So right now I am working towards my LAPL. According to my FI I am 90% of the way there, just a few more solo landaways, practice QXC, the QXC itself and skills test to go (plus the remaining exams). Hopefully I’ll get it all done before Christmas,...

After a prolonged outage, the Alderney NDB is about to be NOTAMed as available again.

This will permit timed NDB approaches onto 26 and 08 (there is no DME) although disappointingly, radar vectoring onto the final approach track will no longer be...

Hello to you all,

I was wondering whether someone could shed light on whether it's possible to sit an FAA exam as a civilian at RAF Mildenhall?

Thank you

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...

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...

Anybody curious about what cross country gliding is all about should watch this

He makes it look easy, but it isn't- listen to his decisions, there's a huge amount of experience in them.
I can feel the need for a week at a gliding club...

There is some movement here (Germany) now on the electricity market and Tibber (a Norwegian) company is offering a smart tariff.

Apparently the car can be sorted out to charge when prices are low but the rest of the energy consuming units are no...

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...

From a personal point of view aged 77 I can still get a class 2 but i saw this in the AOPA newsletter and wondered what @FlyingDutch view might be.....

Some members have reported that their AME has told them that, when renewing a Class 2, that...

Has there been a massive hike in paragliding activity or has something changed to make Notification of such easier or perhaps they have been told they need to?

Either way I dont think Ive had a flight in the last month or so where I didnt have to...

The one that ensured that the free world wouldn't go under.

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!

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...

Does anyone know who was the first ever person to fly from Lands End to John O'Groats? Also the date, what plane they flew, the route they took etc.

Tried the net but nothing has come up.

Any information on this matter would be greatly...

Looks like winter will arrive early this year; I've got 2 x Robins feeding on mealworms from one of my feeders and a Wren coming in on a tree next to them; never seen a Wren in the garden this early.

I'm off to the US next week and will prob 90 be doing at least an hour of flying.

If I take my SE2 with me and config it for UAT reception:

- will I see traffic broadcasting both 1090 and 978 ADSB on SkyDemon?
- will any of the other UAT features...

New proposals now published, some good stuff in there, reduced hours for training through an ATO, allowing use of non part 21 a/c and more.

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...

Bearing in mind I know nothing about app development: I have been asked by someone who also knows nothing on the subject, about buying - as a gift - a suitable Android tablet to use for app development.
My first thought was that one probably doesn't...

This week we will be joined by Dr Sarah Flaherty, a human performance specialist who will be talking with us about why people think and act the way they do around aeroplanes. She also has a PhD with the AAIB, so it should be an interesting...

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Anyone heard of them? Apparently they run ‘flying clubs’ in schools (probably private ones) offering ground instruction, sim instruction and flying instruction. I suspect they are taking up some of the slack in the RAF Air Cadet flying offer.

I’ll...

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)

Taken from the Flyer News section.

The urgency signalled by the new government to increase house-building means it’s now more important than ever to change the definition of airfields as ‘previously developed brownfield’ sites, according to the...

Just received this by email :

The Home Office is developing a border and immigration system which is digital by default. Our transformation is already underway with millions of people experiencing a fully digital process when applying to come to...

Rob P V2.0

Visiting a client today, they'd got "no reverse parking" signs in the car park.
I'd not come across these until the past couple of years, but they seem to be popping up in more places.

Why?

Unless I need access to the boot I've always...

Actually I think Metro didn't mangle it too badly.

Rob P V2.0

I applied and paid the deposit on a Total fuel card back on May 9th and have still not received it.

I sent a couple of messages on the online contact form with no reply then emailed contactaviation@totalenergies.com on July 10th with no response....

Is still the dog’s bx after all this time. Thanks Tim and team for making a pilot oriented product that makes the whole process much, much easier.

From AeroSociety the journal of RAeS an article by Bill Sweetman

Why do people think and act the way they do around aeroplanes? Who knows? Dr Sarah Flaherty, that's who. Read more...

I had a flight testing Starlink in my aircraft, 40Mbs-60Mbs with antenna plugged on window or windshield, pretty impressive stuff !

For power, it worked reliably with cigar adapter 12V/5A from aircraft and also tried portable battery,

Flying...

According to Aurigny slot availability issues due ATC staffing. As a result they are diverting to Southampton and bussing to and from Gatwick

I've just received a PCN for £100 from NCP for allegedly outstaying the 90 second limit in the Gatwick 'drop off lane' when on our way to Madeira in August.
With apparently a £15 discount for prompt payment.

Now this really pi ssed me off as while...

RAF Staverton was, as far as I know, a pre-WWII base. So why does Google Earth say that, in 1945, it looked like this:

:?:

Pilot training specialist Bristol Groundschool has started using artificial intelligence to help its students. Read more...

Hello Everybody, hope all is well!

Getting straight into it:

Background
Myself and 2 others are looking at buying an aircraft and after doing some medium level cost investigation and attending the Leicester LAA Airshow, we have quickly come to...

Head to the Members' forum for the link to this week's Skivestream. See you at 3pm Wednesday!

Well done and well desrved Sherburn Aero Club :thumleft:

AOPA said in a statement "Sherburn Aero Club is a relaxed, friendly aerodrome which is popular with visitors, club members and local residents. The airfield has well maintained grass...

Some time ago there was an EASA land requirement to keep a Technical & Journey Log Book. I duly purchased one to keep in the aircraft and like everyone else in our group I diligently failed to ever make an entry.

Is this still a requirement...

Might anyone know where I can get a 214/215 for Saturday 7th Sept. Last Saturday please.

The continual decline of availability of LARS service provision due to lack of staffing is becoming more and more noticeable. This is not about the skilled ATC staff who do an excellent job of providing it, but more about the apparent lack of...

I flew to Welshpool on Saturday 20th April. My route was via BNN to HEN and then to Church Stretton and direct to Welshpool.

In the region of HEN there is a notified drone area of surface to 1150 feet and another to the south of that of surface to...

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?

Read more...

It’s Air Ambulance Week 2024! Air ambulance charities across the UK will be delivering the message: ‘Today’s Supporter, Tomorrow’s Lifesaver’. Read more