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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...

So, in my little head radio stations atbaerodromes are denoted thus...
"X Information" means they can give you information, but not clearances and you just tell them what you're doing on the ground and in the air.
"X Radio" means...

Picked up on the BGA website that there was an update meeting on the latest from Osprey CSL and Oxford. Looks like they have reverted to a TMZ /RMZ. Picture below, but not seen any more details. At least it is (just) clear of Enstone. Probably will...

Views on tailwheel or tricycle have the propensity to be more polarised than the Brexít word that we’re not allowed to discuss....

So, a simple question....

once all 3 wheels are in the air, can you tell the difference between (say) an RV6 and an...

As far as I know I am not legally required to wear life jacket when flying over the Solent to the IOW, as its less than 10NM. However would you wear one anyway?

Someone commented on a recent video I made, so thought I would see what you guys think...

Hello all,

I cannot find a website where I can find flight numbers for LHR T2 for Friday 8th November between 17:30 and 18:30.
Could someone point me in the right direction ?
Many thanks

Has anyone else noticed that the LLR has changed on Skydemon?

It appears to now be within a CTR?

Arrived at White Waltham this afternoon - and here till Tuesday mid morning.

It is a Russian built amphibious seaplane known as a “Sea Bear”. This is the first of the type ever to be exported from Russia, this a true first for White Waltham.

The...

Some discussion on FB at the moment suggesting that Old Sarum is to close later this year.....

Is it just me, or are the documents on the NATS AIP website inaccessible? Each time I click on a specific document, eg plate or text information, I get an error message saying document not found on the server. Same for any airport. Doesn't work in...

3-4 December NATO Summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, which is very close to Elstree and Denham. RA(T)s inevitable but hopefully they will be limited, practical and proportionate as we have seen for recent high profile events.

No details seem to...

I have about 170 hours and all the takeoffs and landings to go with them.

I thought I’d landed ok previously, sometimes they are even quite smooth.

The other day I did a landing that was so gentle I couldn’t work out exactly when I touched down....

I wonder who writes these things?

From the TrainingCom issued a few days ago...

The Assessment of Competence (AoC) for the FI listed at AMC3.FCL.935 and the Examiner Assessment of Competence (EAoC) listed at FCL 1020 are to be conducted as...

Thinking about the type of machine I need for my business trips next year, I spec'd up something that would do just nicely.

After all travelling for work at 70kts in an 80 year Stinson is frankly ridiculous.

So it has to be a VANS.
With a tyre...

Currently looking at an aircraft on the N-register that was imported into an EU member state about 10 years ago.

I have a German language document that the importer advised is evidence that the aircraft is in free circulation in the EU and the...

Obviously aimed at a lay audience, but informative all the same

Welcome to Heathrow airport. It’s 6:54am.

This aircraft is Shuttle 2 Lima, a British Airways A320. It’s finished boarding and ready for take-off.

You’re about to see and hear how...

Green heart of Holland, South Holland, the typical Dutch meadows, Leiden, glasshouses, storm surge barriers, Delft, Gouda and Rotterdam.

Meadows, excavated peatlands

See here for the page

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A research flight to see how it will affect the passengers and crew.

Iceman 8)

An interesting YouTube video showing what it's like to use a BRS for real. I would rather avoid getting out of shape in the first place. One very lucky pilot who walked away from it.

Nick

Does anyone have recommendation for an insurer that will cover accident and death for private flying?

I have Travel Insurance which I got an additional endorsement on to cover me for trips abroad. However after coverage for something in the UK/day...

Apologies if old news.

Anyone know where I can find info about this flight from Heathrow to Amman? My brother is on it and I can see it turned back over Austria. My mum has asked me to find out any info as she's a bit worried.

Thanks
Dek

Went off to tinker today and suffered a really bad dose of the old 'being down here wishing I was up there' due to my aeroplane being out of permit. A case of feeling sorry for myself whilst being really angry I wasn't more diligent about the...

Several posts about this buried in various threads but those who might benefit from this change might not have trawled those threads and stumbled across the news. Of course, I'm sure there are many pilots wh never knew they should not have been...

Thing its time to get a new handheld radio.

Does anyone have any experience of the FTA550?

TIA

Dave

As at 4 Jan 2017 G-KURK is broken in Lokichogio, Kenya with bent wings, a working engine and no comms; it has a replacement left landing leg and prop. Maurice is in Nairobi collecting parts and giving a talk on Friday, he plans to return to Loki on...

What are folks using to protect their Yaesu transceivers?

It appears the official case is the SHC-28, but I can’t find it for sale in the UK.

Link to a US site here:

I’m worries about the screen getting scratched.

Many thanks

Could I just put in a request to all Sunday flyers this weekend? Please don't fly over towns and villages between 1055 and 1105am, as it can be very disruptive to any Remembrance event!

Some may have seen the prototype near the passenger terminal at FDH

London-based artist Laura Melissa Williams woke up one morning last week to find thousands of messages for her on social media - all from Malaysia.

Overnight, the thirty-something Briton, who paraglides as a hobby, had accidentally caught the...

Validity before any flight with lapl(a)...
A lapl(a) prof check in past 2 years..
OR
12 take off and landing in past 2 years p1 or pu/t AND 12 hours p1 or pu/t as long as one at least is pu/t (all could be pu/t)
Like most changes, it's been flagged...

Not my project, but worth sharing. It’s one of our club’s younger members who did this project with a local Danish mechanic at our airfield. I can assure you the result is stunning.

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I see the RV-4 in which I set the current short-field landing record for the type is up for sale again as a project (Unaccountably reverting back to its pre-Hatz registration.)

It would be lovely to see him fly again.

Rob P

Are there any examples out there of airfields that have full ATC on weekdays but A/G on weekends, or some similar arrangement? Or are they all ATC + AFIS?

Grant Shapps has not lasted very long as Sectretary of State for Transport but has, over the years, promoted GA and has a good track record as far as GA is concerned.

I just wondered, if Grant Shapps is not back in the same post after the Election,...

Just pondering.... this isn’t well thought through so bear with me.

There’s lots of talk about electric aeroplanes, but all the ones so far have propellers. There seems no electric equivalent of the jet engine.

I presume that jets fly at the...

This may be of interest to some people who have insulin dependent diabetes and would like to seek FAA certification.

Just landed in my inbox 4 minutes ago so not had time to study in detail:

The FAA launched a new insulin treated diabetes...

the gauge on the the extinguisher in our permit aircraft is tickling the red and we beleive its time to replace it. In googling I have come across a 'clean agent' halon substitute extinguisher at quite a modest price but only in an automatic form....

With acknowledgement to ColinC who made the original post on the LAA Forum, this topic is worth a repost here, as Remembrance Sunday approaches.

@Chris Martyr you can post a like here :wink:

Anyone out there any experience of SD on a Huawei M2 8"? RunwayHD doesn't work well on it (Airbox told me it was the one make that didn't work).

The Huawei seems to have a good screen, but if the interface is no good I will get rid of it....

Contemplating a return flight to and from Frankfurt Eglesbach. I am sure this has been done to death all ready, however does anyone here have recent experience. Eldest son has a two year placement in the city and is keen to explore Germany by air...

....is fast approaching.

Cooler air, less traffic, better downward views of autumnal scenes, challenging wind changes throughout the day, quicker parts delivery from suppliers, less life-story wafflers on the radio, being flat out on the way home...

Possibly cracking open a can of worms, but here we go; My Class 2 is currently suspended. I had a heart-bypass operation at the end of June. As luck would have it, my last flight before suspension was my 'hour with an instructor' that renewed my...

Interesting article on why Galileo went out of service over the summer:

One man’s mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe’s Galileo satellites going dark

Bose have announced a trade-in deal for the Bose X headset to Bose A20 headset. The US/Canada offer is USD 300 or CAD 300 discount respectively and the European offer is EUR 300 discount (see Links below).

Europe:
US/Canada:

I have a pair of...

Our Group owned PA28 is kept on Grass Parking & with the damp weather this winter has been considerably damp inside, which of course eventually will get into the electrics etc.

I wondered wether or not there was a Battery operated portable...

I'm curious to know what other pilots' personal limits are when planning to fly in IMC OCAS. If you fly in IMC OCAS, what do you do, if anything, to mitigate the risk of collision with other aircraft? What mitigations do you consider mandatory such...

Take those chocks away, Biggles – your noisy little plane’s a pain in the alpha, Romeo, sierra, echo

I know where he lives..... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: