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...

:(

I'm sure most of us have other interests and use forums for those. I recently joined a couple in connection with my pastime (shooting) and pretty much left them immediately.

Although there were a few with whom I could probably hold a decent...

Anyone on here able to suggest a solution to boosting a wifi signal?

A simple google reveals various products, but any personal recommendations would be appreciated.
The simplest , easiest to set up , solution.

thanks all

You’re in a PA28-140, 3 up, you’re not overweight.

Say the wind is 20010KT

and you have the choice of
34/16 - 795m
28/10 - 990m

Both are plenty long enough in theory. 200m extra is worth having though, or is it?

Would you opt for longer...

As a newly qualified PPL(A) (<2 months) with 15hrs post-licence PIC and 10 different post-licence airfields visited (I've been exploring), I find the most common area of challenge for me for unfamiliar airfields is circuit patterns. They are...

Priceless:

I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when they realised it wouldn't float.

(Actually, not priceless, about €1bn each.)

Now that I have started learning to fly a Flexwing, I notice that a lot of airfields won't have them visit. I wonder why this is? The Flexwing I fly has a rotax 912. The same organisation has a three axis microlight that is also driven by a rotax...

Is it still possible to fly fixed wing into there? I went there in a helicopter several years ago and there was definitely a fixed wing strip there then but I can find no record of it now. I seem to remember there was an aircraft maintenance outfit...

For the benefit of those considering a PPL(A) and wanting to know time and cost, I’m sharing my experience based upon detailed records I kept. This is just my way through it, yours may differ, but I hope it gives you some insight and food for...

Hi all,

When I converted my JAR license to EASA, I didn't tick the 'Also give me a UK PPL' box.

I'm starting to wonder whether that was a mistake, and it may be worthwhile having a UK PPL as well.

Does anyone know what the procedure is for having...

Hi all,

A friend and I are looking at buying a high performance aerobatic aircraft on the LAA reg, and need some advice. The engine currently has a little over 600 hours, has a TBO of 1400 hours, and was last rebuilt or overhauled in 1998, meaning...

Were any Tucanos sold to private buyers in UK? There's one for sale in USA on Controller.

This gap is from Duxford, up around Cambridge, up to Grafham, East a bit too. It’s quite a big gap.

So, say I set off tomorrow for a bimble to the NW of DX, off I set talking to DX, clear the airfield, head north, then what ?

Who would you talk...

Has anyone attended one of the skydemon presentations at their flying club....? Do they usually do on the night promotions re subscription .??

Thanks in advance

I think there's a lot of mis-understanding about Mode S, ADS-B, ADS-B out, extended squitter etc., and some of it is probably mine!

I know that there are quite a few here with detailed technical knowledge who could fill in the gaps - I'd be really...

Falklands Harrier pilot and one time CFI at Old Buckenham has died recently.

I did a few instructor hours with him, and he signed me off on some aerobatics a while back.

He was one of the good guys and is sadly missed around the aerodrome

Rob P

Good Morning all,

I'm a EASA PPL (A) holder. Is there any a/c rental available at Popham? I am aware of the C42's and Katana available at Airbourne Aviation.

Thanks for any info.

Hard, of course, to tell how good it'll be from the trailer but, well :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft: :D

G

After sky high prices, complications and poor service some years ago, it has been a real pleasure to drop in recently for a lunch stop at Isle of Man. IOM Flight Training, Mark Langley, ensured a hassle free stop including booking cafe, meeting on...

Press release from Trig:

Not quite the long awaited 8.33 slide-in replacement for the venerable SL30, but it only requires a small amount of re-wiring. It's also the only NavCom that will physically fit in the space available for Com2 on my panel,...

This has just popped up on Skywise

Hi, if you have been following the saga of my air strip I now need some help.

The small rewards on offer will be valid until 31st. Dec. 2020.

The following pledge appears near the end of my appeal.

"Funds received which are not required will...

John (The Refueller) at North Weald for many, many years passed away this morning.

There are numerous great tributes to him here...

He will be sorely missed by everyone at North Weald and also by all the visitors who he knew so well.

RIP John

Managed to get a sensible slot for Friday 10.48 as preferred time unavailable.

One for the techies i think. :?:

I have a Moto E (2ndGen ) phone and on it I have EasyVFR and dropbox.

If I select a .GPX route file from dropbox it opens EasyVFR which then confirms it has been downloaded in the routes file, from which I can...

Didn’t have an 8.33 radio.
I could have lent him my handheld.

Just looking at this, can anyone give more info - of particular interest, engine life/spares/fuel consumption etc. Also does it operate on a permit, anything else of interest?

Hi All

Anyone tried the jump start technique on the Garmin 695 when the battery has been dormant and the GPS unit can't see it?

Theres a few hits on google on how to jump start it so the unit an recognise and start charging it.

Anyone done...

As it says - who will be at Oshkosh next week, any chance of a Flyer meet up there ?

I’ll be there from Sunday to Thursday.

(Currently in Knoxville Tennessee picking up a new Cirrus SR22 G6 - which we will fly in to Oshkosh and then from Oshkosh...

Hi

Does anyone know of a good man to overhaul an Airmaster CS prop off a Rotax 912ULS please?

I have been asked to fly a World War II veteran into East Kirkby on August 4 for the airshow that they have there on that day.

As I have not flown there before, and it is a unlicensed grass strip, I wanted to ask if anyone has flown in there that...

I’m going to admit ignorance here, but I suspect I’m not the only one who hasn’t grasped what I’m about to ask.

How do you work out which law prevails for any given set of licence, aircraft, and location.

Starting with an easy one..... for a...

Some fine formation flying in the photos!

Most of us probably use some sort of new tech, and few if any of us will have had any specific training in its use - how to get the best from it and how to avoid pitfalls. This isn't just SkyDemon or PilotAware(*). How many of us use a 430 or...

Cutting a long story short, my 87 yr old Mum was telling me about a distant relative who she knew when she was a little girl and who became a pilot in the RAF. She can remember some personal details like who he married, but little about his career...

Our house is small so the downstairs cloakroom/loo is proportionately small and, for reasons best know to the previous owners, unheated and 50% of the walls are external.

I was thinking of a heated towel rail. There are electric ones and ones as...

What the hell is going on at the CAA, what a mess.

Called prior to sending it off, told their standard turn time was 10 days, but they are experiencing a lot of sickness and holiday, so it might be longer - but not significant.

10 weeks later I am...

Hi all,

I am new to the forum and quite new to flying, so apologies if this is a stupid question! I am trying to study from home, but i am now getting frustrated and cannot find the answer i need!

So, i have just started unplanned diversions, i am...

Hi all

Hopefully I'm coming to the end of the PPL training and I'm about to do a mock skills test.

As part of the NAV test my instructor has asked me to fly to a destination which is both within a MATZ and Military ATZ. I'm also due to fly the...

I was lucky enough to attend a preview recently. This not just another Spitfire documentary, cashing in on the RAF100 celebration. This is a celebration in its own right. A celebration of what is arguably one of, if not the finest aeroplane ever...

Does anyone have any recent experience of flying into St Athans? I will be visiting Bridgend for business next week and this seems the closest airfield according to my research so far. If you have visited did you find it trouble free or were there...

Oops. Bastille Day flypast by the Patrouille de France today.

Some smoke tank filler is dans la merde aujourd'hui.

Hi all,
following up the RADUNO 2018, where I met some of you, it's time for me to start planning my climbing in Europe and in UK.
Before to launch a public "Fly-in", i need to have some informations.
I fly a MCR01 from Bergamo (LILV) with...

My wife and I were talking about Maths (she teaches it) and was shocked that at school aged 13 I was taught Sex On Holiday Can Always Help To Overcome Anxiety to remember Sin/Cos/Tan.

That got us describing other rather more unrepeatable to...

I'm taking SWMBO to Cambridge tomorrow. Looking for any advice on flying to there, and getting into the city.

I've read the AIP stuff and I've got a route planned staying OCAS. Only things of note I can see are gliding around Husbands Bosworth and...

Hi all, quick question as I am having a complete brain fade!!!! The process for recovery of an impending stall on the base to final turn is -

Pitch, power then roll?

Thanks,

B :roll:

I have my PPL skills test in a few days.

I've gone over the W&B for the C152 I'll be conducting the test in a couple of times. Each time the airplane is slightly out of the COG gross weight/datum limits (beyond the envelope marked on the...

I noticed a car parking ticket that my wife had when she parked in an NCP car park and noticed that NCP's registered address is in London. Why does it need to be?

Given the price of property (both commercial and residential) in London, the costs of...

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...