciated.

I hope to get my IR(R) this year, and in...

TL STING S4 £156.00

Anyone want to go halves?

I’ve just seen an e mail from Tim at SkyDemon stating that you will no longer be able to file GARs via Online GAR wef early April
The government s online service will be your only option

With all the drip-feed & broken promises to Ukraine, then the high-profile support to Israel - what do others think about what the US has become?

Trump - ok - a unique character, but clearly representative of a large majority.

Biden & co -...

Quite a long read, but IMHO does a reasonable job of outlining the trade-offs

Top line summary:

.... the impact of converting the MLLR to class G will now be taken through to the Amend phase of the CAP 1991 process, as will raising the current...

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...

"That's why we brexited, yea? To give the UK Government more control over the UK citizen".

An interesting look by an American living here, at UK Government's demand to have access to Apple's encryption through a back door.

In my opinion...

For the last two years we’ve been bringing you SkyDemon tips at the start of our Thursday evening Livestreams.

We’re now taking that one step further, and giving you the chance to ask any specific SkyDemon questions.

So if you want to know how...

Note 5) now includes class 2 in the second sentence.

Gives the CV risk figure, this effectively means anyone over 63 and on anti-hypertensives will require exercise testing. :(
This is going to be expensive!

United Kingdom
Last updated: 9th February 2019
Date Price Aerodrome Notes
20/11/2018 £1.81 Thruxton (EGHO) 03/02/2019 £1.682 Goodwood (EGHR) 01/01/2019 £1.68 Gloucestershire (EGBJ) 01/01/2019 £1.67 Redhill...

Hi folks,

I am looking for a lawyer to do the above. Does anyone have any positive recommendations? Thanks in advance!

Seems they have a Baron B55 too... That's a little beyond me though :P

We've been wandering the halls as people got their stands ready. Looks like there'll be some interesting announcements tomorrow, with first showings for the heritage Junkers, something still under wraps from Tecnam, what looks like a homebuilt...

Hi,

I'm planning a VFR trip to Split in May in an Beech Bonanza (no oxygen) breaking the journey up into 3 legs to clear customs at the 1st stop and have a break at the 2nd (possibly overnight) and then on to Sinj (LDSS).

Having only been as far...

Looking at the notams it seems that Sywell is no longer licenced, and would seem to not have an ATZ.

Aerodrome Limited
Permanent; SFC+
AD not available for the use of aircraft requiring a licensed AD

EGBK ATZ Deactivated
Until 05 Jul 2024...

Hey all

A couple of quick questions - I'm looking at doing the IR(R) but I'm struggling to find the best prep material for the written test. I've been through the easyppl ground school course on it which was good but wondering if there's better out...

Hi,

I’m a PPL(A) with just shy of 100 hours. Half of these were dual hours obtaining my PPL, the other half are solo PIC hours since my PPL was issued 16 months ago.

I’m sure I share frustrations with many of you that the weather has been...

I've just discovered this series on the telly and am now heavily into it on iPlayer, finding it pretty good.

However, not having seen series 1-7 , I can't help feeling I'm missing the significance of a lot of the brooding sidelong glances between...

Hi All
Can anybody tell me where I can find the definitive answer to how flight time should be recorded.? There seems to be many opinions ( engine on, brakes off, etc) but the only thing I can find in the ANO pertains to rotary wing

I'm happy to pay for the Adobe Creative Cloud products because it's my business still. But my clients often don't have the tools to edit a picture to a specific pixel crop and at 72dpi so they can adjust their own images once I have handed over the...

So, finally it's time to do my LAPL as I turn 50 this year! But first, a quick rewind...

I was an Air Cadet at school and was lucky enough to get a number of Chipmunk flights and also a Glider Scholarship which I did aged 16 at RAF Kenley. Fast...

I've got 3 x 1 US Gallon cans of the stuff, un-opened, if anybody needs any.

Batch number 06192013 which I'm guessing is the date as it ties in with the project it was bought for.

No expiry date, or life on the tin, so I assume it's okay.

Does...

With the advent of social media and very easy ways to make graphics/cartoons - it’s not like in the “old days” when someone had to have talent & wit & then get published.

Saying that, there is some quality in the quantity.

Anyone got any...

We're always on the lookout for flying adventure features to inspire and entertain FLYER readers.

So, if you're planning, or have taken a trip, whether big or small, that you think other pilots would like to read about in FLYER , then drop me a...

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?

The grandchildren are here
:shock:

Hi all

Does anyone know whether there is an equivalent of this document for the UK PPL Theoretical Exams:-

I have looked at the CAA published Learning Objectives for the PPL Exams but they don't go into the same level of detail as the EASA one...

Hi all, I'm currently mid PPL training and was wondering if I could get my SPL alongside it?
I spent 2 years learning to fly gliders pre-covid during which I racked up 82 flights over 15 hours, of which 10 were solo over ~1.2 hours.
I looked up the...

This week's livestream will be coming from Europe's top General Aviation show: AERO Friedrichshafen!

Tune in at 19:30 on Thursday. :D

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Some council-owned airfields in Scotland are under threat - in particular Plockton and Broadford.

Who fancies becoming an "owner"?

Under the Community Empowerment Act 2015, community organisations have a right to ask to take over control...

3OL + J,

Only in the sense that anything untoward should have shown up in the maintenance log. :roll:

Just trying to codify one's thought processes, but then I quite like check lists!

Probably more wary with varying exampels of AP than...

I recall a while back a post possibly by @RobP of a good online shop for well made white T-shirts. Is it me or are the ones you get in M&S and the like p1ss poor quality these days? Ta!

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...

Hi everyone,

I am planning to book my LAPL medical in the next few weeks and was wondering how different it is to the class 2 medical?

Is a spirometry (lung function test) required for the lapl or only the class 2?

Thanks in advance

Hello all,
I realise this probably crops up with alarming monotony (and apologies for not helping) but here's an excerpt from the most recent (August 2015) consolidated RotA + SERA + exemptions document :

As we all know, 'night' in SERA-land...

Winds light NE, swell 0.3m, sea temp 13C.
3 RNLI out,
9 BF ships/RIBs and 3 French Warships