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A share has come available in this long established friendly group, operating a well maintained PA38 Tomahawk out of Kemble.

G-BPPF

1/18th Share £1500 - or sensible offers
Per hour Wet £98
Monthly Fee £70
Movements (defined as either a Take-Off,...

Over 10,000 P-38 Lightning aircraft were built at the Lockheed factory in California, USA, during WW2. At the time it was the fastest & longest range aircraft, as well as other firsts. It was the only American fighter to be produced during the...

The long-running saga of Piper aircraft wing spars is back with two new Airworthiness Directives. Up to 21,000 aircraft could be affected. Read more

+VIDEO Can you believe the Jetson One electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) single-seater already has orders for 462 aircraft? Read more

The British designed and built Skyfly Axe eVTOL has started manned flight tests after being given the go-ahead by the CAA. Read more

Just had an email offering me the domain Blueplane.net for only $2k.
Just checked with my provider and it is available for £0,01 for the first year.

I am thinking of buying it and selling it to the scammer for the tiny sum of $1500 so he can make...

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Be great to see a Canberra fly again even if it has to be in the USA.

Gliding and Business Aviation have always had a place at AERO Friedrichshafen, Europe's top GA show, but will have special treatment from 2025. Read more

Hi,

I am looking to setup a London based group to buy a Diamond DA62.

Ideally it would be a 3 or 4 member group with the plane based at Biggin Hill but there is flexibility.

I expect the cost of a share to be in the £250k to £400k bracket with a...

MSFS Local Legend No. 11, the famous Aero 145 made in former Czechoslovakia, has an interesting Australian connection, hence this video in which we follow the life of Aero 145 VH-DUH in particular. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

You can catch the last hour on Sky355 of Seven hour marathon of 60s music .

The soundtrack of my student years decade from O levels to qualifying .

Happily I hit the ‘record ‘ button fairly early on.

Great evening of nostalgia . :lol:

Plans to build a solar farm on a runway at Blackpool Airport have been submitted to the local council. Read more

The annual Light Aircraft Design Conference held by the Royal Aeronautical Society will be on Monday, 25 November this year Read more

Two gull wing cargo doors hinged down the middle of the Bushliner aircraft's fuselage? How is that possible? Read more

there is currently a ⅓ share of a Piper Meridian based and hangared at Southampton Airport available.

2007 airframe with 2,200hrs
Mtow 1,999kg
100% new avionics fitted last year. All Garmin panel with Wx radar
Garmin Plane Sync (database updates...

Hi,

I am looking for a used (good condition and reasonably priced) Gentex HGU55/P or Alpha, X-Large with GA plug. Color preferably grey or white.

Mobile: 07984882129 (text/WA first please)

Regards,
Eko

This week we are welcoming Major George ‘Smokey’ Bacon to talk about the state of the UK air display industry. Read more

Fourteen UK airfields have resident electric aircraft, according to the British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA) Read more...

There's new energy at the long-standing General Aviation Awareness Council with a new chairman and a new prospectus Read more...

Carb ice isn't just for winter - it can happen any time - and it's the probable cause of a serious accident for two pilots in a Piper PA-28 Read more

France's now fully nationalised electricity company EDF Group is to invest in aircraft manufacturing startup Aura Aero. Read more

In 1977 a Piper Aztec crashed in low cloud in a blind valley in Papua New Guinea killing all 4 on board. This video, replicating the flight, is based on the aircraft accident investigation report in Australian Safety Digest No. 100, 1977. Hope you...

Teams from the UK and US carried out ‘ramp checks’ across a variety of airfields from where N-registered aircraft regularly operate. Read more

This week we are looking forward to welcoming Mr Oshkosh himself, Jack Pelton, CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Read more

FLYER free landings for October 2024 include Kenyon Hall, Newtownards, Eddsfield and Cromer with a 50% off deal at Land's End Read more

Mike Patey's incredible hyperstol aircraft Draco is to go into production as a brand new manufacturer. Read more

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has 'tagged' 20 cadet pilots and given them conditional offers of employment. Read more

This month’s exclusive FLYER Club member webinar is with Andy Sinclair. Join us at 7pm on Tuesday 1 October, when Andy will be telling us all about the IR(R) – previously known as the IMC rating.

If you are not already a member, then just £5 a...

Another new one to the list!!

If you want to visit the Costa del Sol and not have to sell your organs to pay for landing /handling at Malaga then this is the place for you.

1000m hard runway just outside Velez-Malaga. Run by the Real Aero Club...

A new one to the list!!

Big regional airport up on the plateau.
Fully manned, fully staffed,even a nice cafateria/resturant, just very few planes.
Probably the worlds biggest 'odd shaped' CTR!
Still, RV-12 landing €11.75 inc tax
No idea about...

I know this is as vanilla and unlikely as it gets and I will ask around locally but just trying here in case anything comes up.

(Yes, I'm a student, on verge of solo which by EGTR standards means I'm about halfway there. :wink: )

Some pilots renewing Class 2 medicals have to take an Exercise ECG if they are over 60 and taking blood pressure medication. Read more

Britain's Imperial War Museum (IWN) is collaborating with watch maker AVI-8 to produce four new watches inspired by wartime aircraft. Read more...

Cirrus Aircraft is expanding support for aircraft sales in the UK and Ireland with the appointment of Callum Smith as Regional Manager. Read more...

+VIDEO What's the craziest flying you can imagine? Low level aeros? Water-skimming in an aeroplane? STOL competitions? Nope, nowhere close. Read more

Luftwaffe factor – Brian says there is a subtle difference between ‘esprit de corps’ and the modern term ‘peer group pressure’… Read more

Drone flying beyond visual line of sight of its remote pilot will become routine by 2027, according to the CAA's just released 'roadmap' Read more

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944) was a very famous French aviator & writer, best known for "The Little Prince", an aviation fable aimed at adults & children. In Dec 1935 he crashed in the Sahara desert & was saved from...

FOBA Autumn Fly-In 2024

Join us on Saturday 28th September for our Friends Of Barton Aerodrome (FOBA) Autumn Fly-In.

0900L - SS

FREE landings for visiting aircraft

Onsite café/bar The Departure Lounge

Self service Avgas 100LL

A warm welcome...

1/7 share in G-GEEP Robin Aiglon 1180TD based at North Weald Airfield (EGSX).

* 4-seater
* 120 kt cruise
* Twin Garmin 255 Nav Comms
* ADF
* Mode S Transponder
* Sky Echo
* Wing leveler
* Kept in its own hangar next to a taxiway (the hangar is not...

Head to the Members' forum for the link to next week's Skivestream!

More than 47,000 Mandatory Occurrence Reports – better known as 'MORs' – were received by the CAA in 2023. That's a 39% increase. Read more

Kemble was always a pleasant place to visit when I lived close by, especially when AV8 was such a desirable restaurant, rather than an airport caff. Av8 has an excellent position, adjacent to the grass park up, and full panorama of the runway.

It...

The Cherokee Six is just that bit bigger and more capable when it comes to getting onboard some people with complex needs. Read more

'Design, Build, Fly' is not only the theme for the Royal Aeronautical Society's conference in October but also a new initiative to address the skills gap in UK aerospace. Read more

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