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Got a farm and a filed i am hoping to turn into a private airstrip with a 700m grass runway. Anyone got any advice for how to go about starting an airfield?, or any web pages giving procedures?

Would be grateful if you could please email it to me...

Put the agreed offer in this morning subject to survey :D :D

It's in for a fresh annual next week and then.........Yeeeeeha :D

At last !!! the 4th edition of a very good guide, with new airfields and up to date phone numbers!!!

Well done. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Itchin to do more grass :twisted:

Anyone know of any south/SE schools offering an IMC special ? I see Jersey is pretty cheap but it's a bit awkard to get to every weekend.

I completely forgot to get in the confessional with 2D et al after my trip oop Nurth to Sherburn the week before last.

When I fly I always have to do something wrong (this can be major or minor) and on the way up I did something I don't recall I...

Over my relatively short career I have been lucky enough to do plenty of amazing flying from low level sorties at 240kts through the Lake District and North Wales to formation aeros. For the last 9 months I've been working as a f/w instructor and...

Has anyone flown to southern portugal. I have been speaking to a villa company that works the Lagos part of the coast.

How would one do it! What are the problems and could anyone give advice on the tirp.

All the very best to all

Jonathan

I'm one of the lucky ones...dozens of Channel Island trips in a single engine aircraft and I'm still alive. I know the 'automatic rough' sensation as I coast out.

I have also flown from Jersey to Cardiff at night in strong winds in winter when if...

Unfortunately I didn't take these - I've swiped them shamelessly from another site where they were posted by Jean Gaultier (thanks!). :D

They're of one of my favourite places in the Alps - the winter landing strip on the Dome de Vaugellaz just a...

Surely all you 45 min+ pilots did.

What's the aerodrome like? Thinking of flying there from Dunkeswell on Sunday. Any tips/recommendations/advice most welcome. Whats the restaurant like?

thanks in advance

does anyone know where i can get a manual for a KNS 80?

ta

A question for all you clever IMC and IR types.

Reading Thom, he says that RNAV will only give you lateral deviation from a course between 2 waypoints (which can be real or pseudo).

But I seem to recall someone telling me that his RNAV system...

Sometime ago I heard that a low houred PPL caught out in IMC had a life expectancy of probably under a minute. Can anyone update this.

On a similar theme I also read of a pilot caught in IMC over Wales. In an attempt to stay visual he descended....

:) Hi, I've just discover this list so lets introduce myself: PPL(A), Night, 62 hrs TT just about to embark on my 2nd IMC rating lesson.

The question for all you experienced IMC/IR pilots is what instrument scan do you use? Standard scan seems...

A couple of snippets:

Retention of a grass strip for microlights has been rejected in Essex. Neighbours were anxious about noise and privacy among other matters. The land can still be used for 28 days a year.

Reported previously in these pages...

Doris just popped round to pass on the good news. 2004 already a rock and roll year. We new that boy would eventually come good on something.

I was wondering if anyone had any good/bad recommendations for IMC training around Essex ?

I'm going to be spending a fair amount of time over there for work between July & October and was thinking about doing the IMC whilst there.

I've seen...

Keef quote:

Beryl recalls a recent competition. After she stapled a picture of the Queen's head to each of her entries she felt assured of a win. Would a knitted cover for the little john pull any weight?

Anyone have any experience of flying from Teesside in helicopters with PPL? Heard that two flying clubs taken over. Any reports on how the new club is going - how friendly are they towards new ppls?

i have another question for you helpful people:

Do Biggin allow ATZ transits (east to west & west to east). given that class A is 2500 and the atz is 600 a vfr transit would involve penetrating the atz. would be nice to route directly to...

Ever wondered what your favourite VOR looks like?

Believe or not there is a whole gallery of them at

Trevor Diamond,the author says

It's true, I've risked losing all my friends by doing this project. I suppose it finally proves I am a...

Hello to all

The Flyer article on IR got me thinking. I have an IMC Rating but have not used it. I previously subscribed to the view that it's only there to get you out of a hole (or perhaps that should be to stop you getting into a hole (in the...

After the one a couple weeks ago, another one surfaces today. This time, a Virgin Airways Captain arrested in Washington for attempting to operate an aircraft under the influence of alcohol.

Must be the xmas season or something...

Leland

I can't remember this one being discussed previously. There must be a list of the necessary equipment required for IFR and airways flying. I bet it's not straightforward though. Anyone know?

In relation to another thread on the forms, I'd be interested in knowing which way people do orbit if they're told to. Do you orbit TOWARDS runway, or AWAY from it? What logic or reasoning do you give for your answer?

Just curious...

Last night I read an article in a not to be named flying magazine.

It was about ferrying a Cessna Caravan from Long Beach to New Zealand, which obviously involved massive stretches across the Pacific.

The article mentioned that the Ferry...

Firstly, a big thank you to all who answered my post last week about engine management on the PA28R and its potential complexities.

Saturday I took off from Stapleford in a club PA28 Arrow with my girlfriend and her Mother (for her 1st flight)....

ive been trying to obtain notams for 3 days now. the server keeps timing out. Has anyone been able to get notams recently?

I came across this site recently which I thought may appeal to some.

Provided you don't mind a FAA/IR it seems achievable in under 2 weeks. It is certainly much easier than probably the 6 months it will take for our own version. It's also...

Following a kind request by 3 old dears I am posting this one.

Where is it.

Buggered if I know...

From the Times today, and if you don't believe me look on page 4 under the very nice picture of Concorde.

A British Airways pilot is planning to fly the Ensligh Channel sitting in a rubber dinghy attached to 1,000 party balloons.

Well I...

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My question is this:-

I am looking at purchasing a plane that is on a Private Cof A. My previous plane I converted onto Public without a problem (a PA28 variant) but there has not been one of these planes on the public cat before making it quite...

Hello Posters

Long time no post but been away.

Yesterday Mrs S and I had planned to go to the Scillies. The weather was not brilliant with some real rubbish around the Devon Cornwall area but the Scillies was ok with cloud at 4000 feet (BKN I...

Found elswhere and reproduced for information

If you operate jet warbirds, especially if you have one for sale, then please watch out for anyone strange approaching you about possible purchase/training.

Word is that it could be a reporter...

Just started Nav theory - I was never any good at school with maths and I think it shows now, even though I work with statistics and data all day long!

Would anyone be able to offer some tuition on theory and wizwheelly stuff, as I would like to go...

.........hope you include it in your checks or scan.

1 and 3 are 180deg apart. Notice anything?

2 is Beryl's donkeys.

Was that you three on the Brest Info frequency yesterday? Flying between Quimper and Dieppe?

(C310 @ FL50)

Ian

The ladies