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 Europaul 383 - here's how.
Just now I looked in vain for a tab that says 'Send PM'...
This might help for next time......

Any thoughts on this that has just been tweeted?

IKYN? I kid you not :lol:

Reported on the news pages ^^^^^^^^^ this afternoon.

Right then, whose first?

I think this is valid in GA, but if our esteemed mods think it belongs elsewhere...

The Film Programme on R4 is including a regular piece directed at professionals: they want to know what irks particularly in films about your area of expertise and...

Does anyone know whether there is a chart available which shows a simple overview of ALL the Prohibited, Danger and Restricted Areas in France?

What would be even better is if there were two: One that showed those active all the time and another...

As the days get longer, where is a good airfield to visit with family and friends that has a cafe that doesnt close at ridiculous time like 1530 or 1600 local (as most do.. grumble..)

Yeah. Been here a while, and deliberately not been on the GA part of the forum for a long time.

My passion for all things aviation related goes way back to my early years.
My Dad was in the RAF, a "snowdrop" assigned to Bomber Command...

I visited Nottingham recently. Lovely day, lovely weather

The airfield in theory has everything. Good runways, lights, nice parking area. Its also located very conveniently to one of the UK largest cities.

Yet the place is dead.

How is it that...

After being inspired by this forum I'm off to the UK next week to start the CRI at Andrewsfield. I'm expecting to be busy having my brain fried but if anyone is around do say hi, would like to put faces to names .....just ask for the Irishman.

I've...

I am afraid that my aeroplane was involved in an accident today. Someone taxied into it while it was parked on the airfield.

I know that the pilot of the other plane must report the incident, but should I too?

Hi all,

flying back from Weybourne via a nice coastal route, down to Gt Yarmouth before going cross country I was talking to Norwich on a traffic service, outside their airspace, but conscious of it (I don’t usually ask for a traffic service)...

I am operating a light G-reg CofA Annex II aircraft in France and am struggling to get clear advice of what is / what is not possible in regards to having maintenance performed on the continent which goes beyond what I may do as the pilot owner (eg....

Reports emerging of a fatal light aircraft accident close to Belfast Aldergrove. If reporting is to be believed, 2 fatalities.

Please forgive the flippant title because what follows is far from a laughing matter

I'm not sure those to whom Facebook is a work of Satan can see this, but it's a video showing an A-Check on an Arrow by wing waggling and the discovery of...

When I got my licence in the 80s (overseas then converted to UK at Biggin Hill) it was the norm to call base when turning on to base leg and final when turning to descend for landing. Now I see a lot of people will call final when turning base.

Has...

Happened to catch this BBC piece on delivery by drone. I had no idea it was at such an advanced stage. At 120m it is unlikely to conflict with most GA aircraft, however there are other concerns…noise, drone v drone accidents...

Left me a bit...

Hi all, I wanted to let the forum know that we have installed two more ground stations broadcasting UAT weather this week. We took a little time for some transmitter revisions before installing the next set. The two new sites are at Redhill and...

Does anyone on the forum have any knowledge about the NATO Aeroclub aircraft in Belgium ?

In particular about the blue emblem the aircraft wore on the fin, what was the wording.

I am guessing it says 'NATO Aeroclub OTAN' but cannot enhance the...

:D :D :D

When I first moved to central East anglia / Suffolk, 20 years ago ‘my overhaed’ was traversed by all manner of private / GA types, 7 days a week. Particularly on sunny weekends.

During that time I have kept a mixture of shared and sole ownership...

Saw this in today's paper, trouble in the big jet world it would seem;

"The Aircraft Engineers International organisation says that because of pressure to cut costs, operators are allowing engineers to sign off job sheets saying work has been...

With Bossman’s blessing, I’m asking for your help.

Rather than putting my feet up after ‘retirement’ from Gloucestershire Airport earlier this year, I’ve been putting one in front of the other. Lots. On Sunday, I’ll be lining up alongside Mo Farah...

BvgLGa-2szA

This was published by the EU yesterday.... It's fairly short (4 pages, the first of which is quoted below) - you'll need to click the link to see the refs.

The United Kingdom submitted on 29 March 2017 the notification of its intention to withdraw...

Good day!

So how come some PA28-161s have a MTOW of 2325lbs and some 2440lbs. Whats the difference?

cheers!

I used to base my private flying at BHX/EGBB for nigh on 17 years, but am now an avid strip flyer with about 5 years experience to date.
I would not dream of landing on anyone's Private Property (read Farm Strip) without asking permission and...

Hi all,

You know how you can happily leave a C152 or a PA28 parked outside all winter?

Well, are there any taildraggers, that cost the same sort of money (or less!) , that you can leave parked outside ?

cheers

How do you feel UAT data should be deployed in the UK given that the data and provision of the infrastructure has to be funded?

Yesterday was a good flying Saturday in the Southeast at last !
A 3 ship flyout to Denham went really well ( first time - really nice place, thank you all there ).
Something cropped up that may be an issue now we have all got shiny new radios that...

My friend, former group member and hangar-neighbour David Jenkins who died in an aviation accident three years ago today at Old Buckenham.

The airstrip is strangely quiet these days without the roar of his Edge screaming about the skies.

Blue...

Having just used SkyDemon to get the Flyer team to and from AERO, it's great to see that the SkyDemon team has just won two Queen's Awards, one for Innovation and the other for International Trade.

Well done, very well deserved!

Ian

Tuesday’s flight (April 17) from Manchester to Newquay suffered a heavy landing on the second attempt, causing passengers to gasp nervously. :lol:

I took advantage of Solents listening squawk whilst staying just west of their controlled airspace yesterday and although they seemed quite busy, there was a lull and, being cautious, I transmitted for a radio check to satisfy myself I was able to...

The Department for Transport, run by the Secretary of State for Transport (since 14 July 2016) Chris Grayling, has appointed York Aviation to conduct a study into "a Strategic Network of UK Aerodromes".

In plain english - York Aviation...

Two days of flyable weather in succession. Flew last night for an hour and a bit of glorious calm sky, all to myself.
Today, they had cottoned on and everybody at my strip had skived off early, sent the wife off shopping or found an urgent reason to...

Today I finally logged my first hour under instruction in a Flexwing. In a past thread I enquired about age (more advanced people in years like myself) and the handling of the wing. Well, the wing posed no problems for me and is in fact lighter than...

On paper the RV9A looks an excellent fit for what I might aim towards in the next few years. Unfortunately, I've not even examined one at close quarters, let alone flown.

If there is anyone here who would be willing to take a Vans ignoramus...

People often are moved to post about poor experiences but not so much good ones. I am rather the opposite and hence thought it would be good to share a positive experience.

I was looking for for some GA mic sockets for a project and internet...

So, all the holes in the cheese lineup. Its a great flying day, the grass apron outside the hangar will support an aeroplane, the destination airfield (Popham) is reporting firm conditions and I'm champing at the bit, I feel the need. Trouble is,...

.. on PBS America (Freeview 94), 1915, & 2030 repeated 2310, 2355 . From latest RT

For those unfamiliar: Canadian-made but US- dominated series about GA and fringes of CAT and military, often evidently helped by hosts' or manufacturers' PR; but...

Sorry if I've missed this on the forum somewhere - self declaration of fitness to fly news from the CAA popped into my inbox this morning:

Is this permanent or just to get over the EASA licence April deadline or somefing?

Frank / Irv ?

With the weather finally deciding it's time to go flying again after a long wet winter, many folks will be outside of their 90 day currency for carrying passengers. Of course they could always go off solo and complete 3 take offs and landings or...

Just a reminder that the Exeter airport airspace change proposal consultation ends on the 9th June.

Hopefully all of us agree that safe airspace is a good thing. However, GA Alliance member organisations are deeply concerned about Exeter airports...

Does anyone know whether this airfield is still available to fly into, and if so a contact for PPR.

I can't find anything on't internet except an outdated reference on UKGA.

From this month's mag:

Feedback Me - That's Fun?

:lol:

Nice read, though. A most drool-able aircraft. FF indeed ;)

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