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Has anyone else encountered a long delay registering your details on the confusing website CAA Portal thingy ?

Been waiting over a week now for my personal details to be verified. Strange, they have know about me since 1975 :mrgreen:

Aviation Leathercraft BBMF Jacket as new. Hardly worn.
Purchased in September 2020. (See invoice picture)

Selling due to incorrect size outside returns period.

Size is 42 REGULAR.

For further details please see:

For Size guide please see:...

Does anyone here know anything about the inner workings of the tacho that Rotax supply for the 912 please? Part no 966403, specifically for the 912.
I have one that overreads by a factor of exactly 2 and I'm wondering if there's any chance of fixing...

Simply; is the HIAL controller dispute justified, or is HIAL right in that the HIAL controllers jobs should not be compared to NATS controllers, with correlation between traffic volume and salary being justified?

I have been trying to get a duplicate key cut for the RV

The local locksmith hasn't got a blank, ther chap at Timpsons hasn't a blank and his bible doesn't have anything close enough for him to customise.

Is there a specialist aviation supplier...

The hard fought agreement permitting the reciprocal recognition of FAA and European flight crew licences seems to have been signed in Brussels last week.

I am amazed that this seems not to have received more of a fanfare. I have only so far seen...

This surfaced this week and I am assuming it is an RAF map as my astonishingly old Bro knew most of the points !

Does anyone have background on it please ?

Merry Xmas from the FAA!

Full details here

Compliance is 100 hours from 28th Dec this year. Many PA28s and PA32s involved. Cost circa £200 if no corrosion found.

Edit: unwanted extra '0' on price removed!

All seems to have changed. THe header is vast, and the RHS panel has taken over. The forum is compressed into a small band.

Has somebody changed something?

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The latest Sunny Swift cartoon is about spinning.

Teaching a spin recovery technique in a cartoon seems a bit silly to me. Failing to point out that not all aircraft have the same spin entry and exit techniques seems even sillier. I've always...

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"Based on a 1942 RAF training video for would-be 'boffins' and developed with the full cooperation of the Air Ministry, the film celebrates the discovery of radar, its discoverers and the enabling culture"

Talking Pictures, Freeview 81,...

The Flyer team got together over a virtual mince pie to pick our favourite aviation books. Blimey, there's loads, so this is just a start…

We've provided Amazon links should you want to drop a not-so-subtle hint to anyone struggling with your...

Given the fun sporradic UK lockdown policy it's looking increasingly likely I'll be spending winter in the Algarve this year.

However, waiting to maintain my flying currency I was hoping I'd be able to look at renting something to buzz around in,...

I've owned or part owned a number of aircraft in the 40-60 year old range, but never anything with a wooden airframe. This may have caused me to miss out on a number of very interesting aircraft.

I thought that I once saw an LAA article on the...

Hi ! I allow myself to share with you my first video Tutorial I made on how to use an Aviation Flight Computer, for training for the ATPL Theory, 061 Navigation Module (EASA). Enjoy and comment...
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One of the British Airways aircraft (G-CIVD) being prepared for disposal at Castellon in Spain has caught fire, apparently in the upper deck area.

Not really GA... but if anyone else likes rockets, the Chinese are sending a spacecraft to the moon to collect a rock sample and return it to earth.

Always fun to watch, and this is the perhaps most interesting landing mission since Apollo, using...

I think I need a drink...

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Apaprently it had technical issues taking off from Loch Ness.

Hi all,
With the lack of flying at the moment I have been looking at other ways to fill my time and have revisited the possibility of doing my IR(R). However, while I understand that it can be a life saver and can help you fly when the conditions...

Given the discussion on Airspace infringements I though the information below (from a post on Gliderpilot.net) might be of interest - especially anyone operating a TMG in a non-gliding environment where the maintenance team might not be so familiar...

During this Lockdown 2 re reading 'Be A Better Pilot' by Alan Bramson', in a section on power checks and specifically mag checks, this got my attention.
"You are not looking for an RPM drop at this stage (although many pilots mistakenly do) but...

Vehemently disagree with this:

Pilots union warns students against starting pilot training courses for the foreseeable future

The pilot’s union, BALPA, has issued a warning to everyone who is thinking about embarking on a pilot training course...

More 4, 9.00pm tomorrow 28th. A repeat, but it will be better viewing than the negativity of late! :D

Inside the Spitfire Factory

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...

Does anyone know whether these are any use? If so I have one going spare, though its battery life will have expired. If it's useless does anyone have advice on safe disposal?