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Hello everyone,

I live in Liverpool and am looking for somewhere to get into aerobatics - preferably in a taildragger.

Unfortunately, options seem to be limited. I've found High G at Blackpool, the firefly at Sleap and the decathalon at Tatenhill...

Validity before any flight with lapl(a)...
A lapl(a) prof check in past 2 years..
OR
12 take off and landing in past 2 years p1 or pu/t AND 12 hours p1 or pu/t as long as one at least is pu/t (all could be pu/t)
Like most changes, it's been flagged...

Hi,

Is it me, or had the SRG1157 issue09 form layout gone to pot?

Section 1 The Tick Box for "Class Rating" seems to have disappeared. Text now seems to state "Type Specific IR Class Rating"?

Went with ticking Type Rating box...

Morning everyone, I'm pleased to be able to confirm that the next Project Propeller event will be held on Sunday 21st June at Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport.

Although we visited Wolverhampton only 2 years ago, most agreed that it was an...

I see in the list of users this one. What is it up to? Can I have lots of helpful and some unhelpful opiniated comments please ta

John

Southampton Airport needing to 'restructure' to cope with traffic loss

Does anyone know what will happen to those EASA aircraft flying on a LAA administered EASA permit (like my Bolkow Junior) after (if) we leave EASA?

My hope is that they will be transferred to a UK national permit to fly but I have not seen that...

From the BBC

Airline Flybe is set to collapse within hours, putting 2,000 jobs at risk after a bid for fresh financial support failed, the BBC has learned.

The struggling carrier narrowly avoided going bust in January.

Exeter-based Flybe said...

I refuse to pay more than £10 for a pair of sunglasses on principle.

Cheap sunglasses from Decathlon : £3.99
Neoprone strap : £1.29 (they were actually £0.88 when I bought them).
Total: £5.28

Start with the sunglasses:

Cut the arms off. I...

Planning ahead - we have some people who need to get to/from France in the next couple of weeks. Given the way things are unfolding at the moment I thought an SOE type operation might gather some interest with the South-coast flying communities?...

When I was a lad thats what we used to have. Can anyone remind me of the reasons why we got rid of the Class 3?

Not seen mention of it before, but a report has been published.

Greetings! Just a quick question for those familiar with the airspace around Manchester and Liverpool please. All of my flying has been in the south of England and I’m planning a flight up to Blackpool from Elstree. I’ve heard that both Manchester...

He's not the first, but this guy did cheer me up this morning.

Heard a rumour at the weekend, that 32 aircraft including several fabric ones have 10 days to get out of Henlow as it is closing down.

Hi all,

For anyone who missed it, here's the link to the recording of tonights webinar, "Planning Tomorrow's Flying Weather".

Hope you enjoy it, feedback always welcome.

Simon

Another storm winging in for the weekend. Winds coupled with waterlogged grass mean I have logged two twenty five minutes in the past three months.....! My hangar usually has three residents, its now rammed with refugees meaning even if I could fly...

An alternative magazine this month carries an article about the new Pipistrel “VIRUS” SW 121 (which does look quite nice). The front cover headline is “It’s such a fine aircraft you’ll find our enthusiasm infectious...”.

Sadly I can’t think of a...

Although many miles away and only really there to service the oil and gas industry the loss of any runway is sad. Hopefully staff may be able to transfer to Sumburgh.

Did a quick search on here to check I hadn’t missed something but couldn’t see anything. Was flying yesterday and 3 separate controllers, when requesting a frequency change used the phraseology “squawk conspicuity” before “freecall xxxx”

Has there...

Ouch.

(No, the G-IV's registration isn't what you might at first think!)

Postponed till 5 th May.

Yes, that's me, a fully approved pilot in yet another field of aviation. Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems are my second string qualification

Translation: I bought a used drone for a couple of hundred quid on e-bay, spent twenty minutes answering...

It seems Boeing are actually looking at even temporarily suspending production of the 737 Max - perhaps they are running out of space to park them?

See which says that Dennis Muilenburg hopes to have it back "in the air" by the end of...

Hello,

In this free live webinar I'll be demonstrating what I look at when planning a flight for tomorrow. You'll be shown the tools I use, how to read a weather chart, introduced to skew-t's and given hints and tips as to how to make the most of...

This has to be some of the most impressive skywriting I've seen (in terms of accuracy of flight) ...

Stay safe all...

Very interesting, and utterly laudable. I do hope however the Air Cadets will now get some working aircraft.

G

From Aviation Week

The UK will need people skilled in airspace design as it rolls out a major, nation-wide update of its airspace system, British Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps has said.

“We have an enormous amount of airspace...

Another weekend of being grounded thanks to the incessant rain, further rain and wind tonight. This video sent to me earlier made my day. It features Paul Gliddons 1940 Proctor Mk 1 recently flown, following full rebuild in Australia.

Formerly...

Splitting this off from the Farnborough thread as it’s probably worth a thread of its own!

Many pilots I’ve spoken to who don’t fly gliders can be (understandably!) unaware of the heights that can be achieved on modern winches and cables.
3000ft...

Letter from the MD at Biggin....can't be any more obvious that GA will be outed soon?

The closure of RAF Mildenhall has been postponed until at least 2027.

The Suffolk base was set to be closed in 2023.

A US Air Force spokesman at RAF Mildenhall said: "All decisions for the European Infrastructure Consolidation effort that...

The World Championship Air Race is the new and improved continuation of the Red Bull Air Race series, which boasted global broadcast and millions of fans around the world.

I have heard that the Dutch are restricting homebuilt LAA types including Dutch homebuilts to a maximum of 28 days use in the country.

Can anyone else elaborate?

Interesting!

Saw a nice aircraft do a quick circuit at Glos earlier today but it ended up buried in the mud alongside 27 after landing.

Quite a lot of southerly in the wind.

And then out came the tractor to drag it out :roll:

Somebodies day was spoilt but I...

Some discussion on FB at the moment suggesting that Old Sarum is to close later this year.....

Here .

Here we go....!

Cheers

Si

Just getting my hoops in a row for a trip in a fortnight, which looks likely to take in a stop at Coventry. Went onto the AIP, with the intention of downloading the approach plates.

There weren't any.

Closer examination finds me...

1 ARRIVALS...

Someone phoned, lives home counties, needs faa bfr after a bit of defrosting (which is what Android spell check makes of de-rusting if no hyphen added)

Found this on the IAOPA Europe Newsletter today. With the looming deadline of Monday 9/3 I felt it deserved advertising.
EASA proposal on revised IFR operating rules for GA in consultation

EASA is consulting on a set of new revised IFR operating...

I have a few questions re SkyEcho2 which I’m thinking of purchasing. For background I don’t currently have a transponder or any form of EC. I’m using SkyDemon for navigation.

1) SkyEcho transmits at ADS-B output and squawks 7000. The squawk can’t...

(Warning, long post)

Was enjoying a nice evening/night flight today (making use of the reasonable weather). Flying south along the Wye Valley towards the (old) Severn Bridge, shortly before which I intended to turn left to fly just to the north of...

Fuel availability at my new base is somewhat hit-or-miss, and I am considering the possibility of using garage forecourt Mogas on the odd occasion.

My EASA G- registered C172 has an O-300-C engine, and this combination seems to be on the list of...

Just heard a rumour that the show at Friedrichshafen, If that's how you spell it, may be off due to current health issues.

G-JWTP

<snip> My...C172 has an O-300-C engine...

On an unrelated matter, I have been servicing an O-300-A over the last few days. I'm no expert....but does your O-300-C have two sump plugs (one each fore-and-aft of the carb)? If so, make sure your...