I think this is valid in GA, but if our esteemed mods think it belongs elsewhere...

The Film Programme on R4 is including a regular piece directed at professionals: they want to know what irks particularly in films about your area of expertise and...

Hello everyone.

I have been reading the forums for a few months. I have been wanting to learn to fly since childhood, and now, finally, I am in a situation where I can afford to get started and have funds available for a little bit of flying once...

Any thoughts on this that has just been tweeted?

This 'rude word' check is getting ridiculous; # is where I typed f e e d b a c k fer chrissake

The problem is that a common word formation that we want to add to the censored list is the first and last two letters of the word you tried, with an...

First a plea... yes, I know that Facebook is the devil incarnate as is its boss, but many people use it. If you don't/won't then this post will be of no interest to you.

We've heard on the news that due to GDPR, Facebook is going to try once again...

IKYN? I kid you not :lol:

Reported on the news pages ^^^^^^^^^ this afternoon.

Right then, whose first?

Does anyone know whether there is a chart available which shows a simple overview of ALL the Prohibited, Danger and Restricted Areas in France?

What would be even better is if there were two: One that showed those active all the time and another...

As the days get longer, where is a good airfield to visit with family and friends that has a cafe that doesnt close at ridiculous time like 1530 or 1600 local (as most do.. grumble..)

Mark Harmon is quitting his role as LeRoy Jethro Gibbs in the popular TV series NCIS. He has allowed hs contract to run out and will not be making any more episodes having been in the lead role for 15 series earning approx £500,000 per episode.

Yeah. Been here a while, and deliberately not been on the GA part of the forum for a long time.

My passion for all things aviation related goes way back to my early years.
My Dad was in the RAF, a "snowdrop" assigned to Bomber Command...

I visited Nottingham recently. Lovely day, lovely weather

The airfield in theory has everything. Good runways, lights, nice parking area. Its also located very conveniently to one of the UK largest cities.

Yet the place is dead.

How is it that...

After being inspired by this forum I'm off to the UK next week to start the CRI at Andrewsfield. I'm expecting to be busy having my brain fried but if anyone is around do say hi, would like to put faces to names .....just ask for the Irishman.

I've...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

Not really a lot to add on this other than noting every newspaper on the rack in the (recently ram-raided) village store has a photograph of a haggard bloke with headline being some variation on "I have let you down"

Did anyone here have...

I am afraid that my aeroplane was involved in an accident today. Someone taxied into it while it was parked on the airfield.

I know that the pilot of the other plane must report the incident, but should I too?

'...........Living in Luton'.

(Apologies for Daily Mail link)

'Grandmother, 49, shoots machete-wielding thug with a CROSSBOW after he bursts into her home...'.

Hi all,

flying back from Weybourne via a nice coastal route, down to Gt Yarmouth before going cross country I was talking to Norwich on a traffic service, outside their airspace, but conscious of it (I don’t usually ask for a traffic service)...

I am operating a light G-reg CofA Annex II aircraft in France and am struggling to get clear advice of what is / what is not possible in regards to having maintenance performed on the continent which goes beyond what I may do as the pilot owner (eg....

I'm looking to upgrade my NAS on which I store/backup personal files which mainly consist of photos.

The NAS I currently have is a WD MyWorld (white) and the disk is on the way out. It's not powerful enough to use as a media-streamer so a...

Sent off my application to convert from lifetime PPL to EASA and got it bounced because the (correctly endorsed) ID was a monochrome not colour copy.
Perhaps I've had a sheltered life, but this is a bit of unheralded news to me.

Leaving aside the...

Today I saw something that I hope is a very isolated incident. I am currently circuit bashing at Waltham and was flying a circuit for runway 110 with the instructor prior to her getting out and sending me off. As it was pretty busy I was keeping a...

Reports emerging of a fatal light aircraft accident close to Belfast Aldergrove. If reporting is to be believed, 2 fatalities.

Please forgive the flippant title because what follows is far from a laughing matter

I'm not sure those to whom Facebook is a work of Satan can see this, but it's a video showing an A-Check on an Arrow by wing waggling and the discovery of...

When I got my licence in the 80s (overseas then converted to UK at Biggin Hill) it was the norm to call base when turning on to base leg and final when turning to descend for landing. Now I see a lot of people will call final when turning base.

Has...

The bottom set of forum sections, aircraft shares / for sale, other items for sale, jobs, photos seem to have disappeared and been replaced by an 'Actuve Threads' section. Presumably, this is a temporary measure ?

Pressing 'Board Index' now takes...

Happened to catch this BBC piece on delivery by drone. I had no idea it was at such an advanced stage. At 120m it is unlikely to conflict with most GA aircraft, however there are other concerns…noise, drone v drone accidents...

Left me a bit...

Hi all, I wanted to let the forum know that we have installed two more ground stations broadcasting UAT weather this week. We took a little time for some transmitter revisions before installing the next set. The two new sites are at Redhill and...

Does anyone on the forum have any knowledge about the NATO Aeroclub aircraft in Belgium ?

In particular about the blue emblem the aircraft wore on the fin, what was the wording.

I am guessing it says 'NATO Aeroclub OTAN' but cannot enhance the...

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When I first moved to central East anglia / Suffolk, 20 years ago ‘my overhaed’ was traversed by all manner of private / GA types, 7 days a week. Particularly on sunny weekends.

During that time I have kept a mixture of shared and sole ownership...

Saw this in today's paper, trouble in the big jet world it would seem;

"The Aircraft Engineers International organisation says that because of pressure to cut costs, operators are allowing engineers to sign off job sheets saying work has been...

With Bossman’s blessing, I’m asking for your help.

Rather than putting my feet up after ‘retirement’ from Gloucestershire Airport earlier this year, I’ve been putting one in front of the other. Lots. On Sunday, I’ll be lining up alongside Mo Farah...

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Kati's 20 year old 'flexible' tubing from pitot head to instrument panel has hardened and needs replacement.

1 Any recommendations for replacement material that will be acceptable to the LAA, and supplier?

2 Any hints/tips for getting the section...

A question for our EASA/CAA/FCL experts (Cookie, Irv, Sir Morley, Balliol, other).

I currently hold a Class Rating Instructor 'authorization/rating/whatever it is' with aerobatics instruction privileges. To add aerobatic instruction privileges to...

Over the past few weeks there have been a few occasions where really old (>5 years) threads have been resurrected by posters - often by a reply to a previous post which was clearly very old.

Although there may be occasions where reviving an old...

This was published by the EU yesterday.... It's fairly short (4 pages, the first of which is quoted below) - you'll need to click the link to see the refs.

The United Kingdom submitted on 29 March 2017 the notification of its intention to withdraw...

Glad to hear the police are 'getting' some of these irresponsible cyclists. I'm always 'encountering' (can't really say 'seeing' them) on the roads after dark with no lights, often young kids whose parents should know better.

I used to love Andy Pandy. Apparently, according to my mother, I used to cry when that closing sequence came on!

Parts of this thread are enough to make me cry.

Hi all, I'm just 8 hours into my PPL training. I have a degree of hearing loss and wear hearing aids. I recently bought new, in-ear aids to work better with my SEHT non-ANR headset. While I can hear the radio loud and clear, my instructor's voice...

Good day!

So how come some PA28-161s have a MTOW of 2325lbs and some 2440lbs. Whats the difference?

cheers!

I used to base my private flying at BHX/EGBB for nigh on 17 years, but am now an avid strip flyer with about 5 years experience to date.
I would not dream of landing on anyone's Private Property (read Farm Strip) without asking permission and...

Hi all,

You know how you can happily leave a C152 or a PA28 parked outside all winter?

Well, are there any taildraggers, that cost the same sort of money (or less!) , that you can leave parked outside ?

cheers

How do you feel UAT data should be deployed in the UK given that the data and provision of the infrastructure has to be funded?

Yesterday was a good flying Saturday in the Southeast at last !
A 3 ship flyout to Denham went really well ( first time - really nice place, thank you all there ).
Something cropped up that may be an issue now we have all got shiny new radios that...

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned this?

(available for 26 days from 21/4/18)

It was three hours of absorbing TV related to the murder in 1993 of teenager, Stephen Lawrence and the flawed police investigation that followed which has lead...

My friend, former group member and hangar-neighbour David Jenkins who died in an aviation accident three years ago today at Old Buckenham.

The airstrip is strangely quiet these days without the roar of his Edge screaming about the skies.

Blue...

Having just used SkyDemon to get the Flyer team to and from AERO, it's great to see that the SkyDemon team has just won two Queen's Awards, one for Innovation and the other for International Trade.

Well done, very well deserved!

Ian

Tuesday’s flight (April 17) from Manchester to Newquay suffered a heavy landing on the second attempt, causing passengers to gasp nervously. :lol: