Kind of Colin Furze meets Tom Stanton, with extra ambition and more hard sums

Enjoy

Ian

I thought another stab at the forum crop growing thread might be of interest, so here goes.

Harvesting arable crops generally happens between mid July and the middle of September, but they all get planted at quite different times.

Winter planted...

Any clues on where to get old computers recycled without faffing about with HD destruction first? I have a pile of Sony's and Toshibas and neither company have anything like a useful recycling program - Sony just points me to a local council tip...

By low flying :shock: :shock: !

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Iceman 8)

"Homes England owns Chalgrove Airfield in Oxfordshire but leases part of it to ejector seat manufacturer Martin-Baker.

It has said it will use a compulsory purchase order if it needs to get the company to leave half of the site but hopes both...

Yup, it's that time of the week again…join us at 19:30 for a weekly dose of aviation weather, news, views, laughs and rants. Tonight we're joined by the greatest airfield manager that ever lived* – Darren Lewington.

Darren will be talking about...

During my flying career I have always been short sighted (Physically, not in terms of forward thinking) and have been allowed to fly through having devices such as contact lenses or spectacles that have enabled me to meet a laid-down standard.

Also...

Got a few things for sale, thought I’d advertise here before eBay.

Brand new Bristol Groundschool CRP - 5
Brand new Jeppesen CR-3 with Air Navigation book by Phil Croucher
Phil Croucher full ATPL notes in colour
PPL question and answer...

It's widely considered that using a Flight Sim at home can be detrimental to the process of ab initio learning to fly. What's the consensus on using one for keeping IR skills honed? The ability to take on almost any hold and approach (obviously not...

News story here. Updated CAA page here

Thanks to whoever at DfT/CAA for doing that.

Ian

Evening

I've just had an email from Flightstore (other aviation retailers available) that the CAA offer has been extended under 30th September 2021

I could therefore get an ADS-B receiver for £250

As I plan to be qualified this summer, and I have...

Has anyone seen this competition being run on Facebook for a free tank of fuel by Touchdown Radio? It looks quite new, but will probably be of interest to everyone on here.

Sorry folks this so far off aviation I know but we're in a real quandary.

We lost our canine best mate just a few weeks ago after 16 years, for those familiar with pet ownership you'll know what the impact is.

There are so many aspects of daily...

Since most of us are possibly in for an extended period of @home, what to do?

I already started a playlist on Spotify:
My Sharona (sing along to “my Corona”)
Peggy Lee - Fever
London’s Burning - the Clash
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
I will survive -...

Can anyone recommend (by PM) a good residential property lawyer who can deal with dispute resolution, rather than just conveyancing?

Central south.

Thanks.

Hi all,

I note that students can do a 15 hour CPL course rather than a 25 hour one if they hold a course completion certificate (CCC) for the Basic Instrument Flying Module. Being in the final throes of my ATPL theory exams I am looking towards...

I read this as good news

South Moor Farm Airstrip.

Update 22/02/21

South Moor Farm. Dalby Forest air strip.

The fifth appeal against NYMNPA decision to refuse my planning application for
an air strip at South Moor Farm has started.

Thank you if you have already...

Hello,

Could you assist please, we have a Grumman AA5 Traveler and looking into engine and prop overhaul costs and wonder if you can point me in the right direction to drill down on the costs.

I saw details online of costs to buy or overhaul an...

Just approved by the CAA subject to: "The Temporary Danger Area Complex is unavailable for activation if the Cloud Base is below 1500ft AMSL and the Visibility is less than 1500 meters."

Interestingly the stakeholder engagement...

Right, just to balance up the dog(s) thread , here's another for the household bosses!

First up, Pestle (and yes, I did have one called Mortar but she absconded!) - made it to 13

Next, Ace & Roar (ginger) - brothers who sadly passed within...

Planning application for 112 houses (340 beds) on the airfield site.

How long before the first tenants start complaining about the noise...? :cry:

Sky news reporting that an Ethiopian Airlines 737 with 157 people on board, brand new to the fleet last November, has been lost. The Ethiopian government has already issued a message of condolence suggest there is little hope of survivors.

I'm sure...

Iceman 8)

Hi,

I have a large collection of old mags Airplane and Take off.

Do we know of anywhere that would take them with interest as i would begrudge them being sent to landfill but we just dont have to space to keep them anymore.

Anyone got any good...

I'm quickly approaching my 1 year anniversary since my last written exam.
Given that the current rumors place the end of lockdown to July, has there been any signal from the CAA to relax the two years rule to complete the private license from when...

Not quite GA, but near enough! :D

In less than 30 minutes, there will be an attempted landing on Mars. Follow the official NASA livestream here:

Or follow the slightly geekier NASA Spaceflight.com livestream here:

Fingers crossed!

Not really what you want to see out of the window …

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to plan some trips for a friend of mine, and we were just wondering where the most popular airfields were in the UK?

Which airfields do people feel have the best approaches?
Best scenery?
Favourite place to fly into and...

For those who haven't seen today's (18 Feb) AAIB report on the drone incident a Goodwood in 2019, you can read about it here .

In summary:

The Airspeeder pilot lost control and an emergency kill switch was operated but had no effect. The drone...

On R4 now and available after:

So far, very interesting.

The April edition of Flyer magazine has hit my inbox in the middle of February.

Come on @G-BLEW. You don't need to sell this on a news stand. Take a stand for sanity and reset the dates for the month we'll actually be reading it :)

Paul

Afternoon folks,

Can anyone provide me with a link to print off an A5 PLOG for VFR PPL Flying ?

Cheers,
Jack :thumright:

As an addicted FR24 user ( esp in these times) I've frequently seen these traces from what I assume are survey /calibration details

...Is this one a calibration exercise or just an excuse for the pilot to practice his etch a sketch skills ? :wink: