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...

“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...

Various friends in the sandpit have just been in touch, about a light aircraft incident in Dubai.

First reports are it was operated by a company I previously worked for, as well as Andy R and Dave P. Andy is on his way back from Portugal, so not...

Is there a simple means of reporting transit refusals? I've never done so before partly because I've seldom failed to achieve a transit through Class D - or if it has been refused it's been for obvious reasons. Yesterday, however, on my return leg...

Hi! Has anybody first hand experience with one of these Chinese ANR headsets?

Yueny ANR AH 2080

Yueny ANR AH 2880

Raytalk PH 100AC

Raytalk PH 100 AC BT

I intend to replace a DC 10.13.4. Do I have to expect worse build quality, worse...

There is a forum for owners and builders but you actually have to be an owner already to join it. Bah.

What I'm after is to just have a chat with someone who has one, or has built one, and maybe see if I can sit inside one before I commit to...

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Almost two years on from the last poll on this subject, and we now have a separate reasonably long thread and a couple of years of experience by which to judge current opinions on the matter.

I have just taken delivery of a 2016 Cirrus SR22, and its on the N Reg. My previous aircraft was on the G reg. It was quite an experience dealing with people in the US, not seeing the aircraft prior to purchase, and putting faith in the pre purchase...

It's out in the UK, but strangely in an edited form :?:

We went to see it at T' Bratfut Imax yesterday, it is just the Imax footage they show which chops it down from 1:30 to around 50 mins but it is still stunning.

Lots of great footage, some I...

Did it in the end via email but SkyDemon and the GAR online site came up with the same fault. Seems like the GARonline site fell over. I have to say the message on the site was extremely unhelpful.
Wx was iffy and I had to wait to file until I was...

Pity it's a bit too late for Sheffield City, right beside 'HS2 North' :evil:

On the early Brize METAR this morning.

Any clues? Some military weather code? Blue becoming Green?

Phoned Met Office, they assumed it was military as well.

Just curious....

A while ago I mentioned that I'm working on a bi-weekly podcast about the weird and wonderful people you meet around airfields.
I promised this place would be the first website where I'll publish it.
So here you go - Episode One. This show isn't...

Last year I tried to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats. Sadly I managed to ride into the back of someone on day five, breaking my bike and bruising my ribs. By that evening I couldn't even zip up my tent, and that was the end of my ride.

I'll...

Excuse my ignorance but just to satisfy my curiosity, what are the rules governing gliders flying in Class A airspace?

I’ve wondered in the past but never got around to asking the question!

Noticed, recently, a competition taking place with a...

Very sad outcome.

Awful Charlie arrives at the Bushe tomorrow from Switzerland in his Mooney N2125K. We are then off to Oshkosh via Scotland, Reykjavik, Narssasuaq and Goose Bay. I'll put a tracker link up tomorrow for anyone interested in monitoring our progress....

One for the builders and tinkerers out there. It's tiring enough just watching the video!

Recommendation from MPs' Committee, to reduce pollution and meet climate concerns; with report that 10% is widely used in US and Continent, notably France:

Obviously , no aircraft owner is going to put mogas with any ethanol into any aircraft...

.. two injured. Reportedly soon after takeoff, occupants from Dorset

See details in this poster

Two Typhoons were scrambled around 1830 this evening to deal with a Jet2 flight returning to Stansted with an unruly passenger aboard. They went supersonic over Essex, prompting the good folk of the parish to go on Twitter and voice their concerns...

For an aerobatic aircraft that currently has a 25mhz radio fitted do you need to change it to allow it to be signed off or can it be signed out with the radio marked 'inop'?

Thanks

Hi all i am very new to flying having only recently taken a 1 hour trial lesson in a Cesna 150 out of Blackpool Airport. However i am absolutely hooked on it and would love to take it further and gain my LAPL, my only concern is once i have obtained...

Anybody know anything about this?

Tobermory RNLI's volunteer lifeboat crew responded to a report that a light aircraft had ditched in the Sound of Mull at lunchtime on Sunday 14th July.

Hi

Has anyone been into Chateauroux recently? I'm looking for a fuel (avgas), customs and food stop.

Thanks

Ian

For those interested there's a fairly young 700 hour one just come up on the RV Forum for a decent price - 85k.

Nasty glass panel, but that apart looks spot on.

Rob P

Looking to contact a weather expert for light aircraft right away but can't recall the info of the gentleman who posts here. Can someone assist?

Can anyone answer a few questions ?
I have read many historical books about the air war in WW 2.
Why were our bombers using machine guns that were used bullits designed for Lee Enfield rifles ? They were totally outclassed by German canons. A...

I am newly qualified and currently happy with the non-equity club rental for the moment, but I would love to get into something a little faster, and dare I say it, more interesting. I should be past the 100hrs sticking point by the end of the year...

Hi All,

I’m planning a flight elstree to Shoreham this Sunday and noticed there is a large area notam in place due to a major gliding competition taking place at Wycombe.

Our options are:

1) route to the south via stokenchurch while in radio...

I felt distinctly left out last night talking to Farnboro LARS in not having a callsign consisting of a repeat colour and a number "Orange Orange 02, White White 01 etc" - mostly rotary I think, and in one case heading to Lasham.

I don't...

Hi everyone,

With a very busy weekend, a pilot lost his ipad last Friday. is he here or does anyone know him? we found it in the grass next to the parking! that he contacts me with his callsign by PM :-D

There is a code to unlock so no false...

Just flew a coupled visual approach into Fowlmere EGMA using the updated firmware (version 6.51) on G-BVWZ's GTN 750 . Amazing :D :D

On the approach database "visual 07" and "visual 25" have appeared where there was nothing...

These EC threads, and a couple of other things this last week have had me checking out FR24 more than I would otherwise have done. I have noticed that when it comes to GA traffic, most is detected via MLAT - ie Mode S, only a few via ADSB. I was...

My intention is to use this topic as a kind of running diary of my adventure at the WIAC 2019.

A couple of forumites asked if I could keep them informed, so I thought that this might be a nice way to do it. This won't be just a trip report, which...

Looking for a feral FAA A&P with an IA to do the next annual on Ye Olde Comanche. It lives in a well lit, centrally heated hangar with plenty of space and tea making facilities. I would like to participate (if time is available) because it’s...

What do you do?

With all the talk of drones at present I thought this might be of interest. It came to my attention via LinkedIn.

At first I didn't quite believe what I was reading but it seems like a successful system.

{Mods - couldn't quite pigeon hole this...

Yesterday, landing at Bahrain International, I hit the big 800! Not hours, obviously, but airports landed at so far in my flying career.

A quick perusal of the logbook shows these were over 14 years, 2,500 hours, and 54 countries (ok, to be fair...

I am copying this from the LAA site as air to air collisions are a very real danger if the CAA instructions are not absorbed first !!!

2020 Rally

Postby Brian Hope » Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:43 am
Hi David, 038 was actually withdrawn some weeks ago,...

Can anyone point me to where a list of maintenance (repairs/replacement) allowed by a PPL is defined?

It used to be in Air navigation (general) Regulation 16 but this appears to no longer exist.

The Lord Kirkhope Report .

I just spent a good time typing this in answers to questions I was asked to find the thread had been locked whilst typing at the suggestion of a gentleman who has made no contribution to the thread at all. Surely this is not what moderation has come...

Taking into account Mr Bouchet’s guilty plea and the fact that it had taken some time for the matter to come to Court, Assistant Magistrate Peter Harris imposed a fine of £2,000

As aviation-related disciplinary action lies outside the Court's...

I need to go to a meeting at Whiteley, near Fareham.

In the past I have flown into Southampton, but I don't see this as viable anymore.

Lee on Solent would be good, but I assume it is closed to non resident aircraft? A farm strip would be...

Not just ‘no flying’ but ‘STRICTLY no flying’. Amazing what gets through the system these days.