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From Mike Patey, creator of Draco

Need an up to date link to the mil AIP. The links I have are all expired and we have trip to Yeovilton this week.

TIA

Please bear with me as I have never set up a poll before. Recent posts have me wondering what other pilots do.

Me, I use a moving map GPS (or two) currently Skydemon on an iPad a and a Garmin 496 on the yoke. I carry a chart in case of...

Chatting to a chap who is based there, and he tells me that there are plans to build over a thousand houses on the site :shock:

Anyone else heard about this? There will be no airfields left at this rate :|

... why pilots are forced to lie.

Interesting Article on BBC World Service:-

Audio:-

Anyone know more?
The AAIB has sent a team to Northamptonshire.

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published:
18 June 2017

The AAIB has sent a team to investigate a light aircraft accident in Northamptonshire.

The AAIB has sent a team to...

I've just scanned through the General Aviation Reports for Dec.2013 and find it rather concerning that, just in this one month, there were 17 recorded laser attacks on aircraft in the UK.

It would appear that no one was injured as a result of these...

following an AAIB accident report published today on a possible trim runaway accident with a PA-31 - the CAA has published guidance on the issue at additional video advice to come shortly

Taking off in about 30 minutes! This is a test of the ferry fuel setup for the round the world flight. Haven't been able to squeeze in quite as much fuel as hoped, so we'll see how it goes...

N9953H on flight aware, and the GPS tracker is at - you...

Amazing initiative by ATC, well worth a watch:

Pilot found guilty of seven charges after accident
This court case has now concluded, so in line with the Mods' earlier request (and thank you very much for complying with that), it is a case that we are content now may be discussed.

I'll start:...

Does anyone have experience with using sprl V3 series fuel valve with UL 350 is engine? Since the V4 series valve was discontinued, I am concerned with the small return flow porting on the V3 duplex valve.

Just had a Daily Post news flash of an aircraft down on the runway at Caernarfon, timed at 6.30pm - any news on the crew?

There appears to be a stray B52 looking for a home.

Rob P

Seeing the thread on Wolverhampton/Halfpenny Green reminds me that the Compulsory Purchase Order proceedings were given the go-ahead this week for the acquisition of Wellesbourne Airfield. Stratford-on-Avon District Council have set aside some £1.1m...

Rob P

I am thinking of buying a lifejacket from a marine supplier, I sail a bit as well as fly so it would be good if it could do double duty.

Does anyone have any experience of disabling and re-enabling the auto-inflate mechanisms?

Probably a question that's been done to death, but lazy me instead of trawling back through old posts thought I'd ask. Like most GA flyers today I use SD for my navigation with current 1/2 mill chart to hand just in case....!

A lot of my flying is...

I am writing a feature-length screenplay that involves the protagonist travelling in an aircraft from a private hangar in London to a remote area in the Jerusalem Hills. Does anybody know how the pilot would be able to travel undetected for this...

Hi all

Quick question please? - Does anyone know of anywhere that supplies aircraft decals such as AVGAS only, No Step, No Push etc.

Thanks in advance

Hello all I purchased my condor with an 0240 in last November.The previous owner had just installed an oil / air separator from a well know manafacture. One pipe goes from the breather on top of the crank case to the separator one pipe from the...

I recall reading some while back that using SD to file a flight plan whilst in France for a return trip had some issues, can anyone confirm if I can now use SD to file flight plan and GAR when returning after a week away? Many thanks.

Hello!

Well, it’s a ‘kitchen sink’ weekend ahead…rain, snow, hail, sunshine, wind, it’s all on the cards! Details below.

If you have not been to Weather School yet you’ll have to book your place very soon. I have just announced an Aviation...

Hi all,

Has anybody on here flown a Jodel D112?

I'm possibly looking at getting a share in one of these machines. I have an NPPL (M), working to convert onto NPPL (SEP), and I'm very interested in vintage/taildragger types.

Obviously, I'd do...

I've been asked if I could offer a flight in our Jodel DR221 as a raffle prize. All money from the sale of tickets goes to the organisers, none to me.
I've looked in the relevant CAA pages and I am still not clear whether I would be legal. My...

Really :roll:

Unless you think you're important enough...

G

Aberdeen has received approval fromAirspace controlled from the Civil Aviation Authority for the use of ADS-B in the REBROS sector (pictured) of the Northern North Sea. This sign-off comes after two years of trials and means that Aberdeen becomes...

Just wondering whether it's worth purchasing and updating the frequency database in a Garmin GTR328 Com unit.
It seems this is a little used feature.
From reading the manual, the only method to use this database is to enter the ICAO code (rotate...

Can someone help clarify this for me please:

I came across AMC1 SERA.6001 Classification of airspaces and ICAO Annex 11 - ATS 2.6.3, which states:

Where ATS airspaces adjoin vertically, i.e. one above the other, flights at a common level should...

I am not sure I would have gone for the upbeat music given the very disappointing trend.

Yet another cowboy pilot gets it wrong...

Reading other threads about alleged vertical airspace infringements and transponder errors made me wonder....

If you have an ADSB device like SkyEcho what altitude is encoded and displayed to a ground station? The device itself seems to have both...

Can anyone tell me how to save/capture and replay a Sky Demon flight and overlay it in video?

TIA

...do we know?

I have a contact who is desperate to get close to this aeroplane having gained his PPL in her 59 years ago. I have used G-INFO, reveals a Surrey postcode for the owner but that is no real guide as to where she is now.

The easy option for the CAA is to stop airshows completely, believe me in a couple of years there won't be any in the UK they will stop through regulation and lack of public interest.

Rubbish. Having just been at the recent Pre-Season Air Display...

Where does one buy an update for the GNS430 database to keep it current?

Have Googled in vain...

Anyone know why VS28 from Orlando to Gatwick decided Heathrow would be a better bet this morning?

Are 52kt gusts down the runway sufficient cause ?

8th April is not that far in the future.

Posted her for wider audience.

Sorry, not wider as in broad beamed :oops:

What are people using these days for kneepads in GA aircraft considering the use of iPads, size, weight, shape, cockpit size, practicality of use etc.

I am considering buying something like these if I can find anyone who hasn't run out of stock in...

I flew to Alderney today and this topic was clearly in my mind. I have a PPL IR and a fully functioning autopilot, so the trip was very easy above cloud most of the way and through cloud to a visual approach.

It is desperately sad that someone...

Can this really be justified?

I don't recall seeing this interview previously and thought it may be enjoyed by a forumite or two.

A very enjoyable way to spend 30mins over a coffee on a Sunday morning.

Hi All,
This year I plan on doing flying into central France for a week or so, a thought just occurred to me that I should have some kind of insurance to cover unexpected events, I know we have the EHIC to cover any emergency health issues...

Hi

Looking for something more to do with your PPL?

Handicap Air Racing is open to anyone with 100 hours P1 and can demonstrate safe flying to pass the straightforward flight test.

The Royal Aero Club Records, Rally & Racing association is...

Interesting to me as I'm in the business …but for me it shows how much the insurance markets is changing over the last few years. HAL used to be the 'go to' for aircraft cover. With lots of brokers feeding into it.

But Towergate sold Haywards to...

Looking for an old aircraft or helicopter shell as a feature for a Paintball Site.

Nothing too big, complex, or expensive - could be the remains of a PA28, C150, R22 or similar.

Anyone know of anything, or a good place to look?

many thanks

Couple of questions for Foreflight Europe users, if I may.

1. I Have seen somewhere online they now supply CAA NATS charts and Pooleys plates. I cannot find them in the charting options or the subscription section... anyone know?

2. Like most...

Idle thought watching a crow while queuing on the A14 earlier

If the world never had any form of bird life and i’am talking since the beginning of creation how long would this have delayed mans first powered flight

A provoking thought on a day...