Finally managed to get to turweston today, great place, staff, service and surroundings are fab.

Had the breakfast which was very enjoyable but it was 2:30 and It was the first good I’d eaten except a KitKat but it was pretty good.

I know most...

MODS is this OK to advertise?

Scraped from the AOPA Members page emails.
AOPA are sponsoring the Young Aviators 16th Annual Event at Sywell Aerodrome this year. The aim of Young Aviators is simply, to bring together in one place, a host of...

I have 4 great examples and limited edition art prints by Gerald Coulson of Spitfires. Two are signed by the pilots and Commanding Officer of the squadron 1940.

The two signed by the pilots and CO and Coulson are:

BIRTH OF A LEGEND 1940
HARVEST...

Bought above mounts which are not needed

RAM-PF-585-12 with 2 of 1 inch ball threaded ends RAM-B-200-1 £40 plus cost of postage

Iphone 4/4s holder RPR-182-AP3 £5 + postage

Heavy duty suction mount with 1 inch ball RPR-271S (current RAM-B-224-1)...

Hi all,

Apologies in advance for all the headset related posts over the last day or so. Does anyone have any experience of the Rugged Air RA200's - are they any good?

Thanks again!

Al is in the title.I expect to visit Burgos and Valladolid in autumn.
Have you ideas for hotels,taxis and route coming from south west of France (Bordeaux).
Not too high,i fly in a Rallye ...vfr

Did an awesome walkthrough tour of the Orbis MD-10 Flying Eye Hospital. It was amazing to see this aircraft in great shape which was originally delivered in 1973 and still flying.

LAA Andover Strut are pleased to announce the return of their Annual Barton Ashes Fly-in and BBQ at Barton Ashes Airfield, nr Winchester.

This will be held on Sunday 29th August, BBQ available from 1230’ish’, or bring your own food/drink....

Recently Dave was not overly kind to a chap called Bryan who has a YouTube comedy channel . Bryan tuned in to one of our Livestreams to say hello.

Tonight he'll be joining us as a special guest, so tune in for all of the usual good stuff (including...

This turned up in my email yesterday....It refers to feedback and issues in respect of the operation of the TDAs at Waddington and Lossiemouth.

The MOD has provided an email and a mobile telephone number for such use. Both will be monitored by the...

Someone overseas is looking for a working, mechanical, G meter for his Steen Skybolt project. Either 3 1/8" or smaller will be okay.
Anyone got one they wish to sell or know where to try in UK?
TonyN

Not wanting to throw a rock at a hornet's nest (and so, apologies for what follows) but....

I've noticed a few posts the past week on here that are completely fine when one reads them as a member of these esteemed forums, but where - if the...

We have a webinar on Monday evening for people who fly in the UKL with FAA certificates, or indeed anyone interested in the whole FAA/N reg thing.

I will be joined by Nigel Webb, Arwyn Jones (dual qualified instructor), and would like to add a...

Following up on the Blue origin and Virgin Galactic flights, the real thing is also scheduled for later this year.

For those who want the full experience, there will be more missions like this one coming up soon: Inspiration 4

Tickets are roughly...

.. postponed and merged, inevitably, but going ahead tomorrow. However, planned BBMF Dakota flypast (~1430) has been cancelled, as apprently it's not serviceable, We are hoping for a Hurricane at ~1230, though. Fly-ins welcome as ever, but (as ever)...

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Ian

Good morning. My kids were desperate to start a you tube channel as its all they watch on TV so about a year ago we decided to let them make videos of our flights. The most recent one was put up a few days ago where we flew from Biggin Hill to...

Hi, thought I’d share with you my latest flying trip with one of my two children (I alternate each year with one of them), a tradition we cherish, and always a privileged moment of complicity and bonding.

Looking for offers
Our lovely Marquart Ma5 Charger suffered a failure on the undercarriage and is now stripped down ready for rebuild but unfortunately too big a job for us, this aircraft has been built to a higher max weight than the original and...

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Ian
PS Fantasy Hangar is all about our pick for a UK staycation

I just learned that Martin Harding passed away early this morning in Redhill.

In the 1970’s and 80’s, Martin was a member of the Tiger Club, a share holder at that time in Jodel 1050 G AVHL, and then an owner of the TSR3 Wonderplane (G AWIV?).

We...

Great little fly in at West Tisted. Shame the weather put a stop to a lot of visitors.

De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ACMA West Tisted 31st July 2021 by Richard Davies , on Flickr

De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ACMA West Tisted 31st July...

On 19-23 July, our flying club "Aeroklubben i Göteborg" arranged the seventeenth consecutive multi-day open trip. "Open" means that anyone who is interested is welcome and, if interest is too big, gets a seat on a...

V. experienced pilot looking to join a group in Norfolk, location to be north of the A47 Kings Lynn to Great Yarmouth A Road - but not excluding the Fenland area.

11.000 hours including many tailwheel aircraft with experience of group flying ....

This item investigated the origin of the NI placename Ballywatticock , after it had been in the news as the site of the weather station observing NI's highest ever temperature:

It occurred to me that this perfectly fulfilled the Reithian...

I'm having a bit of a clear out of stuff I aren't using and as I haven't used this camera in a while I thought I'd offer it for sale here before I eBayed it as somebody might want to record their flights or have a second camera.

So pictured below...

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Loads on tonight, live weather, more news than we've had for ages, Ellie Carter talking to Jonny, Steve Slater talking to Ed (updating everyone on the LAA Rally), a vcideo report from Turweston, a replacement Dave, and...

Hi everyone, the Garmin Team is excited to share additional updates for the GI 275 EIS, Garmin Pilot v10.5, TXi v3.22, GFC 500, GPS series navigators and more AirVenture promotions. These updates add to the Smart Glide update provided here: .

GI...

I came across this beastie today, anybody got any experience of it??

Yes, I know it's bloody hot outside (and inside), but the Livestream life goes on. This week with even more news than usual, PLUS excitingly a new sponsor and an interview with Ellie Carter

See you on our YouTube channel at 19:30

Ian

This news just in.

Anyone looked at this recently?

I ‘recorded’ my lesson last week and was fascinating to review my various circuits. You can easily see where the plane was getting ahead of me, where I turned too early, and where my glide slope was all over the...

Hi everyone, the team has been working hard to bring new capabilities and features to the product line and we're excited to share the latest addition to the Autonomi suite of autonomous tech -- Smart Glide. This is the first Garmin AirVenture news...

..just had this pop up on facebook and it probably shouldn't have made me chuckle, but, taken as a dig at the media, it did!

Hey,

Not a great start to the month for visitors due to the weather. But this past week has been great with next week looking great too. Hopefully many more visitors this coming week.

Hard & Grass strip in use.

1st July..

Cessna 172S...

I am intending to buy a new M350 or SR22 and am looking for one or two others who would like to share.
I live in North West London and given hangarage challenges, am open to having aircraft at Oxford, Cranfield or Cambridge.

Please PM me or call me...

British Transport Police (BTP) said its officers gave out first aid in Sutton-in-Ashfield after the aircraft came to a halt at about 20:50 BST on Saturday.

Pilot Andrew Davidson, who brought the balloon down beside the Nags Head pub, said he had...

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(Even assuming that this was a Turbobeaver not a Beaver, typically 8 rather than 6 seats, and that all the seats except the pilot's had been removed, that was quite a load ..)

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The weather's pants, there's no football. and Raducanu's out of Wimbledon, but we'll be live on our YouTube channel with an hour of aviation news, views weather and (hopefully) a few laughs.

Join us at 7.30 tonight

Selling my original 921is fuel pumps (sn. 17.0102, no ADs) because change to Andair ones with lower amp draw. New will cost +1K euro. Selling mine for 489. Available from Spain.

I'm not sure what the practical implications of this might be, but it seems (if I understood it right) that EASA is trying to work with operators to approve kit within a particular application rather than approve kit for general purposes which is an...

Hi All,

I'll be flamping into Sleap for the the Piston and Prop Fly-In. Just wondering if many of you will be showing up? Would be good to meet others in the forum here!

Link:

I'll be staying overnight for the first time in a tent under the...

Hi Guys,
I'd just like to tell you about a little fly in that we are having at East Durham Microlights. The fly in is Saturday 10th July, 9.30 opening until 6 pm, these tickets are free but you must get them online, everything is about numbers....

Evening All,

I've just purchased a Lightspeed Zulu 3 headset, and whilst testing I found the music quality over bluetooth from my iPhone to be pretty poor (seems that incompatible codecs may be the cause). I don't really want to use the stereo...

My Garmin Aera 795 FOR SALE

The unit is complete and in good condition with all the original accessories and comes in the original box. If you want to use it on the battery then that should be replaced – I used it plugged in. Price is £550 plus...

Been working on video processing as it's so wet - one from two weeks ago with the aircraft instrument data overlaid. Couple of GoPro's, Dynon Skyview AFIS data and Davinci Resolve to edit.
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