Sarasota forecasting gusts of 110 knots with the eye going straight through Tampa. Not a lot of traffic flying in Florida (at the moment).

Iceman 8)

The Coroner held a pre-inquest hearing today and has set a date of September 2021.

The reason includes the fact that 150 people have applied to attend which is impossible at the present.

She will sit alone without a Jury.

With the price of a 1st class stamp now £1.65, it got me wondering about the cost of the Christmas card ritual.

I send a modest 19 cards to friends/family, which would set me back £31.35 for 1st class post, or £16.15 for 2nd class.

That got me...

They don’t tempt you to hand deliver all your Christmas cards taking days out of your bust Christmas period.
Their sound is real.
They take less than 2 minutes from 0% to 100% and give around 500 miles range.
You don't need to feel smug about owning...

The past month or so we've had loads of flies around the house.
From talking to a few colleagues, it sounds like it's not localised to our house or village.
Is it the same across the country?
There was some suggestion that the milder winter, wetter...

Seen on the remnants of the Key Forum and I thought worth sharing here:

I’m not sure if this is allowed, but I’m hoping I have enough good behaviour credits recently to keep this here for a while… :D

Some of you will know him, and many of you will have heard of him, but Matt Dearden (@IndoPilot here), has just...

Best thing on tv for ages. Worth the sub to Apple TV alone. Just finished series 4. Fab.

Had difficulty signing on this evening; kept re-directing me to '@uhb.co.uk ' instead of '@googlemail.co.uk '

Many years ago, my grandfather gave me a negative file. I never used it and had forgotten all about it... until I discovered it yesterday underneath a pile of prints. It's in pristine condition and I also have the box that the box came in.

Now I'm...

Apparently there is a Maltese cargo ship anchored a few miles north east of Manston with a cargo of dangerous exposives (ammonium nitrate as per the stuff which blew up in Beirut a couple of years ago).
It has a damaged rudder and propellor.
She...

Interesting developments at the GAAC. It's always had the ear of Government so hopefull fresh impetus will see better relations with the new lot.

And their paper

Hi everyone

New here, so please bear with me! Can anyone recommend an engineer or company to carry out a pre purchase inspection in the Glasgow/Edinburgh area? Not ACS as they are the current CAMO.
TIA

Alan

My 3 kids play, basically I’m a “hockey dad”…6 days out of 7 are hockey related.

I know it’s not a popular sport - it’s too feckin complicated.

Just curious if anyone else around here is into the sport, or I’m an “n of 1” in the parish.

Kinda...

Hi,

I am looking for a used (good condition and reasonably priced) Gentex HGU55/P or Alpha, X-Large with GA plug. Color preferably grey or white.

Mobile: 07984882129 (text/WA first please)

Regards,
Eko

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...

But you don't have a single screen. You have your HUD. If they both go you are in the same pos as in an SR22 where you rely on the steam driven ones, which you need.

I can't really see a full reliance on glass instruments getting a C of A without...

So the 12 hours per year thing doesn't hold true?

I've done a couple of club checkflights in the past couple of months (keep hand in with instructors) but otherwise, I've only done c.20hours since GFT with 2-year anniversary in 10 days.

What's...

It will be based at Kemble. Are u interested?

I think the issue is airspeed. A shallow approach should always be flown at a higher airspeed, with the pilot ready to trade speed for height in the event of a problem (power loss, wind shear, etc)

Generally, a steep approach is safer than a...

What is involved for a UK PPL to obtain an EU PPL?

Assume a UK PPL who spends quite a bit of time in different EU countries and wants to fly locally based aircraft whilst there.
(Asking on behalf of a friend)

11 years ago today I bought my very own aeroplane.

Since then:

759:54 hours in the sky
942 flights
960 landings
22,347 liters of avgas (equivalent to a full tank of fuel for a Boeing 737)
142 kg of oil

Incalculable joy and happiness

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

About 2 weeks ago, WhatsApp just stopped notifying me on my iPhone X

Updated WA, updated iPhone, hard reset, uninstalled, installed from iCloud.

Everything is turned on !

If the app is open, I get a notification, if not - nowt........ I don't do...

This time, not Rotax or avionics.

Rob P V2.0

Last updated: 8 Oct 24 Date 100LL inc VAT Name ICAO Notes 12 Sep 2024 £1.98 - Blackbushe EGLK 4 Oct 2024 £2.93 = Bristol EGGD Not a typo! 23 Jul 2024 £2.05 + Cardiff EGFF 12 Sep 2024 £1.98 = Carlisle EGNC 4 Oct 2024 £2.09 = Chichester/Goodwood EGHR...

If you let your Nectar points build for a special do or party - just keep a close eye on your balance.

I was sat on around £50 and was going to redeem them at Sainsbury's to discover, most of them had disappeared.

A call to the current Mrs T - she...

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?

This week we are welcoming Major George ‘Smokey’ Bacon MBE TD, former CEO of the British Air Display Association (BADA), to talk about the state of the UK air display industry!

George has had an action-packed career in an assortment of flying...

Hi All,

I need to clear customs from the UK into the Netherlands. Has anyone had recent experience going to Lelystad?

Rotterdam is also a possibility. Any other suggestions?
I am going just East of Amsterdam.

Thanks
PA28

It is with deep sadness that I have to report that John Pearson of this parish, took his final flight this afternoon.

John had survived cancer last year, but unfortunately first Covid, and then Covid plus pneumonia took advantage of his weakened...

Now certified for Mooney

It looks like it is certified for C172 or C182, have anyone tried Dynon Autopilot?

I have flown aircraft with Dynon EFIS but none of them had Auto-Pilot...

It seems like yesterday that we put last year's thread to rest, but it's back :thumleft:

The nights are pulling in, so soon it'll be the only thing to keep us going until Christmas.

I'll do my best to provide the usual upbeat reports, but I'm...

Took my father up for the first time since gaining licence and we went to Compton. Gorgeous day for sight-seeing.
Excellent airfield, friendly on the phone, good set up and the pay by card at the pumps system worked well.

The kites hovering nearby...

As you may have seen there is likely to be a bill in parliament before Christmas.

I understand this is a very personal decision, and I am not trying to change anyone's mind.

But can I ask as many of you as feel it would be the right thing to offer...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

Some key text within the AIC (concerning the 31-MAR-05 date) is The formal consultation process for the ... implementattion has now been completed and propsed regulatory ammendments to the (ANO) have been submitted to the Sec of State for...

As requested, a stuck thread with a link to the "new" drawback form:

With the recent 'reveal' of 890 N registered aircraft being 'resident' in the UK (see ramp check thread) this struck me as a relatively low number. I think I would have guestimated at twice that number as there seem to be a fair sprinkling of them...

With Sleap and Rochester having slashed 10 p / litre off AVGAS, are we seeing a general fuel price reduction ?

Sleap down to £1.79 / litre
Rochester down to £1.91 / litre

Iceman 8)

Looks like there might be light at the end of the tunnel.. Might even get the café open so it will be worth visiting again...

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...

We were bowled over by the response to last year's #FLY2023 Challenge and Russ Pinder is a worthy winner - a Bose A30 headset will be on its way to Russ very soon.

Did you see the FLYER Livestream with Russ? It's here:

The #FLY2024 Challenge has...

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...

As I understand it so far, a gentleman named Martin, a fellow aviator, who used to own a Tiger Moth and now owns a pile of crumpled wreckage in a Poitiers scrapyard, is finally able to be discharged from hospital where he has been since July

A...

I don't know what took me so long to post... Anyway, I'm 46 which is pretty ancient, but have always loved aviation, being a general geek ( :twisted: technology leader, prog rock fan). I lived abroad for a while in Israel which as you can imagine is...

You probably need to be on Facebook to see this

Delayed by eighty years or so.

BBC News - Hidden runway bomb explodes just after plane takes off - BBC News

Rob P V2.0

I've flown my instructor hour (first trip in a Tiger Moth, thank you for asking :D) and have my licences and logbook appropriately signed etc.

Apparently this time I have to now also submit the relevant information via the CAA Portal.

But how?...