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If so does anyone know how much landing fees are and how friendly the staff are etc?? Planning a trip up there in the summer months.

Cheers

Jon

hello,

has anyone got any first hand experiance on the mentioned type?

theres one based at Cumbernauld, and i quite fancy a go for doing some aerobatics.

Has anyone got any opinions or past experiance in the airtourer?

The following are two quotes from a website advertising an a/c share:

<<The is operated as a 'private' category aircraft . . .

To facilitate continuation training, the aircraft is insured to cover any Qualified Flying Instructor . . ....

I am curious about peoples view on logging instrument time. I log instrument time as the actual time I am in the clag. But I had a debate about the subject today and the general view that came out was that all flight out of sigt of the surface...

Just thought I would gather a few opinions before I considered sending my Sennheiser HMEC300 back for a check up....

I have had the unit for about a year, and find it consistently Carp in battery life (maybe 4 hours at best) Now, reading reviews,...

:)

Dont know if this of use to anyone, but Southend offering 50% off landing fees on weekdays during November, IF you uplift 25 litres of fuel. Visitors only, up to 2.5 tonnes, 0800-1600.

Details on the link below:

Edited to remove old...

Some people (practically everyone I talk to) are trying to dissuade me from buying into an Arrow III group, the argument being that, compared to an Archer, there are

There is a light aviation Internet radio channel you can tune into every tuesday at 1500 GMT. UltraFlight Radio discusses fixed wing, rotorcraft, powered parachutes, hang gliders, powered paragliders and more.

This last tuesday our site...

When I learnt to fly at Biggin back in '97, I was taught to select STBY on the transponder when in or entering the circuit.

Something somebody said to me the other day made me think that this is no longer recommended practice. I would be...

Got my Class 2 medical renewal in a couple of months. Just had an eyesight test and have noted that my prescription notes the power of correction as +6 for one eye and 5.5 for the other. (previously, both eyes were at +5 or just below)

Looking at...

I am planning another big trip and wanted to check some assumptions I had made in the past on long overwater stretches (although I will qualify this by saying that on the actual trips I check and recheck the fuel figures regularly). I was suprised...

I often see the Twin Otters of BA/Loganair at Glasgow with their big chuncky wheels and wonder whether Barra's runway is suitable for a 172 with wheel fairings or a 310?

The surface looks pretty good on this website:

I wondered if...

An Apache was sending smoke signals.... :)

Will do a full write up tomorrow, need to spend some time with those at home, but...............

Thank you flyguy for a wonderful day. I feel so humbled,a total novice, but beaming from ear to ear.

Another forumite and I drove a ridiculous...

Had an enquiry this morning from Eve in Sahfen' Flight Briefing, who is a good friend to those of us who fly from there.

She's planning to go over to California in the early Spring for some aviation (she has a PPL - JAA and FAA, no IR) and asked...

Announcement by stewardess on Easyjet flight yesterday:-

As we have now begun our ascent into Newcastle would all passengers please return to your seats and fasten seat belts

Or am I just becoming nitpicking 'cos I'd done my solo QXC the...

From my recent flight. Some video clips:

And some photos:

Last figure that I have is

I seem to have lost the Odiham plates, does anybody know if I can download them from the web?

Anyone know where I can get a set of control yokes for an Archer 2. They're for a 1980 model.

I know there are websites for companies selling 2nd hand parts.

Any suggestions.

Thanks

Buzzman

I know that I should get out more, but I just saw a photo and it set me wondering.

Are the wheel fairings on 172s just for decoration? I can't see how they would reduce drag, and clearly they increase weight.

And what about those poor 172s...

If you have 3 minutes to spare, this is a great way to spend it! :D

Hello.

Can someone please explain to me what exactly is involved for the ATPL ground school and how difficult is it to the PPL exams?

Thanks

S

All the aircraft have notices in the windows forbidding flight and the club is reported to be in administration.

Pity; twas a good club when I learned there. Suspect that increasing landing fees played a part.

How about this for interesting wx

Question in ppl air tech exam which I thought should have been simple but got it wrong. Put it to the clubhouse and created an array of opinion and even more confusion for myself.

The gist of the question was what control action needs to be taken...

I recall there being an article a while back in a magazine about how you could fly a light aircraft into Manchester Int outside of peak periods for a reasonable fee. I need to drop a fellow pilot off there tommorrow afternoon and thought flying...

Is there anywhere in the UK where you can hire or get a rating?

Thanks in advance for your kind and helpful comments :wink:

Did my dual QXC today Lydd - Shoreham - Sah'fen. On arrival at Sah'fen I was told to park in front of the Tower next to the Cherokee with the red cover. It turned out to be G-UTSY. Now! I know someone on this forum flies it. Is it Keef? Well you...

I'm taking a break from filling in my logbook to type this, in the hope that it'll relieve the writer's cramp.

With luck, AndyR and I will be Bulldogging tomorrow so I thought I'd better get my logbook up to date so that it can be signed off as...

Doing some Christmas shopping in London on Friday, was wondering if there is a central pilot shop worth a visit? I would like to look at a choice of headsets etc along with the usual stuff.

Any pointers in the right direction will be welcome....

:lol: Hi Folks,

:lol: Just thought I would let you know my XL flew for the first time

:lol: today, everything is working well and she flies really smoothly.

:lol: Got a tad over three hours this afternoon as the weather up here in...

tKF's unfortunate incident got me thinking about the fact that the young man has now achieved some aviation firsts, this early in his flying career, that I have yet to tackle.

True, one of my aircraft did star (RA02050) but since I was nowhere...

Having spent a very pleasant evening in the West Mids 'Drive through', I remembered an article I read recently which really hit home with me. This article posed lots of seemingly basic questions to the GA community, but which for me seemed nigh on...

I am looking to buy and install a modern lightweight in-flight adjustable or constant-speed propeller on my 499kg 2-seater ARV Super2 aircraft with a 100bhp MidWest rotary engine. (It currently has a 3-blade ground-adjustable Arplast Ecoprop, which...

I'd be grateful for anyone who can let me know what arrangements are like for visiting Nottingham East Mids. these days.

I need to be in Loughborough, and the nearest and easiest airport seems to be EMA. Nottingham and Leicester being the next...

According to PPRuNe, tKF may be veeping towards Kent today ( here ).

Good luck to him! :D

Ok, so I passed the PPL about 18mths ago and have been happily going out and about visiting nearby airfields, having the whole

The rumour control section of AOPA's December addition of their General Aviation magazine has announced that Cessna are working on the development of an all-new low-wing model to compete with the likes of Cirrus, and due to be unveiled in 2005. That...

found this on my school's website

go to Friars Flyer on left bar

I think it's a new project though and the web page's still under construction

Would be fun to see if a bunch of 14-18 year olds could put it together.

If only it were possible to meet some of these superheros in the flesh and thank them personally. But where to meet such people?

Hi there

Anyone know where I can hire a twin for under

If you ever wondered what a helicopter blade does every rotation have a look at this (not for the faint hearted)

That blade is on a Sikorsky H-37 (S-56) that is flying over the Sikorsky Stratford factory in the 1950's.

Makes one really...

Hi I have a DC headset that has an intermittant fault with the microphone.

I live in Essex and I am looking for someone reliable to repair?service them.

Has anyone any ideas or know of a trusty repairer of such things?

Thanks in advance,

Mick

Good question. Say I earned both my ATPL and CPL just what would i be able to do job wise without going on further to get an IR and 747 rating?

Any help would be much apreceated!

Thankyou

simon

Hello can someone please explain exactly what the CPL training is all about, especially in comparison to the PPL.

Thanks

S

Any takers? Sadly lacks the air of mystery and danger associated with the deathtrap at Blackpool but on the plus side actually has minor bits of decoration like instruments, joysticks, seats and so on.

Was this write up in General Aviation, the AOPA magazine, a fair and unbiased article ?

I just had my best flying experience, and I was merely a passenger....

P51D Mustang G-SIPP (Jumpin Jacques) has a seat in the back where the WW2 radios and armourplate used to be, and I filled it for 2.5 glorious hours on Saturday. First...