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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...

Today kicks off FLYER Live and Learn To Fly Week!

You can join us live each evening from 7-9pm (Friday is exclusive to FLYER Club members only).

Just visit live.flyer.co.uk to find out more, read about the exhibitors, see the schedule and watch...

There have been a few unacceptable posts of late. Please take a look at the Code of Conduct and post accordingly. Identifying individuals by anonymous is a BIG no no!

Be nice, considerate and polite.
If you can't make your point without a...

“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...

Following on from another thread I was thinking, what do people do to try and stop themselves from becoming a statistic.

None of us are infallible - being imperfect myself I am very much aware of that.

What do you do in aviation to try and stop...

Who can raise a (legit) MOR? Perhaps everyone should be raising one every time they witness CAT breaking the law in such a dangerous way?

If the CAA then systematically ignore every report relating to a controlled ATZ but take action for every...

I began my tailwheel conversion training at Little Gransden on Saturday in a Cessna 140. I am absolutely, totally smitten; loved every minute of it. It took a while to get used to a totally different aircraft, and there were a few bouncy landings,...

As we become more relaxed, can we revisit who is open and when please.

Sherburn has new café operators - the most excellent couple from the Maltings just down the road. An absolute breath of fresh air today and we are looking forward to much better...

M Fournier celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday (14 April) -- still going very strong. Plans for a Fournier fly-in and party were cancelled for the usual reason, but hopefully there will be a gathering next year.

I took my aircraft to its annual yesterday, and while planning, noted that Solent is still closed and class G quite a bit of the time...

EGHI CTA Activated

Until 10 Apr 2021; SFC-FL55

Solent CTA and Southampton CTR/ATZ operating hours are-...

Can someone explain what the procedure is now for a GP to issue a LAPL medical? Is it necessary for the GP to log on to the new system to input directly, or do they complete a form and submit it to the CAA for them to input?

I have a driving...

OK, so here's a question. I should declare in advance that I now know the answer, having after the event had a telephone conversation with a very helpful guy at the relevant Ops. But I'd be interested to hear other people's interpretations of the...

About 2.20 minutes in.

(ignore the last 15 seconds :D )

I've been given a heads up about cataracts by my ophthalmic guy. Not a problem yet but...
Has anybody had the problem and solved it?
What's the best surgical treatment when it comes to flying?
At the moment I'm wearing varifocals plus a spare pair...

I tried to connect my SkyEcho2 using Wifi and my ipad rejects the password I had set (and neither will it accept the factory password). No idea why, but I concluded I would need to do a hard reset because I cannot find any instructions about...

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.

If you have a cellular tablet but don't want to pay for a full contract for flying, it might be useful. You get a free sim and in exchange for registering you get 200mb per month free. Might be enough for weather and planning on SkyDemon.

France moves to ban short haul internal flights

Should I be worried about this?

From comments made by friends, for example, the Lightspeed Zulu has poor performance if the batteries run down. It seems to me something like the SEHT 40-80, which is a more conventional headset plus ANR, would...

Our group operated aeroplane ( high value sport homebuilt) suffered a ground handling incident late last year, the insurers liability even after excess payment will be circa £15K + .

understandably, our groups members are anxious that the...

Can anybody please point me to the source of definitive notification that from later this year ( ?June) the UK IR fraternity will no longer be permitted to carry out PBN LPV approaches.?

As much detail as possible would be appreciated: As I believe...

I must admit I am jealous

A slight oddity is that according to ADSB-Ex he's wearing a Brize squawk. Ignore - Norwich use the same sequence.

Rob P

Having just read through some of Novembers AAIB reports (not usual for me but there were a couple I particualrly wanted sight of), I was amazed to read that in 2 fatal GA accidents, aircraft were significantly overweight.......180 & 140 Lbs....

It has been announced that HRH Prince Philip has died.

Many news sources but the wiki page isn’t behind a paywall.

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.

Anyone had to do this yet?

I have my identification verified by the CAA

I’m now allowed the “medical service”

I’ve registered with Cellma

However...

There’s no forms to fill in
No way to contact about this

I’m a bit baffled! :?

I know 'it's only 164 metres', but this is going to extend the centrelines and therefore the CTA and make it even more likely to accidently infringe with the current squeeze on airspace, isn't it?

Pin out, throw grenade, wait for the bang....

I'm looking for a bush flying training school in Iceland! I am struggling to find anywhere that advertises it, can anyone help with any recommendations?

Thanks!

Dicky :D

If anybody but me has this problem, the solution is

Press the Windows Key,

Settings,

Update & Security,

Click View Update History

Click Uninstall updates

Click Security Update for Windows (KB5000802)

Click Uninstall

Reboot the PC when...

A reliable source has told me that the strip will not be maintained this year by the farmer unless the pub is reopened. A great shame let’s hope someone sees the opportunity.A great favourite of mine!
Regards Fly safe .

After struggling to complete the Medical Application form for a Class 2 Medical (it rejected 4 attempts) I finally succeeded.

I then went to pay the £8.00 fee which I thought I accomplished successfully. The system issued me an automatic invoice...

Hi everyone, for those of you using or interested in the Garmin Pilot iOS app, we’ve been working hard to help make NOTAMs easier to understand and relate to. We introduced these NOTAM and other updates late last year in v10.3 and we’ve recently...

I have a newly declared personal medical, however I have reason to go for a professional driving medical and thought it may be worth having a LAPL done at the same time, assuming it is just an additional form filling exercise. I thought the simplest...

Does anyone know what the current situation is for processing of FCL ratings and renewals?

I have several outstanding, the oldest of which is now just approaching 6 months. This is obviously ridiculous, but i've failed to get any form of response...

OK, who was it who at about 1015 yesterday on Brize (or possibly East Midlands - can’t remember) replied to 'Squawk conspicuity' with 'Squawk promiscuity'?

Nearly made me spill my coffee.

Bet it was someone in here...

Apologies if this has been asked already.

Having just got back into the air I wanted to test my new SkyEcho with its traffic warnings via SkyDemon. I have wired the aux input to my intercom to the IPad and am getting the airspace warnings on my...

I've just moved house from Surrey to rural North Devon and am looking for a new home for my RV12 . I'm aware of and have talked to Dunkeswell and Watchford Farm, but both are about 50 minutes drive so looking for something closer to...

Ok so it’s been a few months but starting instructing again tomorrow, just wanted to check, it’s back for up and forward for down, right?

60 years ago Today the first man in Space

Here is the news we have been waiting for.

France has added the UK to the list of countries covered by:

Amateur built aircraft, registered in a European Economic Area member State or in Switzerland, are allowed to overfly the French territory...

Can anyone recommend a company to have a logo - 30cmx30cm max that I can attach for a ceconite covered airframe? I assume the logo would need to be fairly flexible to allow for flex.

Thanks in advance

Hello everyone,

I'm planning to purchase a plane (haven't decided yet if I'll be a single owner or group ownership) and I'm wondering if I can hire out my plane in future?

I.e can I advertise my plane online for private hire by other pilots and...

If so, this might bring back a few memories.

I stumbled across it on YouTube and was instantly taken back to my first flight in a light aircraft almost exactly 38 years ago.

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SO finally (according to N/Weald facebook) they plan to start charging for landing at North Weald.

Gone now are the days of a quick drop in for a fuel up and a quick cuppa while John fills the tanks :-(

Its a shame as it was a handy refuelling...

I understand hard surfaces allow continued use of an aerodrome in more weather conditions... wheels don't get stuck in the mud, propellers whip up less pebbles, and so on.

But roughly how much more would a hard surface cost to maintain compared to...

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 are flying down to Perranporth in a week's time VFR. Around Exeter there's what used to be an airway aligned Berry Head to Brecon VOR's but now designated as Berry Head CTA. Skydemon doesn't show a frequency. We would like to cross at FL85, maybe...

Evening!

We are looking at putting a small group together and one or two of the aircraft we have saw have an engine on condition including one which has flown 1150 hours since the last overhaul which was 25 years ago.

My question is, if the...

I have been advised by my maintenance organisation that, as a result of the UK leaving EASA, the regime for our PA28 will need to change so that, effectively, an annual is required every 100 hours. We do about 180 - 200 hours a year, so I am...