This request has been prompted by the current court case regarding the Shoreham crash, but please consider it more generally.

We would be grateful if you do not start threads on court cases whilst they are still running.

The intention of this...

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...

With about 18 millibars 540 feet difference between 1013 and local QNH today my trip took me from North Kent to Turweston. On the return leg with 0013 set and monitoring Luton, I hear our callsign.

The returns at Luton were showing us at 2600 -...

One of the things I notice is absent from Forum Accident discussions is the human factor.

Mostly mechanical or navigational speculation.

Most light aircraft do not have facilities for a comfort break ,

I know from experience how judgement is...

There's been lots of gloomy news recently but it's not all bad. Lovely conditions today for a flight to Haverfordwest, always a great destination.

According to various news reports a PA46 with two on board, flying from Nantes to Cardiff, went missing from radar. Search started sometime around 20.30.

Hope they're found OK

Ian

I know there are some very knowledgable people on this forum.
With that in mind:

Number 1 son is asking about a tour of ww1 battlefields viewed from the air

Has anyone done it already and would care to share their advice?

Routings, got to sees,...

From March 1, non-residents flying in will need to call for PPR story here .

Grrrrr.

Ian

Hope all are well.

The Whitegate NDB (close to the Oulton Park VRP) is not shown on the current SkyDemon chart and seems to have disappeared from ENR4.1. However, Liverpool Approach gave us radar vectors to the ILS a few nights ago and issued the instruction...

I have asked this question of the good folks at AOPA USA but I wondered if anyone here knew the rules around flying a G-registered aircraft (light piston twin) in the United States.

I'm aware that one needs a US visa to enter the country by private...

So Medway council are now driving home the last nails in the coffin of Rochester Airport, by pressing forward their masterpan for part of the site as industry.

Despite government guidance to preserve and enhance airports as part of the UK transport...

Some better news this morning

Hi All, has anyone ever tried transporting a life raft and life jackets on board a commercial flight?

I've been looking for as long as I can remember for a leisure aircraft to operate out of my paddock which has 220m.

Does anyone have experience of the Eurofox and it's true capability? What's the shortest fields you've successfully tackled?

Or maybe I just like retro stuff?

Rob P

Hi.
I'm after chatting with people who fly from Hinton in the hedges for some info.
Pm me please.
Martin

Heathrow Airport has launched its second consultation which is focused on “Airspace and Future Operations.” They are collecting feedback on their proposals until 4th March 2019.

The possible impacts are:

(1) curtailment or closure of White Waltham...

On Monday I will go to my sister’s house.
I had planned this trip two years ago, and obtained an ASIC at great expense (~$700) which will expire next month.

Flying in Thailand has finished for me and for many others.
There’s a beautiful new Waco...

Sounds like a tragic end to a continental trip

I am currently flying for a European cargo operator and my schedule would allow me to instruct, especially during weekends. And I have always been keen on becoming also an instructor.
Before obtaining this job I was offered a sponsored FI position...

Evening all,

Drawing a bit of a blank.. am looking for the list of equipment, either mandated or recommended for safety equipment that should be carried aboard aircraft. Need to understand what’s required in different categories etc. Have tried...

Interesting read, and even more interesting photographs...

Looks like the pilot handled the landing extremely well - but possibly wasn't equipped for the terrain he was flying over in terms of survival and "walking out" ? Ultimately...

'12.9 The amount of land available at Gamston Airport allows for the creation of a sustainable and standalone new settlement. It is currently a small scale, commercial enterprise which serves the needs of local businesses. Whilst development of the...

In August of 2017, uAvionix and SkyDemon came together to launch a trial weather flight information service broadcast (FIS-B) in the UK. What was originally intended to be a six-month trial with one ground station grew into the current network of...

Lifted from Twitter, the Bomber Command Memorial today. With family connections to Bomber Command in WW2, this makes me sad and disappointed...

A very poignant story on BBC this morning.

Told by a survivor who was a young lad when a USAF bomber crashed in a park killing the crew because the pilot appeared to deliberately avoid children playing.

There is a call for a flypast on 22nd...

.. two taken to hospital

Interesting appointment - looks like a high flying career civil servant, who is also a hobby pilot and aviation charity volunteer. Hopefully she'll prove a good choice, she certainly sounds like she could be.

G

I've just scanned through the General Aviation Reports for Dec.2013 and find it rather concerning that, just in this one month, there were 17 recorded laser attacks on aircraft in the UK.

It would appear that no one was injured as a result of these...

Hi all. I’m trying to remember the name of a single engine piston type. I think it is/was French built. Tricycle retractable undercarriage and I seem to remember there was some weird connection between flap and gear. There used to be a group based...

Flew past Cardington today and saw a big roundey thing outside, :shock:

Its impressive the number of rare aircraft this company are restoring down in New Zealand

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I've received some very helpful responses to my previous thread on the Eurofox - STOL debate. I have 220m in a paddock by my house and I am really keen to operate a sport aircraft from it.

I've flown and been sold on the Autogyro MT-03 Sport some...

I think most people are familiar with the three stalls in the PPL test:

(i) Clean stall and recover with power
(ii) Approach to stall descending turn with bank angle 20
approach configuration
(iii) Approach to stall in landing configuration...

Another oldie from Talking Pictures TV, Freeview 81, midnight. From IMDB:

"In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet...

I want to rent an aircraft pretty much anywhere worldwide (excluding europe) for a week in late March/early April for some interesting touring.

I have done Florida but not the Bahamas so that is of interest.

I am a PPL VFR only and have over...

Stumbled across this, don't know if it's been posted before but I enjoyed it.

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Does anyone know of a friendly farm strip near Preston, Leicestershire? (Just south of Rutland Water.) I've found Rankborough Farm, north of Oakham. Anything nearer?

Nick

Hi All,

I apologise in advance as I can see similar questions have been asked before, however my conclusion is that there are conflicting answers including speaking to the CAA and BMAA...

ok here goes.

My situation.
EASA PPL (SEP) with Class 2...

I'm sure I am not the only one here to have done this, but I think it's worth giving it a bit of publicity for those who are not sure whether it's worth doing.

I arrived early in the morning expecting to be working in a freezing cold hangar with...

Good news for those left in the lurch after the demise of PTT Aviation at Leeds.

I gather that Hields Aviation at Sherburn are to take over flight training at Leeds next month.

Don’t know whether they will be using their existing staff only but...

This morning whilst on the local LARS frequency - I overhead a very nervous sounding voice "Student G-XXXX, temporarily uncertain of position, request heading to YYYY"
I was slightly surprised that the military LARS controller simply...

Not a serious competition (there was only ever going to be one winner), but what about the next version of the software coupled with the next version of the hardware.... and the one after that?

“Ace Combat 7: Can it match flying in real-life?”...

According to a report in 'The Sun' (which of course I do not read) for 11 Jan, vandals somehow gained access to Dunsfold airfield, badly damaging both the VC10 and the B 747 by smashing windows and instruments, ripping out seats and pulling off...

Are we not discussing this, or have I missed the thread?

Great insight on the build up and engineering support, and I particularly found interesting the positioning clues they use to keep the formations in shape described in the second episode.

May go flying on Monday for the first time in a couple of months. Need a destination suggestion.

Requirements:

Not in my logbook
Approx 1hr from White Waltham
Worth visiting - nice cafe or pub or reasonably interesting/pleasant
Minimum 500m...

Apologies if this is the wrong place, but I thought some might like to know.

ETA The title is misleading for reasons of brevity; both Mr & Mrs Barnett made significant contributions to the war effort & I'm pondering a better title.

Does anyone have one of these new (hence rare) devices?
Is the synthetic vision any good?
Does it require a European Vs a American terrain database for the synthetic vision to work?

There is a reasonable difference between the USA and UK price and...

There's a thing on twitter that essentially involves posting a good pic that has a wing in it on a Friday (I'm not sure whether it needs to have been taken on a Friday - I suspect not.)

Some have more opportunity for good pics than others, but even...

Nobody ever forgets it; not everybody has such a wonderful record of it. :D