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In the Spanish Aerobatics Championships (CEVA 2019) these things can happen and they did.
Challenge Ferrari (Pilot: Juan Martinez, Juan Velarde) against Sukhoi (Pilot: Castor Fantoba)
Great day with a lot of action.
Date: 9 June 2019

Hi,

Can anyone advise if there is any difference between the iCOM & Yaseau handheld radios to justify the price difference?
I am looking for a backup handheld radio that my headset will plug into and with VOR capability just in case the...

January 2019, Florida, video of Hughes 500 used to trail power cables over pylons.

"Because the area is rural and swampy, it was more efficient for lineworkers who were secured to the helicopter by rope to replace all 34 miles of this...

Just announced by the Dept for Transport:

Hi hopefully someone knows,
I passed the jar part fcl pplA license in October 2000 i let it lapse but want to renew it again, I've had instruction in a 172 but can only get a lapl medical, do I have to do a complete lapl skills test to convert from...

Anyone able to explain the detail of why a prop designed for climbing (tugging) may not be suitably adjusted to give a sensible cruise close to that achieved on the same aircraft with conventional props?

Is it simply a case of the amount of...

The 'Let's not bother with regulation' thread had me wondering what regulatory/procedural change would make flying more fun. As suggested by @BobUpanddown I've started a new thread for your ideas.

I doubt everyone will be bothered by the same...

Hi Guys and Gals

The owner of Enstone Airfield is having another stab at a planning application. This time it is for a solar farm, along the length of the runway. I thought the attraction of these had waned since the change in government policy...

This weekend I need to travel from Grimaud nr La Mole to Misano nr Rimini in Italy and back.

7 Hour drive each way, so considering a charter, ideally from La Mole to a suitable strip near Misano. Preference would be a quick and comfortable single...

Spare a thought for our fellow aviators who got up this morning and started to brief this. I can feel a time delay coming on and the second window in use.

On Thursday I took my good buddy and fellow aviator up for his first flight in the RV8 to 'patrol' the skies over Southern England on what was the D'Day 75th Anniversary. A beautiful evening for aviating - hard to imagine how different this same...

Happened to notice:

PM's (ie, the main) list:

OBE:

Sacha Amin HATTEEA

Deputy Director, Public and Parliamentary Delivery. Department for Transport. For services to Aviation.

MBE:

David Michael FERGUSSON

Scientist, Defence Science and...

Fascinating NATS blog.

There’s a thread in the Red Tape forum about MORs.

Almost all my knowledge of these things is contained in this thread title!

So, taking the title word by word:-

If they are mandatory, what or who mandates them?

How is an “occurrence” defined...

Lets face it about 40% of LAPL holders I come across are flying illegally. Not deliberately but simply because they don’t understand their privileges.

In fact they don’t even understand that they even have privileges.

Other people don’t even...

You may have seen this already, but just in case here is an update from the LGS team on the Judical Review:

The judicial review hearing into the challenge against the CAA's decision to grant airspace to Farnborough Aerodrome concluded today. This...

I have just received this from participant in the Normandy commemorations:

Graham,

I hope you are both well. I am afraid I have a request for help.

I am currently at Abbeville in France with my cub and 3 other cubs flying to a large wartime cub...

Out for a walk near Bramshott, Hampshire, hear the sound of helicopters. Several helicopters! Look up and there is a Met aircraft, followed by the President's and a Chinook and a couple more outriders!!
Presumably following the A3 for tea and...

Serious question. Who polices what people put into NOTAMs?

I'm sure we've all seen examples of the following:

Airfield A with parachuting NOTAMed H24 to FL195. Really? I don't think so...

Or airfield B with aerobatics allegedly being performed in...

The title says it all, really. The CAA states:

- 12 hours of flight time in single-engine (single-pilot) aeroplane within the 12 months preceding the rating’s expiry date, including the following:
6 hours as pilot-in-command (PIC)
12 take-offs and...

Trump's visit to the UK is between 3-5 June and it's inevitable that there will be a number of temporary restricted areas to cover his movements.

Unfortunately there's nothing posted on the NATS AIS website yet, which makes it slightly difficult to...

I was just reading a thread and now it's gone.

?????

Farmer and Cub having a discussion.

G-JWTP

This AlJazeera film about the 787 is several years old (2014 I think) but I can't find it on here so people might not have seen it. It's 48 minutes long but well worth watching to the end. It all gives a good understanding of what has happened at...

I know that this is an old post but I'm hoping that there is new information that may be available. I have successfully added the US basemap to my GPSMAP 196 via the above described procedure and it works great. As stated in the last few posts, from...

.. as featured on Grand Designs:

Hi,

I have, or I'm in the process of, buying a 2016 SR22 G5 which is in Florida. All being well the deal should be completed within 10 days.

As much as I would love to do the ferry flight from the US, I just do not have the time, and it is looking...

Cutting a long story short, my 87 yr old Mum was telling me about a distant relative who she knew when she was a little girl and who became a pilot in the RAF. She can remember some personal details like who he married, but little about his career...

After having been 'rescued' by helicopter, her nightmare was just beginning :shock:.

An unexpected resonance ! But no firefighters were injured during the rescue, so that's alright then :lol:.

Iceman 8)

I love PAW and SD in combination. I use them on every flight and have the traffic blue-toothed into my headset. There is just one thing I find distracting and I can’t be alone.
Why does SD treat a PAW ground station like an aircraft and why does it...

Am I reading this wrong?
Q) EGTT/QSPLC/IV/BO/AE/000/021/5212N00011E003
A) EGSC B) FROM: 19/05/12 07:00C) TO: 19/08/11 17:00
E) CAMBRIDGE AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES (TOWER, APP AND RADAR) NOT AVBL, AD
NOT AVBL TO VISITING AIRCRAFT ATZ REMAINS ACTIVE...

I am a student pilot and would like to take some footage of my lessons to help with debriefing, and learning in general.

My flight school are happy with this, and I intend to fix my Go Pro 3 to the interior, centrally to the rear. This will give a...

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...

AOPA (UK) Member’s Working Group Meeting Saturday 8th June
The forthcoming AOPA (UK) Members Working Group will be held at The Aviator Hotel, Sywell Aerodrome, Northants, NN6 0BN on Saturday 8th June from 1000h onwards.
AOPA and non AOPA members...

It was most interesting to see a PC-12 parked beside one of Gatwick’s gates and being refuelled by Menzies today.

With charges at the top of the league table , they must have paid a fair whack for that!

I see the BBC are reporting on an airprox near Biggin Last September between a Spit and a PA28.

Airprox here

I seem to think I’ve noticed an upturn in airproxi with warbirds. However, is this proportional to the upturn in warbird flying since it...

To Drenthe and Groningen for some history and a sensor network.

Bourtange

A trip report with pictures can be found here

-o-o-

I guess there's a heightened awareness of the dangers of wake turbulence at the moment, but this video really rubs it home:

Investigation into an accident caused by wake vortex

I experienced it once in a C152, with an instructor, during ab...

Hi there, any UK citizens here that own a hangar home in US plus aircraft? I'm considering a future ambition to operate an American trainer warbird and weighing up pros/ cons of importing to UK CAA v operate under FAA v keeping it in America. Cost...

The "Star Letter" in the June edition of the other mag strikes me as a little bit odd, if not a bit of a rant. It also raises loads of questions.

It starts by saying that there aren't many FIs current on taildraggers, and whilst there...

Hi.

Does anyone know why le touquet had to be closed today? Southend Radar were informing traffic of this any many flights crossing the channel had to divert. Heard this was due to a crash but no other details.

Sent from my iPhone using...

I'm hoping there a some bright audio experts on here! My comms panel has a 3mm jack input for aux in. If I connect my Pilotaware to it via a 3mm to 3mm cable then the traffic alerts are at the perfect sound level on the comms with the default...

Morning All,

I'm positioning a company Eclipse jet from Biggin to Blackbushe this afternoon and could do with some ballast for C of G purposes! If anyone has a need to get from Biggin to Blackbushe at around 14:30 local please feel free to drop me...

Once outside the UK what EC detection option delivers what?

Summary of my current understanding please feel free to correct me:

Jalopy has Mode-S and ADS-B out

Power FLARM

Mode C/S
FLARM

SkyEcho

ADS--B
FLARM (with added sub)

PAW

ADS-B...

1. Why are there no static discharge wicks on PA28 wings, whilst these are standard on C172s?
2. Does anyone have any more info on the FAA / NTSB proposed PA28 wing spar ADs? The last that I saw was a letter from Piper CEO to the FAA.
Thanks

I am planning a trip from Pons (near Bordeaux) to Venice (Lido) in a couple of weeks.

I have done some searching on here and all the routes appear to be GAFOR routes through the Alps, I'd like to avoid the Alps if possible so was looking at routing...

Anyone going?

Our syndicate is looking at this Garmin unit for sale in the US. Price is extremely reasonable. What do people think ? Almost to be good to be true.

Just doing some longer term trip planning and I thought Transylvania might be interesting…

Ian

Hi everybody

I'm delighted to be able to announce the date and venue of next year's event, which will be held on Sunday 23rd June at Coventry Airport .

Coventry has long enough runways to satisfy everybody, and the local flying schools have very...