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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

#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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

A lucky escape for the occupants it seems

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Details to be found here

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

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...

Well I did say i reserved the right to post in this forum!

The 21st century has caught up with rural Norfolk and now my 'landline' is no more. Everything come through the spiffy new router they sent me if you dial the 01842 number.

But

I have a...

Some of us of course have handraulic flaps :D

Cambridge (x2)

Always gives me a buzz…. :wink:

Both aeroplanes I now fly have the AT-1 kit hardwired installed so my SkyEcho2 is redundant.

If someone is interested, feel free to drop me a line.

Looking for 250 quid

I've received an email from a fellow group member regarding a petition set-up by the Federation of Small Businesses to lobby to re-open Sheffield City Airport before the runway is destroyed for good (or should be for bad?)

Last updated: 12 Apr 25 Date Jet A1 (5% VAT) Name ICAO Notes 4 Mar 2025 £1.15 = Dunkeswell EGTU 10 Apr 2025 £0.91 + Headcorn EGKH 1 Jan 2025 £0.93 - Jersey EGJJ No VAT. ~5% discount for AOPA members 1 Apr 2025 £0.91 - Redhill EGKR 1 Jan 2025...

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...

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?

Good evening all,

So, just looking at some possibilities to fly in the UK (nothing confirmed, toying with the idea). Could I get some advice on this please? Any hints, greatly appreciated.

Route: E.g from EGKR to EGBN. At least in an inital plan,...

I've been PPL flying for a few years now and due to a relocation, I don't fly at the club I learned at.

The particular club/airfield in question is very good at communication/customer service. They pick up phone calls or call back within an hour,...

As of today.

Foot & Mouth precaution

Dave W (posting from the wrong account)

PS No politics in this forum, please. Ta.

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I was listening to a presentation by the CAA yesterday and it was only on about the third use of the expression "Crude Aircraft" that I realised that that was as opposed to drones.

Looks like the usual suspects are waking up to the fact that we are still burning leaded fuel, and are taking aim….

Front page article on FT.com:

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has been urged to follow the US and EU in banning aviation fuel...

I have been around gliding and aviation for all of my life and active myself for nearly 50 years but I am pretty sure today was a day with unbelievable good vis, I think it might have been the best I have ever witnessed.

Guess it was 150 km -...

Possibly, according to the always factual and understated Sun.

Maybe the best option when the current airframes expire would just be to call it a day.

Hi all,

The Rules of the Air 2015 seem to clearly state position and height information should be transmitted to relevant ATC/AFIS/A/G when transiting the ATZ boundary:
The commander of an aircraft flying within the aerodrome traffic zone of an...

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...