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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...

Someone isn't going to be asked back... :lol:

Morning all!

I currently have an ipad 10.7" inch screen I belive which I have used a few times when flying while running skydemon however I think it would be more convinient to have a smaller one as I plan to convert to microlights when...

The longest trip thus far was Gloucester to Great Massingham and back. Skyecho up on the right hand side of the windscreen. Connection to Skydemon all good.

I saw a small number of contacts all of no interest but I'm not sure whether the FLARM...

As I'm sure the forumites feel at loss without some airspace consulation this week, the Thames Valley Constabulary would like to propose this: (with thanks to GATCO and FISO UK for publising it)

Fairly poorly written from an aeronautical point of...

I think I understand the first to formalise the correction to the under-2000kg mess.

How significant is the other one?

Spotted this today:
Not convinced the tartan wingtips will give any (flight) benefit and I'm also not convinced the Cessna 337 will deliver the stated cut in noise pollution with that engine configuration. IIRC the Skymaster was a noise brute.
The...

The timing of this isn't quite as planned, but since it is in the local news, it seems to be foolish to wait longer.

After months of planning, the documents have been submitted, the fee paid and the reference number known. The only thing we await...

Follow Guy Martin as he takes a look at the training of WW2 fighter pilots. A Tiger Moth and Harvard star thig evening, with air combat training and an exciting finale next week! 8)

Normal service is resumed tonight, so we'll be live from 19:30 on our YouTube channel . In addition to a recorded interview with the CAA's Sophie O'Sullivan we'll be announcing the winners of last week's FLYER Live competitions, plus news, weather,...

I am pleased to advise the power wires on the approach to 22 at Hinderclay have been removed today. This was fully funded by UK Power Networks, to whom we owe a big "Thank You"

We look forward to seeing you at our mid-summer fly in, 19/20...

I suspect the answer to this question will be "nowhere while we're in lockdown" but does anyone happen to know where I might be able to get an exercise ECG done?

Ideally within 100 miles or so of Birmingham but will travel if all else...

My letter to the CAA from the current issue

Ian

Not quite GA, but near enough! :D

In less than 30 minutes, there will be an attempted landing on Mars. Follow the official NASA livestream here:

Or follow the slightly geekier NASA Spaceflight.com livestream here:

Fingers crossed!

If you tuned into Flyer Live on Thursday 15th April you may have seen Ian interview Textron's UK representative about how well their range of a/c is selling this year despite the Pandemic.

Textron make amongst others the Cessna range of which he...

Times today ( SAT APRIL 17th ) page 43

Your 150 word on board onboard safety measure will be in Wesh ?

It says so in the notams .

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...

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...

Not had chance to read these Terms of Reference for RMT.0230

However the following words come to mind - thin, wedge and end!

Why multiple planes and helicopters have been flying in strange patterns over Cheshire - reporting at it's finest :roll:

Afternoon All,

I'm looking at buying an aircraft powered by a VW 1834cc engine with Leburg ignition which has no starter motor. I had a go at hand-propping it to get it started, however I couldn't (safely!) get enough force into the throw to get it...

Seems to have been today...

Got back up today and can report...

Landings were fine.

Initial go through checklist and startup and radio calls were scrappy but improved as day went on.

Ability to fly sensible shaped circuits was ropey. Even when it improved over the day it...

Are Manchester likely to agree to a routing direct to Barton via their overhead? The obvious routing from here would take me via the Macclesfield South VRP and direct overhead Manchester. Assuming that via the overhead (or one or other end of the...

In this post I will try and set out some, hopefully useful, information around medical certificates.

Please note that it is your responsibility to check and ensure that you have the required combination of licence and medical for the flying you are...

Picked up a Design4 pilots A6 kneeboard a couple of weeks ago as being a better size for my sky ranger cockpit. For years on every other kneeboard, like with maps, I've used staedtler permanent fine markers to write information on the clear plastic...

:-(

Ian

About 2.20 minutes in.

(ignore the last 15 seconds :D )

Finally confirmation from the CAA regarding IR(R) holders and the need for PBN training and testing:

Basically, you don’t need to be trained and tested on PBN but you are advised to do so if you plan to fly PBN approaches.

If only the...

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Well done PPLMEIR in another thread for flagging this, as I was between jobs, I chose to scan it.

While I am not aware of the background leading up you feeling the need to write this letter to the CAA, as a standalone document, I must say that I...

Flying to the north of Oxford yesterday, we had reason to change our plan and fly south, crossing Brize zone.

I am not familiar with the area.

The miracle that is SkyDemon quickly displayed the frequencies for Brize - all nine of them (including...

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.

As some of you may be aware, Redhill Aerodrome are appealing against Reigate & Banstead Council's decision to order the re-reinstatement the Taxiway C/D to its original condition, as they have ruled that it was not within permitted development...

Apologies if I should not be posting this but as a longstanding Flyer Forumite I thought some people might like to know I've recently written a book about Yuri Gagarin's incredible orbit of the Earth exactly sixty years ago - the first human in...

Had to fly there twice for training & test few weeks ago, hats off to Jersey ATC for 3 things:

- The only choice I had to fly an ILS during a renewal test as every airport in west of France had it's ILS U/S or no ATC: Rennes, Brest, Quimper,...

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...

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! :?

NATS have apparently regained the contract for providing ATC staff for ATC services at Gatwick airport wef Oct 2022.
Approach control services never moved but aerodrome and GMC will once again be provided by NATS.
Not that anyone on here will be...

I know hangarage costs for aeroplanes has been discussed many times, but has anyone got an idea how much it costs to hangar a helicopter these days ?

Hi flyers

I am looking to upgrade my tablet hardware and then purchase software for VFR flying.

I appreciate these topics have been covered before at various times, however I am seeking advice from fellow VFR flyers re: the latest information and...

I accidentally infringed 2 days ago on departure from Blackbushe.

What a confusing piece of airspace this is. For me, it's the fact you're already in the CTR, so crossing out of the ATZ doesn't sound any alarms. Combine this with the noise...

I'm in need of a new headset and been looking at the CQ-1 ( ) and the QT Halo ( ) instead of the usual over the head design which I've always found uncomfortable. Also, they seem to have great noise reduction and are much cheaper than an ANR headset...

Now, call me old fashioned but surely if you check the fuel gascolator drain on any aircraft and it locks open and fuel continues to pour out, you'd:

a) close it. Or, if you can't
b) call an engineer
c) not be dumb enough to go flying and lose all...

...have the UK air traffic control service you would wish for.

Having just seen this on a different thread...

If only we had integrated air traffic control services in the UK working together to expedite ALL flights rather than a whole collection...

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...