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Good morning all. Anyone know where I can get hold of one of the above please? Thanks.

In December we had perhaps two days of VFR weather until Christmas: 24 and 25 December were both gorgeous days. And also the two days when our airport was closed. :( The current forecast is grim, to say the least:

Well, I guess one can count it...

Looking for some guidance (and opinion) on the use of blind calls, from an aircraft, within a positive ATC environment.
1. Is it legal? I can't see anything in CAP 413 that mentions it.
2. Is it sensible?
3. Would you expect, or recognise, a blind...

As a follow up to the debate on using EC for other purposes..... I happened to notice a note from BGA saying they had responded to a CAA limited consultation on changing some of the RMZ/TMZ rules (no copy of the response details provided). A bit of...

It's that time of year when the interior gets damp and condensation is a problem.
What do folk recommend? I'm thinking that caravans, boats and so on must also suffer so there's bound to be lots of ways to keep it dry - but which is best for us?

Wow from the sounds in that cockpit, that snapped cable certainly gets up some velocity before it whips the airframe out of shape!

You know you're in trouble when you need full right aileron just to maintain level flight.

Hi
I would like to have all of the great functionality of the SkyEcho2 portable unit, but I have a small aerobatic single seater (LAA) without the room to stick the unit on the canopy or within the cockpit in a way that I am happy with.

I'd gladly...

From a 1999 magazine.
JAR-FCL was being forced upon us but AOPA successfully opposed the following daft proposals from some of our European neighbours.
1) No flying instruction to be given to anyone unless they hold a student pilot licence and...

We made a video for the children on our Facebook Page - @jerseyatcc

Four minutes of your life that you may not get back.... but if you get bored - turn the sound up, kick back and enjoy some of the fun in our Tower Simulator. (Facebook needed...

Was perusing the info for the 20 or so UK registered on t6harvard.com

Whilst owners were mentioned there was no mention that any were syndicated - so how many if any are syndicated?

Oops, sorry this is a bit late, been a bit full in today chez G-BLEW

Have a great Christmas everyone, hope you are well and enjoying time with those close to you!> Thanks for all of your support this year, here's to a different experience in...

Good old CAA again!
They have decided not to automatically accept the above expensively gained STC approvals from the above Authorities, post the Brexit transition.
So my Garmin glass cockpit/ autopilot upgrade installation booked In January will...

A pilot in Germany used a Diamond DA20 Katana aircraft to draw this syringe in the sky between Friedrichshafen and Ulm.

See the playback at .

Iceman 8)

My local butcher hands out glasses of sherry to customers queueing to collect their turkeys.
Today at Halfpenny Green, along with my regulation bacon bap and tea, I was offered a tot of whisky - full marks to the delightful caterer (and nul points...

In the current issue thee are some useful replies from the CAA, but some only confirm our suspicions that it is very much work in progress.

eg on the subject of LAPLs in the EU

b. May not be used in UK or European airspace to operate an aircraft...

I just saw this one of the Airbus "VSR700 OPV" landing and taking of from a moving helipad/platform :

Great video and quite impressive result, I thought.

I do wonder what the test pilot could have done, should the necessity have arisen...

From the newspaper that, for years, has fearlessly reinforced the terror of its readers that someone, somewhere is having fun. Creepy that the hack journalists are asking readers to identify the pilots, and bad that some are giving out names

I have my rescheduled class 2 medical shortly, what are the implications of the new Tier 4. Will it be cancelled yet again?

Is there anyone out there with a spare mount for a Sky Echo
I only really want the small piece that is screwed onto the top of the suction mount, so i can permanently fix it. Happy to buy one just reluctant to pay £30 for the whole thing when I only...

We need your questions! Yes, we have many to ask but, as we’ve found out, many pilots and aircraft operators have individual issues. This is your chance to put your particular question to the Authority.

Our next issue will have a big Brexit...

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For anyone who missed last week's Livestream but likes a short aviation quiz, here are the questions…

I'll post a link to the Livestream at the end, with a time you can head for to get the answers

Q1. Name the type

Q2. Name the type...

Has anybody seen any guidance as pertains to GA? Can we fly anything at all?

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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...

Every year, the Swedish Air Force make a display by flying in a formation that resembles a Christmas tree. This year's wasn't too impressive since there were only five aircraft. But today our flying club, together with the other flying club at our...

And one at Brize no less.

All the best for 2021 and let’s hope this pandemic does so we can get some of you over for fly ins to see what we do. Sadly 2020 has curtailed this significantly.

Please see below for a geeky picture. Feel free to share.

Is it just me? I get 'failed to load data, please refresh browser' and 'no charts of this type are available'

Hi all,

I've transferred my SOLI to the French DGAC and they've just sent me an email asking me which medical centre I'd like to transfer my records to. Can anyone recommend an English speaking AME that can renew my Class 1?

Cheers

The new strain of COVID is causing international concern.

Iceman 8)

Hi,
Has anyone any recent experience of getting on the 2 reg, especially buying an aircraft already existing on 2 reg?

Many thanks

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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.

I'm well aware that one needs to, but can anybody point me to the specific document requiring it, which is eluding me.

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Today I parted with a pot of gold.

I filled in a form and sent it, and the gold, to Vans.

:-D :D :D :D :D :D

G-JWTP

Sorry there should have been a photo in the space but I cocked that bit up.

Again, I cocked it up, and the picture is...

A highly detailed 79 page report just published.

Not read in detail but no mention of EGNOS in threats and risks.

Was approaching an airfield the other day to join a circuit when we spotted a plane.

Passenger gets agitated in a “he’s coming right at us” sort of way

and subliminally I must think “white light = back” and I actually lined up “behind” him.

I...

Simply; is the HIAL controller dispute justified, or is HIAL right in that the HIAL controllers jobs should not be compared to NATS controllers, with correlation between traffic volume and salary being justified?

So 2020 has been a pretty shocking year for all of us one way or another.

What better way to see in the new year, and see this one off, than to take your chance to win a flight in a Spitfire!

They also make great Xmas presents for flyers.

At the...

Can anyone help please .
I used to own G-ATAG a Jodel 1050 , in fact I owned it more than once !
I found some old photos of 'TAG this week , some with my son sitting on the wing . By a fluke my son had a very similar photo of his son sitting on the...

Asked in the other thread aviation related BREXIT questions, but not one specifically for the CAA so moved here.

Is anyone sighted on what has been proposed in the draft Trade Agreement as regards duties/VAT payable on buying aircraft from the EU?...

I am guessing it has. It's certainly been a good year for nosewheels across the UK

October AAIB Monthly Bulletin Contents.

Rob P

There are some airfields that now really need upgrading to an AFIS.

I am the last to suggest that more layers of bureaucracy and control should be applied willy nilly, but of late, I have seen some shocking occurrences which would have been...

Thanks Tim and team :thumleft:

The added in-app support allows pilots to enable/disable SkyEcho’s ADS-B transmission, set the transmitted callsign, and edit the aircraft’s hex code easily in a convenient settings panel in SkyDemon on IOS and...

Unless you are based at Staverton you will probably not have heard about this. Gloucestershire Airport have applied for planning permission to build, what is basically, a new business park on part of the airport. They have described the space to be...

The BGA has seen a 19th November 2020 EASA letter to the all CAA’s describing a number of details in respect of UK-issued aircrew licences and certificates from 1 Jan 21, following which the UK will be deemed to be a third country. The letter...

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...

I was musing over the weekend, as one does, about a lot of things. I have an idea brewing in my head, but good ideas one day often turn out to be bad ideas the next, so I'd like to gather some data to help clarify my thoughts.

Can I start by asking...

As a counter to Chuck Yeager. an article on a more modest man, let down by his own government:

Text below:

Sir Frank Whittle: the test pilot who revolutionised aviation

As we remember aerospace pioneer Chuck Yeager, it’s a timely reminder of...

Is anyone aware of an overview of how controllers use Mode S and ADSB out data in the context of GA VFR operations ?

There is a lot of data transmitted, some of which is dual sourced eg GPS position and height versus secondary radar position and...