At its best, the Flyer Forum continues to be a valuable resource for the General Aviation community.

It is a place where flyers of all experience levels can meet to discuss and exchange up-to-date undistorted information, social plans, considered...

Over the past few weeks there have been a few occasions where really old (>5 years) threads have been resurrected by posters - often by a reply to a previous post which was clearly very old.

Although there may be occasions where reviving an old...

A popular thread, recovered...

There have been a few posts recently that suggest the forum PM function is not as easy to find as it might be, so - courtesy of Europaul383 - here's how.
Just now I looked in vain for a tab that says 'Send PM'...
This might help for next time......

Idle curiosity having spent 7 hours driving down from the Lake District on Friday, but what are the rules for landing a seaplane/amphibian on a lake like Coniston?
:D

You’re in a PA28-140, 3 up, you’re not overweight.

Say the wind is 20010KT

and you have the choice of
34/16 - 795m
28/10 - 990m

Both are plenty long enough in theory. 200m extra is worth having though, or is it?

Would you opt for longer...

Now that the PAW team appear to have teamed up with the Open Glider Network (OGN) and are trialling rebroadcast of FLARM position data then they appear to have pulled ahead of the competition. I see the various systems as follows:

PAW Device...

Most of us probably use some sort of new tech, and few if any of us will have had any specific training in its use - how to get the best from it and how to avoid pitfalls. This isn't just SkyDemon or PilotAware(*). How many of us use a 430 or...

Hi all, first post here.
Just looking for info about Rougham, I used to live in Bury st Edmunds and was aware of occasional traffic but having since moved, and also I remember a lot of building work going on near and on the field, is it still open...

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Hi all,

A friend and I are looking at buying a high performance aerobatic aircraft on the LAA reg, and need some advice. The engine currently has a little over 600 hours, has a TBO of 1400 hours, and was last rebuilt or overhauled in 1998, meaning...

This has just popped up on Skywise

As a newly qualified PPL(A) (<2 months) with 15hrs post-licence PIC and 10 different post-licence airfields visited (I've been exploring), I find the most common area of challenge for me for unfamiliar airfields is circuit patterns. They are...

I’m going to admit ignorance here, but I suspect I’m not the only one who hasn’t grasped what I’m about to ask.

How do you work out which law prevails for any given set of licence, aircraft, and location.

Starting with an easy one..... for a...

Now that I have started learning to fly a Flexwing, I notice that a lot of airfields won't have them visit. I wonder why this is? The Flexwing I fly has a rotax 912. The same organisation has a three axis microlight that is also driven by a rotax...

Is it still possible to fly fixed wing into there? I went there in a helicopter several years ago and there was definitely a fixed wing strip there then but I can find no record of it now. I seem to remember there was an aircraft maintenance outfit...

Were any Tucanos sold to private buyers in UK? There's one for sale in USA on Controller.

This gap is from Duxford, up around Cambridge, up to Grafham, East a bit too. It’s quite a big gap.

So, say I set off tomorrow for a bimble to the NW of DX, off I set talking to DX, clear the airfield, head north, then what ?

Who would you talk...

Has anyone attended one of the skydemon presentations at their flying club....? Do they usually do on the night promotions re subscription .??

Thanks in advance

I think there's a lot of mis-understanding about Mode S, ADS-B, ADS-B out, extended squitter etc., and some of it is probably mine!

I know that there are quite a few here with detailed technical knowledge who could fill in the gaps - I'd be really...

Falklands Harrier pilot and one time CFI at Old Buckenham has died recently.

I did a few instructor hours with him, and he signed me off on some aerobatics a while back.

He was one of the good guys and is sadly missed around the aerodrome

Rob P

Good Morning all,

I'm a EASA PPL (A) holder. Is there any a/c rental available at Popham? I am aware of the C42's and Katana available at Airbourne Aviation.

Thanks for any info.

Hard, of course, to tell how good it'll be from the trailer but, well :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft: :D

G

After sky high prices, complications and poor service some years ago, it has been a real pleasure to drop in recently for a lunch stop at Isle of Man. IOM Flight Training, Mark Langley, ensured a hassle free stop including booking cafe, meeting on...

Press release from Trig:

Not quite the long awaited 8.33 slide-in replacement for the venerable SL30, but it only requires a small amount of re-wiring. It's also the only NavCom that will physically fit in the space available for Com2 on my panel,...

Hi, if you have been following the saga of my air strip I now need some help.

The small rewards on offer will be valid until 31st. Dec. 2020.

The following pledge appears near the end of my appeal.

"Funds received which are not required will...

John (The Refueller) at North Weald for many, many years passed away this morning.

There are numerous great tributes to him here...

He will be sorely missed by everyone at North Weald and also by all the visitors who he knew so well.

RIP John

Managed to get a sensible slot for Friday 10.48 as preferred time unavailable.

Didn’t have an 8.33 radio.
I could have lent him my handheld.

Just looking at this, can anyone give more info - of particular interest, engine life/spares/fuel consumption etc. Also does it operate on a permit, anything else of interest?

As it says - who will be at Oshkosh next week, any chance of a Flyer meet up there ?

I’ll be there from Sunday to Thursday.

(Currently in Knoxville Tennessee picking up a new Cirrus SR22 G6 - which we will fly in to Oshkosh and then from Oshkosh...

I have been asked to fly a World War II veteran into East Kirkby on August 4 for the airshow that they have there on that day.

As I have not flown there before, and it is a unlicensed grass strip, I wanted to ask if anyone has flown in there that...

Some fine formation flying in the photos!

Cutting a long story short, my 87 yr old Mum was telling me about a distant relative who she knew when she was a little girl and who became a pilot in the RAF. She can remember some personal details like who he married, but little about his career...

What the hell is going on at the CAA, what a mess.

Called prior to sending it off, told their standard turn time was 10 days, but they are experiencing a lot of sickness and holiday, so it might be longer - but not significant.

10 weeks later I am...

I was lucky enough to attend a preview recently. This not just another Spitfire documentary, cashing in on the RAF100 celebration. This is a celebration in its own right. A celebration of what is arguably one of, if not the finest aeroplane ever...

Oops. Bastille Day flypast by the Patrouille de France today.

Some smoke tank filler is dans la merde aujourd'hui.

Hi all,
following up the RADUNO 2018, where I met some of you, it's time for me to start planning my climbing in Europe and in UK.
Before to launch a public "Fly-in", i need to have some informations.
I fly a MCR01 from Bergamo (LILV) with...

I'm taking SWMBO to Cambridge tomorrow. Looking for any advice on flying to there, and getting into the city.

I've read the AIP stuff and I've got a route planned staying OCAS. Only things of note I can see are gliding around Husbands Bosworth and...

This evening, around two hours before sunset, I was flying 3 miles south west of Avebury in Wiltshire, and looking west I could see the Bristol Channel in the distance, with Wales beyond (excellent visibility). Altitude 3000 feet or so.
But I could...

On our way to LaRochelle this weekend with the kids in the back for a weeks holiday, assuming the thunder storms which are building hold off for a bit.
Thing is, this will be the third year running we’ve flown down there for a week. We’re staying...

I have 2 GNC255 radios in my aircraft and decided to wait until at least a good number of stations had changed to 8.33kHz before paying for the frequency database. I think I now want to give it a go. Anyone know if I can use the same database for...

Many of you possibly already know this, but I've just learned that at the end of last year SIA made available their ' Guide VFR ' (much of it in French and English) as a free downloadable PDF .

This is the same document that is available in hard...

Hey all, I was hoping I could tap your collective experience and opinions.

I have my LAPL skills test booked for Sunday and obviously really hoping it'll be a pass. I'm trying to figure out the best balance of cost, practicality, risk etc in...

.. in Las Vegas (inevitably ? :) )

$40-50K
Vne 6mph
endurance 20 mins
empty weight 250lb
pilot weight limit 200lb
90 minutes tuition includes inverted escape in water (taught in 'ball pool')

Hi All,

I’m currently c25 hours in to PPL and just moving on to Nav having completed 4 hours of solo circuits. My brother is based in Tynemouth and having a baby in August and I would love to fly up there around that sort of time.

My instructor is...

Thinking of doing Biggin Hill to Sweden (via short channel crossing (old and bold here I come)) VFR this summer.

Any experience/advise on
Route
Where to break the journey (my bladder only lasts 2 hours @ ~140kts

All looking a bit empty right now, but this time next week…

Ian

Hello

Has anyone got weather working using a Stratux box anywhere in the UK? I have put box together but are not recieving any. I am aware that you "need to be in the air", but I am quite close to one of the transmitters and should be...

Hi all

I have been asking and receiving permission from Farnborough LARS to penetrate the Odiham MATZ for years now.

On a flight last week, the controller asked if I was a civilian aircraft and if so, civilian aircraft do not need to ask...

Courtesy of the BMAA newsletter. Extra Persil required in the wash after this. Watch to the end....