A driver who swerved "to avoid an octopus" before crashing has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving.

Police were called to the A381 between Malborough and South Milton in Devon, where they found a vehicle upside-down in a ditch on...

Chatting to a chap who is based there, and he tells me that there are plans to build over a thousand houses on the site :shock:

Anyone else heard about this? There will be no airfields left at this rate :|

... why pilots are forced to lie.

Interesting Article on BBC World Service:-

Audio:-

OK, I know no politics allowed, but this one popped into my inbox earlier and was too good not to share -

Gavin Williamson: Drone 'swarm squadrons' to be deployed by military

The defence secretary has said the specially-adapted drones could be in...

Anyone know more?
The AAIB has sent a team to Northamptonshire.

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published:
18 June 2017

The AAIB has sent a team to investigate a light aircraft accident in Northamptonshire.

The AAIB has sent a team to...

I've just scanned through the General Aviation Reports for Dec.2013 and find it rather concerning that, just in this one month, there were 17 recorded laser attacks on aircraft in the UK.

It would appear that no one was injured as a result of these...

Coming up to my mid fifties and finally have the time and money to do something I have always wanted to do
Learn to Fly
Just wondering if maybe I have left it to late?
Still fairly fit ( I am a Farmer)
Brain still in there somewhere
Memory not as...

Yesterday I went for my medical. I have been flying on a European Union LAPL up until now.
The AME was keen to get me to change to a class 2 PPL.
Can anyone explain what advantage that would give me. I passed the full medical including ECG.
The...

We'll endeavour to sort the airfields in alphabetical order here with links to the thread in this forum. Click on the airfield name for information posted by other forumites about the airfield. Click on the country name for general information and...

Hi,

I have a PPL(A) SEP rating
I have a difference training done by an FI(A) allowing me to fly SLMG
Since, I have done (and paid) the paperwork and obtained the NPPL SLMG, hoping I could then convert it back to a TMG rating on my EASA PPL (A)....

Not a trip report, but advice please.
A visit to Glenforsa is on my bucket list.
Base airfield to Carlisle for aircraft and body refuel, no problem.
I am assuming very high probability of of cloudbase precluding any direct routing.
My aim is to...

This video contains all the communications along the route. A 4hr flight, mostly FL100, in the Eurocontrol system, edited down to 25 mins.

Well, what a second half in a game of rugby. We claim the moral victory as England should have had a man sent off, we got man of the match, and we retained the Calcutta Cup. :-D :cheers: :cheers: :clap:

Apologies in advance for only communicating...

Until recently it was possible to go NPPL(Microlight) to NPPL(SSEA) to PPL (SEP) and upwards if required.

As we stand today the NPPL(Microlight) or NPPL(SSEA) holder now has to do the whole PPL or LAPL course from scratch. There is no excemption....

following an AAIB accident report published today on a possible trim runaway accident with a PA-31 - the CAA has published guidance on the issue at additional video advice to come shortly

Taking off in about 30 minutes! This is a test of the ferry fuel setup for the round the world flight. Haven't been able to squeeze in quite as much fuel as hoped, so we'll see how it goes...

N9953H on flight aware, and the GPS tracker is at - you...

It’s just been stated on whatever’s on the telly at the moment that just one seat in a transatlantic flight pretty much uses up your carbon allocation for a year.

It’s also been said that meat, and beef in particular, has a massive carbon cost when...

Amazing initiative by ATC, well worth a watch:

Ha ha!

Pilot found guilty of seven charges after accident
This court case has now concluded, so in line with the Mods' earlier request (and thank you very much for complying with that), it is a case that we are content now may be discussed.

I'll start:...

Does anyone have experience with using sprl V3 series fuel valve with UL 350 is engine? Since the V4 series valve was discontinued, I am concerned with the small return flow porting on the V3 duplex valve.

Just had a Daily Post news flash of an aircraft down on the runway at Caernarfon, timed at 6.30pm - any news on the crew?

Having recently retired from airline flying I am slowly getting to grips with adjusting my licence and ratings to GA flying. I hold an UK issued EASA ATPL(A)/CPL(A)/PPL(A) with Class 1 medical and have moved my old SEP(Land) back onto the front...

There appears to be a stray B52 looking for a home.

Rob P

Seeing the thread on Wolverhampton/Halfpenny Green reminds me that the Compulsory Purchase Order proceedings were given the go-ahead this week for the acquisition of Wellesbourne Airfield. Stratford-on-Avon District Council have set aside some £1.1m...

Rob P

I am thinking of buying a lifejacket from a marine supplier, I sail a bit as well as fly so it would be good if it could do double duty.

Does anyone have any experience of disabling and re-enabling the auto-inflate mechanisms?

Probably a question that's been done to death, but lazy me instead of trawling back through old posts thought I'd ask. Like most GA flyers today I use SD for my navigation with current 1/2 mill chart to hand just in case....!

A lot of my flying is...

Hi everyone

New here and been looking for a place to document my PPL journey. I’ve always been into aviation and had my first trial flight at 16 (28 next month). Enjoyed various pleasure flights in a Cessna 152, Piper Warrior and Cirrus.

I am...

So, there I was being driven through the streets of Jeddah this afternoon. I'm one of a team of three working here this week training staff who will be operating a new facility in the area, we're working in a hotel this week on theoretical training...

So if I half fill my kettle and make my first cup of Yorkshire tea, should I put more tap water in now, or in an hour when I have my next coup of Yorkshire Tea? What method of kettle filling will save the most energy?

New build gas boiler bans are...

I am writing a feature-length screenplay that involves the protagonist travelling in an aircraft from a private hangar in London to a remote area in the Jerusalem Hills. Does anybody know how the pilot would be able to travel undetected for this...

No reference to @Paul_Sengupta :D , but being 3/14 (US date format), it's happy 3.14 Pi day. Celebrated with a new world record of the number of digits calculated. Now, I'm off for some pi.

Iceman 8)

Hi all

Quick question please? - Does anyone know of anywhere that supplies aircraft decals such as AVGAS only, No Step, No Push etc.

Thanks in advance

Hello all I purchased my condor with an 0240 in last November.The previous owner had just installed an oil / air separator from a well know manafacture. One pipe goes from the breather on top of the crank case to the separator one pipe from the...

I recall reading some while back that using SD to file a flight plan whilst in France for a return trip had some issues, can anyone confirm if I can now use SD to file flight plan and GAR when returning after a week away? Many thanks.

Hello!

Well, it’s a ‘kitchen sink’ weekend ahead…rain, snow, hail, sunshine, wind, it’s all on the cards! Details below.

If you have not been to Weather School yet you’ll have to book your place very soon. I have just announced an Aviation...

Hi all,

Has anybody on here flown a Jodel D112?

I'm possibly looking at getting a share in one of these machines. I have an NPPL (M), working to convert onto NPPL (SEP), and I'm very interested in vintage/taildragger types.

Obviously, I'd do...

We needed to empty the fuel tanks of 100LL on the RV today and our collection of fuel containers fell short by about 40 litres.

Rather than pour it down the drain (patently we wouldn't) it found a home in the fuel tank of my car.

Given that there...

I've been asked if I could offer a flight in our Jodel DR221 as a raffle prize. All money from the sale of tickets goes to the organisers, none to me.
I've looked in the relevant CAA pages and I am still not clear whether I would be legal. My...

Hi, looking for somewhere that I can fly to locally and drop the aircraft off for a 500hr Slick impulse mag inspection. Can anybody recommend any engine shops at Staverton or Oxford Kidlington? RGV at Glos have had to push my booking back by 6 weeks...

Hi,
Just introducing myself on here as I’m hoping to start some training in Guernsey in the spring.
I’m 42, I live on the island and always been really keen on aviation. I’m at the stage where I’m thinking it’s now or never, so last summer I booked...

Really :roll:

Unless you think you're important enough...

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