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“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 and General Aviation

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

During a flight today to my maintenance base, I received the following email (sent to the local airfield)

Please explain why this aircraft was flying during lockdown and breached the DfT/CAA regulations for GA? Why was it also breaching...

Why not try a GRID ATOM station at your airfield and see what it can give you? (in the South East, where I am)
I liked my base station so much I bought a demo unit. Available for free loan/demo.
It can be equipped with full size (90cm approx)...

I’d like to find a way to change my aircraft registration to be anonymous.

I’m wondering if I can re-register it as G-xxxx group, trustee at a PO Box or something. Ideally remove my name entirely.

Limited company won’t work because of director...

From this post :

If people are being taken to task for leaving an ATZ for not reporting their height when leaving it ...

This never happened. As far as I'm aware, the only "people being taken to task" were ATZ entries without two-way...

Rather than kick off yet another polarised argument between zealots, I would just comment that it is really great news to see that the vast majority of sales, regardless of manufacturer, appear to enable a common interoperable standard of electronic...

Managed to crank the Wonderplane in to life this morning and after a careful warm-up headed off for a short flight. My word there was a lot of "engine maintenance" going on. SafetyCom was busier than a normal weekend. I hope we didn't...

I don't think I have seen this mentioned here. CAA hosting a GA summit, repeated on a number of dates in March...

Regards

Mike

[Moderator's edit: The link above is now dead. Try this one instead .]

Last night, our club took delivery of our Pipistrel Velis: the first EASA type certified electric aircraft. I believe ours was the second one delivered; the first went to Switzerland. Our school's CFI and one of its FI were trained and certified in...

I may have missed this but can’t believe it’s even being suggested in non-segregated airspace without a serious knock on effect to other users. They didn’t have much luck at Goodwood with the last UAV trial :lol:

Does anyone know, is my CAA lifetime PPL licence now back to being valid on my Ex EASA part 21 Aircraft now ?

Are there restrictions on GA between European countries (yet)? Presumably they would be disseminated by NOTAM if there were?

I was planning to go to Middelburg in NL tomorrow and can't decide if this would be unwise.

I'd like to start planning some short documentary films around GA aircraft - purely for fun and to keep my film making skills sharp. One thing I want to capture is some basic air-to-air shots on a minimal budget, and I wonder if anyone has any...

With lockdowns hopefully easing I’m thinking of brushing down my pipe dream of doing an ME / IR (PPL).

If anyone has done this at SFC let me know. It’s right next door but I don’t know any of the instructors so after recommendations.

Oxford:

RAF Brize Norton:

Back to the old Rules for VFR in Class D

A return to as-you-were. Let's hope this marks the beginning of a sensible, proportionate and pragmatic approach to other things.

Just ordered my new half mil.

Hope I get to use it before it goes out of date.

Please excuse this if it has been discussed previously, but I had a poke around and couldn't find anything, so...

I saw this rear its ugly head also in the press and decided to check it out and wondered what the implications are going to be for the...

I know this is buried downthread somewhere in the coivd sections but am I reading Irv’s newest one pager right?

The Self Declared medical is now permanently accepted for bog standard GA flying? (Formerly EASA license, on formerly EASA/mostly...

On the Flyer Online broadcast on Thursday, the Boss mentioned that the CAA had changed the rules to allow SkyEcho 2 to output SDA 1, which means that it will be interrogated / read by all the commercial aircraft that receive ADSB. (Up till now, SE 2...

Does anyone know if clubs/schools are still looking to recruit PPL instructors?

Something to celebrate, no?

I had my first solo there in the 90s and I never thought I would go back due to cost. Landing at £50 is not cheap, but at least it is not the previous "go away and stay away" level of pricing.

Fuel availability at my new base is somewhat hit-or-miss, and I am considering the possibility of using garage forecourt Mogas on the odd occasion.

My EASA G- registered C172 has an O-300-C engine, and this combination seems to be on the list of...

Planning a trip to Cardiff next week - First fairly long trip as a PPL (I know its a short hop to some on here!) - Just trying to work out the best way to get around F'bourgh area - Would Odiham give me a transit but it would go through the f'bourgh...

I am about to start the journey to achieving the full IR. In reality, I can do the maximum possible outside of the ATO to get my skills up to scratch using the IR(R). I’ll be flying to airports that have IAPs, practising down to plate minima and...

We're interested to find out when pilots are going to need to fly with an instructor in order to revalidate. Please vote!

Anyone got any ideas ?

Looks like post war as it has Berlin corridors marked.

Came across this elsewhere, it was being asked what was going on.

My first thought was “I thought ab initio training was paused”

8)

I've never really been a flight sim fan, but with the current unavailability of real flying and the forthcoming release of Microsoft's Flight Simulator, I wondered what sort of kit would be required to make it a half decent experience.

I tried...

This consultations closes in 2 days on the 4th February:
In view of Covid-19, a lot of fees are frozen.

One fee which is not frozen but created from nothing is the one to reprint Part-FCL licences.
(See page 14 of the consulation document CAP1986...

Rather than hi-jack someone else's SE thread, I've done a search but can't find the answer to my theoretical questions so would appreciate some advice or else a pointer to a thread I may have missed:

Suppose , in the dying days of the CAA refund...

Stepladder on the runway apparently seen by the crew of three aircraft before it was removed. :pale:

Hi everybody, I just wanted to give you an update on the current thinking with regard to Project Propeller.

Clearly, everything we plan is contingent upon easing of lockdown, permissions for large gatherings etc, but I wanted to advise that we are...

Recent changes to post-Brexit licensing and specifically the lack of recognition of EASA licences and medicals issued after 31 Dec 20 have left many trainee pilots feeling unfairly disadvantaged and facing additional cost with no gain in...

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...

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.

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...