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It is a place where flyers of all experience levels can meet to discuss and exchange up-to-date undistorted information, social plans, considered...

Not sure if EC is still taboo or if this has been posted elsewhere but...

“A coroner has written to an aviation regulator requesting small planes and choppers should be fitted with safety devices after four people were killed.

A mid-air crash...

Seen at Barton Aerodrome.

Taking place this year and every other year thereafter at Farnborough.
Dates for 2019 will be 5 - 7 November.
No indication as to whether RA(T) will be in force, but expect to be asked to remain clear of the ATZ.

I would have. :shock:

Hi there,
Looking for the above and have at present exhausted usual suppliers.
UK and USA
Led to believe it might be similar to Cessna. Being an earlier model it’s different from the later ones.
Suggestions please.
Thanks
John

I have the possibility of some work in Dublin and Weston is a friendly GA airport. That much I know. And I have done lots of thought about SEP over the water.

That said, I'd be interested in advice and thoughts on route planning (from Gloucester)...

‘Morning all

Does anyone know of an FI or CRI who is able to sign off single lever differences training, either after a ground briefing or a flight in something suitable? It’s not for me, but for a friend who’s a very experienced GA and retired...

I'll be entering this competition at my local club. Any tips on spot landing gratefully received.

I'll try making the approach around 55Kt with full flap and flaring at 1000 rpm, slowly reducing the power from about 20 feet before the spot. Please...

I have received an invite to a Jeppesen research interview. Anyone else had one?

Rod1

Flying a number of different aircraft, I have noticed that there appears to be no standardisation in a/c checklists - as to whether the electric trim (and / or autopilot) should be selected off - or on for takeoff and landing. (but particularly...

Do we have any lawyers in this community? I'd love to talk to somebody who can, dispassionately and professionally, comment on the Lasham/Farnborough decision for The Two Thousand Feet Podcast.
My questions would be:
a) Whether this is the end of...

Interesting video with a few choice comments from the pilot on the state of GA in Europe, (from about 6.30 onwards.)

Very nice and insightful video on the operation of ATC with a GA focus.

t5SYQu5AGuk

I've been thinking a lot about approaches just lately.

We are, let's be honest, not winning regarding widescale availability of approaches at UK airports. In my home patch of Buckinghamshire and immediate surrounds we have.... Cranfield ! A much...

Hello, i'm back!

Despite the naysayers and the hours I took, I am qualified, loving flying and now have 84 hours P1 in my logbook. I hope now for your support progressing and growing as a pilot as one of you :D

What stopped him? Hit regulation brick wall at FIR boundary? Intercepted by typhoon as he hadn’t read the Notam about the RA(t) ? Felt too hot, wanted a dip?
Quite amazing though! If only the Iron Curtain still existed, we could be smuggling these...

Evening all;

I caught a bit of Radio 2 on the way to the allotment this morning; I'm not normally a fan of Dermot O'Dreary but one of his guests was Matt Jones, who will be flying the Shiny Spit around the world very soon...

For some strange reason my 500 has reverted back to 22/8/99 (seems to the default for most Garmins) and time is wrong, but after auto-locating satellites and position I assumed this would be corrected but no, and as there is no way to manually set...

Didn't know whether to put this here or in the tech forum - mods feel free to move to where you consider appropriate.

Taking inspiration from the albatross, Airbus engineers in Filton, UK, with the support of Airbus ProtoSpace, have developed...

:thumleft:

Hi Everyone,

let me share with you my first aerobatic experience. just did some simple loops, but it was great fun. I really recommend aerobatics to any pilot. :D

rlcooTBThWE

Enjoy the video.

Cheers,
Frank.

Hoping that one of the many ATCOs on these fora can help satisfy my curiosity.

Flying IFR around the US, it is not at all uncommon for enroute controllers to pass information about precipitation and build-ups in order to assist aircraft with...

Latest on AFORS. Cessna 152 for £62K and a Tomahawk with 10,000 hours for £32K. Seem a bit high to me but what do I know?

About to ditch my old faithful Aera 500 for the brave 'new' world of Skydemon - yes, I know I should have done this years ago.

With a budget of up to £500 I am considering 2 options

A. Buy a SkyEcho and use my full size iPad Pro (no GPS) for...

This has been on before a few years ago....

In the first episode, Skies Above Britain explores how our skies are safeguarded - air traffic controllers deal with an unidentified aircraft flying across Gatwick's flight path, and the RAF scramble...

Hi

Until recently it was possible to apply to be a trainee air traffic controller on the NATS website. It now says applications are closed until further notice.

Does anybody know when this might be? Is it a regular thing to stop and start again?...

It's out in the UK, but strangely in an edited form :?:

We went to see it at T' Bratfut Imax yesterday, it is just the Imax footage they show which chops it down from 1:30 to around 50 mins but it is still stunning.

Lots of great footage, some I...

I'd be grateful to hear the opinions of the great and the good hereabouts about something that puzzles me.

Arriving at a busy airfield this evening after the radio operator had finished, I called traffic and received joining info from someone in...

Hi,

Sunday is looking the best day for flying this weekend, full details below.

I've one place remaining on my Aviation Weather School (Part 1) on Sunday 29th September 2019. If you want to improve your confidence in interpreting weather...

I'm impressed with how he misses the lamp posts!

The new owner of my Rans came to collect it with Whiskey Kilo Wanderer who was to fly it home. The traffic on the ground was heavy so they were delayed but it all went well enough. A bit of finger trouble with an unfamiliar radio and then off for a...

Came across this interesting site: WW 2 airfield map with masses of info on homepage.

Apologies; if this has been posted before.

An interesting talk this evening at the London Flying Club by Group Captain Mark Manwaring on his forthcoming world record attempt to fly around the world in 18 days in a home-built RV7, breaking the previous record of 26 days. The flight will be...

Hi everyone,
Just thought i'd say, I clocked up a flying first today. I took my first non-pilot passenger up today and flew him over to Hunstanton. A very pleasant hours bimble and a good second choice to the "Dams Run" which was my first...

I have been making waypoints for the LAA rally holding area and wondered if Skydemon have a link to make this easier?

The Lat/Long coordinates listed in the AIP are in a different format to the ones used on my Skydemon and even after going to...

A simple question from one who has not flown in the S of England for many years.

I need to go to Denham next week to collect an aircraft. I see it is in the London TMZ which requires Mode S. My fixed wing aircraft only has Mode C - does this mean...

A little trip in Holland, with visits to Texel, Fort bij Spijkerboor, Alkmaar and Naarden-Vesting :D

A trip report with pictures can be found here

-o-o-

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

Grrrrr.

Ian

I'm not sure if anyone on this forum is old enough or knows others that are old enough to remember....

I'm interested to know what the majority of the UK GA community was doing at the time the government decided to sell aerodromes of all sizes* to...

Better late than never.....

Coventry Information became 123.830 on the 1st August.

What took them so long?

The CAA has published some requirements for the use of EFBs aboard aircraft in SRG1849 . As I read it, these are mandatory for many types of aircraft operation, including SPO operations (which I think includes aerobatics), and in some cases (mainly...

My trusty old laptop recently became terminally ill so I went and bought a brand new HP running Windows 10. All was fine until I tried to install Skydemon, for which I have a subscription.
Every attempt brings up a message saying that for my safety...

Does anyone else with a Lightspeed headset find that the ear pads wear out really quickly? On my Zulu 3 headset I'm finding that after about 50 hours they are worn through or split. Is there an alternative available that is more robust? They are...

Awful Charlie arrives at the Bushe tomorrow from Switzerland in his Mooney N2125K. We are then off to Oshkosh via Scotland, Reykjavik, Narssasuaq and Goose Bay. I'll put a tracker link up tomorrow for anyone interested in monitoring our progress....

Long shot, but for a very generous ‘fuel contribution’, I don’t suppose anyone is around to do a properly sexy Aero practice over my place on Sunday for my baby’s christening event are they?

It’s mid Wilts. Open airspace. No risk of...

Sywell's website now accepting slot bookings.

Its been quite a while since any updates on the in-flight Weather trial.
If I recall this began back in August of 2017, we are now 2 years into the trial

Are there any updates to report in terms of whether (no pun) this is going to be extended...

I may need some familiarisation in one of these.
There’s one near Leicester, and one near Shoreham I see.

If a flight is possible please PM me.
I might have a delivery flight to do in one.