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As many of you will be aware, the 14th November 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of my birth, an anniversary I certainly didn’t expect to reach, earlier in the year. The year 2020 also happens to be the 100th...

This from one of the clubs
COVID -19 update

We hope you are all safe and well.

Following the announcement from the government of a further lockdown from this Thursday we will be closing for all flying on Wednesday evening. Our offices and the...

“After a solo flight away from base, it’s nice to meet up and have a chat over a cuppa.” ........at the land away airfield.

Following a request (thank you Waveflyer!) we will have, until further notice, a dedicated sticky post on the GA where...

Here are the current threads regarding Coronavirus/COVID-19

Main discussions:
COVID-19 Discussion
COVID-19 and General Aviation

The following were previously stickied and in lieu of having the time to consolidate them are linked here:...

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One for the panel....

I would like the cheapest, fastest aircraft to cover about 240 mile round trip on a regular basis. 500m grass strip capable. Cheap beats quick but needs to be 100kt+ capable (and LAA).

Single seat is ok but would prefer two....

This is the West Midlands LAA Struts First Zoom meeting with Keith Vinning OBE who gave a presentation about Situational Awareness and Electronic Conspicuity. The presentation covered exiting EC devices, how they operate and future functionality....

......rebuild a Turbulent?

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:

The CAA has issued the following invitation:
The webinar for the General Aviation sector will take place on 26 November 2020, 13:00 -14:00 where we will cover:
An outline of the new regulatory landscape from 1 January 2021 and what this means for...

Not vandals, kids or scrotes scoping the place out. Someone who saw the vehicle said it was occupied by a middle aged couple who seemed to be just having a look around. Drove around the hangar then the full length of the runway as if inspecting it....

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?

Anyone know where Nick Pearson (aircraft engineer - late of Filton Aerodrome) is? The last forum posting was in July 2013 under , which seems to have closed.

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!

The BGA has seen a 19th November 2020 EASA letter to the all CAA’s describing a number of details in respect of UK-issued aircrew licences and certificates from 1 Jan 21, following which the UK will be deemed to be a third country. The letter...

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...

Sad (or fortunate) that it sounds as though it can never fly, but there's an Me163 on AFORS. It's a seven-eighths scale replica glider version:

I didn't know that there was also a Bf163 which was a quite different aircraft (see Wikipedia).

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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Some will know that I’ve been interested in and peripherally involved with the matter of Infringements for some years. I’ve had spasmodic engagement with the CAA on this at a fairly high level following which, at the CAA’s request, I wrote the 2017...

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.

Hello all,

I have a 2006 UFM-13 'Lambada' microlight in Ireland. Due to Covid-19 I've put it up for lease in order to alleviate my less than ideal financial situation.

I have two serious parties interested in leasing the aeroplane. My problem is I...

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

Just seen this

Only 4 people on the aircraft

Apologies if it's the wrong forum, can anyone recommend a good machine shop that has done and is able to drill a new set of VW cylinder heads for twin plugs?

Thanks in advance

Nothing seen from Talkdownman recently ; hope he's OK. :pray:

If you want to cheer yourself up, register for this great fly in at Leopoldsburg Belgium. It’s easy to get there and very well run

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I was sad to learn that Richard Trim OBE died the other month. He was the father of Electronic Conspicuity, but also a colleague of my own father who both served apprenticeships with AC Cossor in the 1950s. My father being 1 year younger and still...

Only 6 weeks till we leave EASA and the CAA re starting to recruit the staff needed to take over EASA’s airworthiness work.

In keeping with the wet theme for today,'s weather here's a nostalgic clip for flying boat lovers, depicting Sandringham's operating in Norway immediately post war. The Solent's my father flew for Aquila were a bigger aircraft all round.

Very...

This could be interesting.

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Thank you Mr Frankenfurter for shutting down a viable longhaul Airline.....

I think I've done more circuits this year than ever since I got my PPL in 2004, and for the first time since 2005 our club couldn't do an international holiday trip. Our booking/logging system that we use has a nice feature where one can see where...

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...

Is the title of a free lecture coming up early evening on November 19th.

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A couple of weeks ago, the CAA launched CAP1985 on this topic.

I am reliably informed that the response so far has been, to put it politely, somewhat limited.

If you wish to comment (meaningfully please) on the subject, please see )%20-%20v2.0.pdf...

On tonight's Livestream (I keep typing Lovestream, one day I'll fail to catch it…)

- Weekend weather update
- Lots of news
- Lots of fun
- A scary video
- Fantasy Hangar with a difference (we're each picking a couple of winter projects, one mad,...