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It has long been possible for a pilot to undertake certain maintenance tasks, including the 50hr check, on aircraft operating on a private cat C of A with exceptions, eg - if the aircraft was used for any sort of training. Pilots could not carry out...

I wish to have my new purchase rigged and would like to know is anyone has any suggestions. I am not sure if it is a 'straight forward' job or as I imagine a time consuming specialised procedure.

I noticed today that the Sun is getting lower in the sky earlier.

Here we are enroute back to Boundary Bay after pie at Chilliwack and the Sun is really low on the horizon. There's no other explanation for why the cockpit is cast in shadow :roll:

I intend to call in at Cardiff next week for fuel. Looking at the website/ AIP I can either be handled by Signature, Dargonfly, or Cardiff Wales Flying Club. Can anyone suggest which is the best and most cost effective (I'm looking for a pretty...

I have trawled the depths of the Italian AIP website (requires free registration), but can't find this information for the larger airports.

Can anyone enlighten me as to where I might find it? (I have it for the smaller airfields (AGA-3), but not...

I used Velcourts Ledbury airstrip many times years ago and they were a great company who never charged landing fees.

Ditto Lydney an airstrip belonging to Watts Tyres (aero) which sits near the north side of the Bristol Channel.

There are many...

Erm, just wondering, any other 'Streakers' around here?

Browsing through the AIP (as one does!), I noticed the following for Shoreham (AD 2-EGKA-1-1)

Elevation / Reference Temperature: 7ft / 21C Why would they use 21C and not the standard 15C?

AIS had a NOTAM for the runway realignment from 22/04 to 21/03 which indicated that it was to become effective sometime before 1 September with a further NOTAM to follow, but since then there doesn't seem to be any further active NOTAMs on the...

This is quite funny especially the quote from the cab driver.

Eight litres of fuel -volatile.

BBC reporting this..

Ian

Hi Folks, I was wondering if anybody could recommend where I could hire a twin. I have been let down by my local flying school a few times and I would like an alternative. I am based at Biggin Hill so anything at Fairoaks / Biggin.

Thanks in...

Well, that was an opportunity to display British stoicism :)

We in the audience got absolutely soaked, and several of the display participants were unable to fly (Gerry Sturgess in the K21 glider, the Su29 Matador pair, the two parachute teams)...

Took some Air Cadets gliding today, haven't been to this particular RAF station for 35 years myself.

They have a brief then are driven all of 500yds to the tower and left to sit safely in a red and white chequered control/van until they are...

Looking to have the syndicate a/c refurbished this winter starting with the most obvious - a respray.

We have no real corrosion, but the paint is generally very tired and we would prefer to get rid of the extra weight that we would incur simply...

Just to check... For an AA5B, how does it go down on the FPL form? Presumably just as AA5B but then with the odd issue of writing PA28 as P28A , it's worth checking!

Are there any current regulatory restrictions that would make a transit of the western side of the City CTR difficult tomorrow, Saturday? I can't see any TRAs mentioned.

I took a Chieftain over to Guernsey and back a few weekends ago, filing VFR in both directions. Just got a route charges bill for £75. I presume this was because we entered Class A airspace, as I wouldn't normally expect to attract such charges for...

Would a fully integrated european aviation system result in one E- register?

Seems silly to convert to G from say D or F when the overall system has the same rules governing FCL, certification and maintenance.

Hats off to Shoreham ATC this afternoon. I don't think I've ever heard a single-frequency ATC that was so busy handled quite so well. Calmness, patience, politeness, efficiency and, most of all, an aura of confidence that inspired trust. Well done...

Anyone on the forum know what happened to Chirk?

There used to be a Rotorway operation there plus in the days of John Pierce I remember a Comet Air racer replical plus a Rapide in BA colours.

A short strip.

Reuters are reporting the following

:BC-BULLETIN PASSENGER AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO SEA OFF SICILY-ANSA NEWS AGENCY REUTERS 061421 GMT aug 05

Noticed a lot of shares stagnating on local flying club notice board. Has the cost of flying basic aircraft hit a level such that more people can no longer afford to fly. If I were starting out now to get a PPL costs of around , in some cases, £140...

Dear all,

I have won a bursary from the Royal Aero Club Trust, of which is sponsered by the Royal Aeronautical Society, which is worth £250, of which must be spent on flying.

I have narrowed down my choices of air clubs of which I will spend my...

Hello again,

The weekend is here and there's some really discrepancy in the day-to-day run of the forecast models. I've tried my best below, but this may all change.

If you need to talk to a forecaster we are here all weekend. It's me on...

Just a follow on from the Fly-in page really. Timothy has got me thinking!!!

Whats the point of Crown Indemnity Insurance?

If the MOD won't accept it.

Am I wasting my money every year?

As I only insure for it, Just in case.

Feed back would be...

There has been discussion over the years about the 'need' for a radio operator at a field. Today Le Toquet had no radio. So what. There was a fair amount of traffic coming and going ,along with some rather low cloud. The traffic organised itself...

This Longeze has turned up at Chilliwack here in British Columbia.

It looks like a long cross country success.

Tom Clarke, a retired BT engineer and sailing enthusiast has just completed his first solo at the age of 79 at the at Anglian Air Centre, Norwich.

A record?

Does anyone know where I can get one of these on the intersuperweb?

geoff

Hi all

I have yet to experience this but would like to be forewarned. Can you enlighten me on the revalidation processes for the licence and the R/T as well?

I seem to recall it is bi-annual, but do you get an automatic reminder a la DVLA or...

I have a Garmin 296 which came with an out of date operating system (2.6 and I need 3.something apparantly).

I've looked on the Garmin web site and they have free updates that can be downloaded, so that seems fine.

Presumably this will only...

Any recommendations for somewhere in the south east to carry out the rest of my complex conversion?

Having booked myself in 3 weeks ago, the promised aircraft is still not back from it's annual. Time is running out now as I need it completed by...

I know a pilot who passed their PPL in Oct 2000 - they didn't keep it up and has not flown P1 for a few years.

Now they want to regain their PPL and they are aware of the requirement for a re-validation flight test (now including the Nav part - I...

Quick question :- is there an online equivalent to pooleys?

It was always my understanding that owner/operators could carry out their own 50 hour check as long as they stuck to the LAM schedule. The aircraft is on the G register.

In conversation with our maintenance organisation today, they assured me it...

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Mark

Does anyone have information on the situation with radar services in the north of Scotland.

In particular, do Inverness and Kirkwall have radar? (I've looked in the AIP but either I'm missing something or making a wrong assumption, which is quite...

Saturday morning, we arrive late at the club. The little C152 I had booked was taxing to the runway for a 40 minute student flight. We have to wait. Our destination is a little rural strip at Teggiano, south of Salerno, for a weekend fly in. The...

From the BBC site

A Welsh MP who wants to see Concorde return to the skies above Britain claims it can be done for around £14m.
Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Öpik said the supersonic passenger jet was a symbol of pioneering British know-how.

He...

I want to put some new seatbelts in (for want of innertia reels and the buckle in the p.1 seat is a little sticky). Does anyone know who to go to for this and what I should be paying (for four seats)?

Had a door latch blow open in flight this evening with the winds at 30 kt + it caused a racket then eventually opened!! so... near enough to Warton I decided to divert to them ........My god those guy's Tower and Ground staff couldn't do enough !...

AF A340 skidded off the end or the runway after landing.

BBC...

Flames have engulfed an Air France airliner at Pearson airport in Toronto, Canada, after it apparently skidded off a runway in bad weather.

Well, the Sherburn - Le Touquet trip got done yesterday.

I went with someone who's done it before, so slightly less stress (I flew there, he flew back).

Due to low cloud we never got above 1800ft all the way there. Can't remember all the VOR names...

Just been advised that fuel at Shoreham has just gone up to £1.09 + VAT.

That's £1.28 a litre inc VAT :evil: :evil: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :cry: :cry:

For reasons I won't go into now (to save the blushes of another SF!), I was asked to slow down in an Airway last week :shock:

The POH suggests that any combination of 24 / 2,200
23 / 2,300
22 / 2,400 will produce an Economy Cruise . In order to...

Thanks for the FIS on my channel crossings, hope things work out and someone buys it soon.

Hi all,

need to make a trip to Scarborough on friday and wondered if anyone could help with details of the nearest airfields / farm strips and any contact numbers, also your opionion on any farmstrip you may suggest if you have landed there . :)

Hi all :D

First post but been a regular reader for a bit......right I'm thinking of getting a gps to make life a bit safer and easier...was thinking of a garmin 295/296 and have seen some on e-bay in the states which are a fair bit cheaper than...