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Not strictly GA, but sad for Newquay?
Another BA B747-400 into Dunsfold yesterday. Earmarked for preservation at the St. Mawgan museum. But organisers couldn't get local planning permission.
Dunsfold stepped in at last minute and saved it from being...

Has anything been said?

We ask everyone who contributes to this thread to do so with the appropriate diligence and respect, especially as some of us have been touched very close and personally by this disaster.

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Some will know that I’ve been interested in and peripherally involved with the matter of Infringements for some years. I’ve had spasmodic engagement with the CAA on this at a fairly high level following which, at the CAA’s request, I wrote the 2017...

Now that Skydemon runs on my M1 Mac are we going to see any more development for full convergence?

NB. SkyDemon and computer luddites step away from the keyboard now and have a glass of old fuggle or whatever you drink.....

A couple of weeks ago, the CAA launched CAP1985 on this topic.

I am reliably informed that the response so far has been, to put it politely, somewhat limited.

If you wish to comment (meaningfully please) on the subject, please see )%20-%20v2.0.pdf...

H everyone,

Due to a request from an attendee to change the date they attend Aviation Weather School (Part 1), I have a place available on the course which will run 0930 to 1230hrs on Sunday 6th December and Sunday 13th December.

If you'd like to...

Someone asked me the other day if there’s an SSDR web home for all things SSDR.

Available types, micro conversions etc.

I can’t find anything at all that gives details of types that can be bought, built, converted in one place, online.

Any...

If you are considering buying a GoPro Hero 9 Black to record your aviation activities (As I did) there is a problem right now with using their own or indeed any headset connection to the external mic port.
In a recent update of the firmware on...

I was looking, and dreaming, at available light aircraft for sale. I also watched a few videos on YouTube and there was a guy narrating and he was on a real downer about purchasing an aircraft with low usage. What are people's thoughts on this?

Did we know about this? A proposal for an inland port

Essex county council said: “HMRC is proposing to use and operate North Weald airfield as a common transit convention (CTC) site. This is not a lorry park, but a customs facility which enables...

Join the team tonight for our weekly (and occasionally irreverent) cruise through GA's current hot or luke warm topics.

Inevitably (but non-politically) Brexit will feature, as will airspace and airspace change, plus we've got our fantasy...

Apaprently it had technical issues taking off from Loch Ness.

Great news just broken on Meridian News. I've started a new thread to mark the dawn of a new era (or error :? )

From the local rag.

I was at Swansea and back in a Tommyhawk to do my SEP reval at the weekend, before it all melts into covidybrexityconfusion.

Speaking in person to actual humans in the club was a delightful novelty almost as engaging as the actual flying!...

I have standalone FAA and UK-issued EASA ppls.

It has only recently come to my attention that the USA school where I did my FAA "high-power" endorsement some 15+ years ago signed off the ground school element but (unintentionally I...

Just to let you know - anyone out there who is looking for an FI refresher/renewal seminar, due to high demand and with CAA approval, we have put on an extra AOPA online course 13/14 January 2021. All run over Zoom and reduced costs due no catering....

Haven't found anything mentioned here but has anyone been watching Test Pilots on Discovery? The first episode covered spin testing.... was wondering whether I should go back and watch it??

I'm getting towards the end of my PPL: planning to spend the remains of my annual leave flying before Xmas and hopefully sit my skills test in early Jan. Lockdown 2.0 has given me a lot of time to daydream about flying once I have my licence!

There...

Winner announced! Worth a watch.....

“COVID – A Chipmunk’s Tale” Wins Top Prize

A light hearted look at what de Havilland Chipmunks got up to during the COVID lockdown has taken the top spot in the Light Aircraft Association and Pooleys Flight...

This is the West Midlands LAA Struts First Zoom meeting with Keith Vinning OBE who gave a presentation about Situational Awareness and Electronic Conspicuity. The presentation covered exiting EC devices, how they operate and future functionality....

Following on from a discussion on the Student's Forum concerning the wisdom or otherwise of paying up front for flight training to PPL level I would like to ask whether anyone has experience of CPL providers that train on a pay as you go basis.

I...

Wondering whether this is possible in uk on either a C of A or Permit 2 fly airframe? Obviously it remains a j 3 in the log book but looks exactly as per an L-4 except for the data plate!

Indeed are there any already in the UK?

The CAA has issued the following invitation:
The webinar for the General Aviation sector will take place on 26 November 2020, 13:00 -14:00 where we will cover:
An outline of the new regulatory landscape from 1 January 2021 and what this means for...

Does anyone have any recommendations for life insurance providers who deal with professional fliers?

I’m familiar and have been in contact with Russ Stein but wondering if there’s any competition. I need to cover airline flying and light GA...

......rebuild a Turbulent?

Sad (or fortunate) that it sounds as though it can never fly, but there's an Me163 on AFORS. It's a seven-eighths scale replica glider version:

I didn't know that there was also a Bf163 which was a quite different aircraft (see Wikipedia).

One for the diary is Sunday 6th Dec Countryfile which has a section on flying over the Black Mountains from Talgarth. Spectacular scenery and a lovely (if "tricky") airfield - could be worth a watch

Are there restrictions on GA between European countries (yet)? Presumably they would be disseminated by NOTAM if there were?

I was planning to go to Middelburg in NL tomorrow and can't decide if this would be unwise.

The guts of our KN-62 DME works fine, but its gas discharge display has run out of gas and so we can't read it. You used to be able to get replacements for a few hundred pounds, but the gas discharge ones are no longer made, and the only full...

This new government scheme, the Airfield Development Advisory Fund (ADAF), offers professional consulting services (at zero cost) to businesses that support the UK General Aviation sector . The application deadline is 17:00 GMT on December 3rd ....

Anyone know where Nick Pearson (aircraft engineer - late of Filton Aerodrome) is? The last forum posting was in July 2013 under , which seems to have closed.

I can’t see a recent discussion about this on the forum.
I came across this at airspace4all. Thin end of the wedge ?
I can imagine the likes of Farnborough would be delighted to charge GA for using their airspace.

Just came across this, you may find interesting

Not vandals, kids or scrotes scoping the place out. Someone who saw the vehicle said it was occupied by a middle aged couple who seemed to be just having a look around. Drove around the hangar then the full length of the runway as if inspecting it....

Yup, tonight's Livestream night, we'll have all of the usual weather, news, views, and fantasy hangar, plus the bits we picked up from the CAA's Brexit seminar (spoiler, there's good and bad).

Join us at 19:30 on our Facebook page or on our...

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Has anyone else encountered a long delay registering your details on the confusing website CAA Portal thingy ?

Been waiting over a week now for my personal details to be verified. Strange, they have know about me since 1975 :mrgreen:

The hard fought agreement permitting the reciprocal recognition of FAA and European flight crew licences seems to have been signed in Brussels last week.

I am amazed that this seems not to have received more of a fanfare. I have only so far seen...

This surfaced this week and I am assuming it is an RAF map as my astonishingly old Bro knew most of the points !

Does anyone have background on it please ?

Merry Xmas from the FAA!

Full details here

Compliance is 100 hours from 28th Dec this year. Many PA28s and PA32s involved. Cost circa £200 if no corrosion found.

Edit: unwanted extra '0' on price removed!

The latest Sunny Swift cartoon is about spinning.

Teaching a spin recovery technique in a cartoon seems a bit silly to me. Failing to point out that not all aircraft have the same spin entry and exit techniques seems even sillier. I've always...

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"Based on a 1942 RAF training video for would-be 'boffins' and developed with the full cooperation of the Air Ministry, the film celebrates the discovery of radar, its discoverers and the enabling culture"

Talking Pictures, Freeview 81,...

The Flyer team got together over a virtual mince pie to pick our favourite aviation books. Blimey, there's loads, so this is just a start…

We've provided Amazon links should you want to drop a not-so-subtle hint to anyone struggling with your...

Given the fun sporradic UK lockdown policy it's looking increasingly likely I'll be spending winter in the Algarve this year.

However, waiting to maintain my flying currency I was hoping I'd be able to look at renting something to buzz around in,...

I've owned or part owned a number of aircraft in the 40-60 year old range, but never anything with a wooden airframe. This may have caused me to miss out on a number of very interesting aircraft.

I thought that I once saw an LAA article on the...

Hi ! I allow myself to share with you my first video Tutorial I made on how to use an Aviation Flight Computer, for training for the ATPL Theory, 061 Navigation Module (EASA). Enjoy and comment...
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One of the British Airways aircraft (G-CIVD) being prepared for disposal at Castellon in Spain has caught fire, apparently in the upper deck area.

Not really GA... but if anyone else likes rockets, the Chinese are sending a spacecraft to the moon to collect a rock sample and return it to earth.

Always fun to watch, and this is the perhaps most interesting landing mission since Apollo, using...