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It may be rubbish, or not; it's a repeat and there were two from this author on R4 in the last few years on similar themes and the one I heard was...ummm...not a bad drama.

Anyway, FWIW:

From now on, days should be longer than nights. My thoughts turn to flying. I suppose I ought to get the permit sorted on the aeroplane!

Hi all,

Hope you and yours are all well.

Join me in preparation for the return to flying (initially solo on 29th March but then for all on 12th April....hopefully!) as I host a free webinar this Wednesday 24th March 2021 at 7pm.

I'll be getting...

.. obviously unaware that MP3 already has his dibs on all those 747 bits :)

It's in the Times, so it must be true!

You have to feel for the newly qualified (eggbeater) pilot and his failing iPad

There do seem to have been some notable omissions in his training though. Listening Squawks for a start.

Rob P

Nothing is ever simple and when we purchased the Trig GPS with our subsidy we fondly believed that the TN72 would link to our Bendix King KT74 transponder (Trig made) simply.

With help here we found a suitable installer and the aircraft will be...

My daughter, who used to live in Xiamen, sent me this link to a video of a helicopter crashing into the sea there earlier today. Just wondering what could cause a helicopter to go straight down like that?

What do we think about living with your aeroplane?

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I reckon it would be great to live next to your pride and joy at your own private airstrip, but at a licensed aerodrome run by somebody else?

Apart from Compton Abbas & Strathaven, is...

Probably not looking in the right place but I can't find April landing vouchers?
I can find landing vouchers for March and obviously May are in the latest Mag copy however April's seem to have diasappeared?

Anyone have experience of them? They look fabulous! Why did they make less than 80 Mark 2s?

Loads of good stuff coming tonight, we'd love to have you join us…

Tonights Lovestream , sorry keep typing that, I mean Livestream will be on both our Facebook page and on our YouTube channel

See you there

Ian

There’s been another thread on the general subject of using a simulator for instrument currency but I’d really like to put in a word for the combination of a realistic model and a VR headset. I’ve finally got this set up (thanks partly to the work I...

I've never really been a flight sim fan, but with the current unavailability of real flying and the forthcoming release of Microsoft's Flight Simulator, I wondered what sort of kit would be required to make it a half decent experience.

I tried...

Hi all

New-ish qualified and wet-behind-the-ears private pilot here, with a recently purchased Beech Sundowner with which I'd like to replace some of the steam gauges.

I've been looking at the Garmin G5s and had quotes for installation but I...

This weeks project is to update all the ditching and survival equipment that I bought five years ago and rent a life raft for the coming twelve months. I have lifejackets, PLB and Hand Held sorted so not reviewing those.

Can anyone recommend any...

Sala's family's legal team has listed 13 defendants in their case and are ready for the proceedings to be delayed until after the inquest.

As well as the two football clubs, football agent Mark McKay who was working for Nantes in the transfer deal,...

I just saw this advert on AFORS:

I am probably being incredibly stupid, but can someone explain to me the benefit of a non-equity share?

My assumption is that if something goes wrong, you don't end up paying for it and that the owners do, but...

Anyone have a Christen Eagle handbook we can have, buy or borrow please?

A lot of things to unpack in this report, but it shows, amongst other things, that battery capacity is not the only point of failure in electric power plants in light aircraft!

*PIC did not perform mandated preflight checks, due to cumbersome...

I received this doc via LAA strut (I can't find it online):

ACP :

Looks like they want to add a TDA around Mull to allow drones to deliver COVID tests. The TDA would go from Oban along the north and south coasts of Mull below 400 feet. They...

I must have been dozing...

Planning a business trip today (first for ages) I've noticed a block of airspace over Worcester that I don't recall seeing before. Costwold CTA Class C from FL75 to FL195.

How long has that been there then? And why?...

The FAA have today issued their long awaited final ruling for the inspection of PA28 Main Spar attachments.

This is the directive. It's primary purpose is to find out how many aircraft have cracks and then possibly issue further safety measures...

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...

I noticed when I last flew with a few different pilots that some tended to spend a lot of time looking at all their latest gadgets in the cockpit., to the extent that I felt that not enough use was sometimes made of the number one eyeball.
Just...

Hi!

Since moving from the PA38 to a Ikarus C42 Microlight (lots cheaper and counts to SEP hours), I've noticed after a few flights that there is no room for my quite large flight bag anymore and the only space I see viable is by strapping it into...

Why not try a GRID ATOM station at your airfield and see what it can give you? (in the South East, where I am)
I liked my base station so much I bought a demo unit. Available for free loan/demo.
It can be equipped with full size (90cm approx)...

Interesting commentary on current research here:

I am probably being a bit dull. (Quiet at the back.)

Can someone please confirm that the current rate of Fuel Duty for AVTUR/Jet-A (i.e. that reclaimable as Drawback for foreign flights) is £0.1114/litre as shown in this HMRC table ?...

Does anyone have any good ideas on a gadget that can be plugged into the headset socket to enable ATC & intercom to be recoded?

I’d like to record ideally using my iPhone. Any thoughts good people? Thanks

Is anyone else slightly worried about this summer’s post-Covid sudden onslaught of GA?

Airframes/engines that have basically sat still for 15 months, pilots who have hardly flown for that long (if at all), stale fuel at the back of the hangars,...

I had an email today, from Ofcom, regarding my 'License'. It was completely unclear if it was related to my amatuer radio license or the aircraft license - but on visiting the link it would appear that this could eventually affect both.

The email...

Having read ORS4 1416 can anyone confirm my understanding of the revalidation excemption? I am flying on a LAPL licence and my biannual is due on the 8th April 2021, I have the required number of hours and landings over the last 24 months but it is...

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?

I've just changed my address with the Feds as I'm moving shortly. Am I required to get a new 61.75 with that address on it? It doesn't mention that it's a requirement....

In preparation for some flying at the end of this month, I updated all my devices and noted on my Garmin that the Jeppesen supplied NAV databases have extra bits of airspace around all UK aerodromes (see photo below).

I spoke with Garmin and they...

Credit where it due.

EC rebate processed and paid within 4 working days of submitting claim.

Good job CAA.

The latest update of this invaluable reference is now out .

Version 3 (March 2021) of The Skyway Code includes:

Reflects the UK’s departure from the EU and guidance on the associated changes
Updates to all aeronautical information, including...

Heard a rumour last week but now found this from Eva on her FB page
The Bushe Cafe
March 1 at 12:16 PM ·
With very heavy heart I announce the permanent closure of The Bushe Cafe with Wednesday the 3rd of March being the last day, as Blackbushe...

Hi All,

Always had an idea of owning a PA38. Don’t care it’s not fast and has its issues, stil think it is a good aircraft if flown well.

Anyway, not many of them around for sale these days, is that the norm with this type?

Curious if anyone...

The thread on looking out of the window has got me thinking that I would definitely like to be able to hear the audio from SD through my headset, but there’s nothing wrong with my trusty Sennheiser passive headset and I don’t want to spend £1000s on...

Hi folks,

I bought in 2017 this TSO'd Icom COM under the impression that it would be fully compliant with the European 8.33 mandate. I had some issues but never thought it was down to the unit. Now another pilot on my plane told me, that he...

Thanks to Andy R for publishing elsewhere the £5 for 5 circuits offer at Southend.

0700 - 2300

19/10 to 30/11

Looks like a pretty decent deal to me.

Rob P

I've been reading up on everything, and have asked the advice of a friendly instructor, but I was just wanting to field an extra opinion...!

If one were to have a UK issue, EASA PPL(A) and be flying a PA28:

As long as the SEP rating is current you...

An acquaintance tells me Gigha airstrip is no longer available. The Trust that ‘runs’ the island no longer wants to support it, despite local offers to fundraise to maintain it.

Can I ask DAVE W to reproduce that rather splendid chart .

I fear some of our A/C group members have lost the plot and need reminding .

Thanks in advance .

Can I pick you chaps' electronics brains?

I've recently been lent an ANR headset, a Senheisser HMEC250, that is refusing point blank to ANR. It works passively but its passive attenuation is shockingly poor. If you turn it on the sound gets a...

Ok, some ground rules first; I neither work for Uavionix nor am I being paid by them, I am a serving RAF aircrew officer, the head of aviation safety for the RAF Flying Clubs Assoc and also on the Board of Directors for GASCo. However, none of this...

For a long time I've been aware that whenever a report of an incident features a microlight aeroplane this fact is highlighted. Some of us might feel there's a sub-text of, "Well what else do you expect from a microlight? They're all...