At its best, the Flyer Forum continues to be a valuable resource for the General Aviation community.

It is a place where flyers of all experience levels can meet to discuss and exchange up-to-date undistorted information, social plans, considered...

Wally Funk is definitely one of us (see bio' linked below) and Sue Nelson is an enthusiastic space reporter (Space Boffins podcast) so I reckon this will be a good night out:

I cannot get the online thing to work so have emailed RAeS to book. It...

.. with links to others on the commemorations there:

There's a B52 doing circuits of Mildenhall Airfield for the last 20 minutes as I type: Glorious sight but the rear belly gear cluster looks in a very odd position....

Peter

Edit: attempt to get video on unsuccessful: I'll try via youtube.

In my complete ignorance I had not realised the impact of the new policy on airspace infringements by GA pilots.

It has left me wondering how well known the potential consequences are?

For example, I hadnt realised that every infringement (however...

Theft of Avionics from PA28 G-BJBW based at Popham Airfield Hampshire, England.

Hi all, sadly one of our syndicate went to fly today and found that between 2nd June and today 17th June someone has very cleverly accessed the aircraft, removed both...

A while ago I mentioned that I'm working on a bi-weekly podcast about the weird and wonderful people you meet around airfields.
I promised this place would be the first website where I'll publish it.
So here you go - Episode One. This show isn't...

I am upgrading my panel to included a Garmin GTN750, GNT650 and G500. It appears that the choice of database is between Garmin and Jeppesen. What would you recomed?

So its been nearly a year..has anything actually happened.... :)

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that I am going to be doing a live Weather School 'hangout' with Jon Hunt, aka The Flying Reporter at 7pm on Sunday 23rd June 2019.

We'll be talking about how pilots can better use weather charts, and I'll...

As at 4 Jan 2017 G-KURK is broken in Lokichogio, Kenya with bent wings, a working engine and no comms; it has a replacement left landing leg and prop. Maurice is in Nairobi collecting parts and giving a talk on Friday, he plans to return to Loki on...

The more I try to learn , the harder it seems to keep up/legal.
I had reason (not medical ) to change to a self dec earlier this year , so I am currently flying on a self declaration easa lapl. At the moment it isn't a problem and I decided to wait...

Great story:

Little fluffy clouds, by The Orb (obviously)
all of Zeit, by Tangerine Dream
anything by Zero 7
Gil Evans plays Jimi Hendrix

Anybody else want to suggest anything?

I was shooting at Bisley today and all shooting was suspended around mid-day as a 'light aircraft' had crashed in the danger area.

Has anyone any news of this?

There was some question as to whether it was an aircraft or helicopter.

Dave

With so many PAW, SkyEcho, Mode S, “SD interaction”, conspicuity, ADS-B In, ADS-B Out (shake it all about), SkyView, multilateralationiationiation etc etc threads, might it be time for a dedicated sub-forum?

Just wondering.

:)

Was posted this morning in General Aviation but can't find it now??

Morning guys, has anyone stayed here? I’ve emailed and tried to call on a few occasions but to no avail, having landed and stayed quite a few times in Spain I know it’s fairly relaxed but mostly get a response! Thanks in advance.

Don't recall seeing this posted before (but I haven't searched)

here's the blurb

Jumbo Jet Strip-Down
Engineering Giants Episode 1 of 3

Engineer turned comedian Tom Wrigglesworth and rising star of mechanical engineering Rob Bell climb on...

After months of searching, I’ve finally found a supplier of superbly cost-effective hangars, and of good quality too, that meet all reg’s ratings etc.

There are lot a of companies out there charging a lot of money for what is effectively a general...

For those that don't know, a magic mirror is a Raspberry Pi powered display that can show various sources. If you could have one at your club, what would be the most useful things to show?

A link below lists those available but dont' let that...

Seems that Reno's got its issues too.

I've never been, I think I may need to change that this year.

Ian

I have been moved to Scunthorpe. Are there any active LAA Struts near to me?
Steve

v1 was superb.
Much respect to our wonderful CAA
(Google finds it just fine)

I am amazed no one has posted this fascinating story of the restoration of the now only flying De Havilland Airco WWI bomber that flew from Duxford 12th June.

Back in the day I did NPPL(M)-NPPL(SSEA) in 5 hours then got the LAPL just with a form and a fee.

What’s the route now? I know the first bit is the same but how do you transition from NPPL to an EASA license in the easiest way?

So I was at Aero Expo today (cold, windy, very low cloud first thing) and I spoke to Border Force regarding flying to Alderney and submitting a GAR (12 hours notice etc).

I used to fly there a lot from Enstone, and used to get special branch...

It happened to me for the first time this weekend, that I got an IFR clearance including the squawk 1000 for a flight from Cannes to Calais.

1000 is a special squawk in that it means that ATC units use your Mode S Flight ID to associate your radar...

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...

The folks who make the SoftRF modules seem to have now bought out a simple e-ink based traffic display. It's claimed this will talk to PAW, Flarm or SkyEcho.

As with SoftRF it's very much a "DIY" open source project . Looks an...

Lee

I understand you are about to enable multilaterated traffic via PAW and 360 radar. My question relates to the position accuracy you are achieving and some assurance as to whether that accuracy is better than that depicted in 360 via their...

My wife is away from the 9th July until 16th so I can fly lots and often. Unfortunately so is my instructor!

If anyone is planning a flight during this time and would welcome an 18hr PPL student in the Right Hand Seat please PM.

I'm sure the...

I saw this in Country Life yesterday and thought it might be of interest to some of you.

Does anyone know if there's a way to establish whether EU VAT has been paid on an aircraft?

I'm currently looking at an aircraft in the USA and I know that it has spent time in Europe, seemingly on both the Danish (OY) and Luxembourg (LX)...

Blackbushe Airport's application to de-register the area of the aerodrome as common land has been successful. This will hopefully enable the development plans that the airport has to go ahead.

Iceman 8)

Hi Everyone, Let me share these videos of a good friend starting his Aerobatics flying. I think you will like the shots.

Cheers,

Has anyone installed an Americas and/or Pacific routable basemap on an Atlantic 196/296 :wink: ?

Lance

Please see the fly- in forum

Nick

Hope the Thunderbirds are ready to go if this hits service as it looks a lot like the aircraft that always seemed to be of interest to The Hood

Looks easy enough, right?

Toying with the idea of an A/P and avionics upgrade to my PA28. I hear Bourneouth Avionics at Lee On Solent may be good and price fairly. Any comments/recommendations would be much appreciated before I pursue.

Many thanks

At least three aircraft targeted this week with the loss of Garmin G5s, new 8.33 kHz radios, TC instrument, and even a landing light The thieves were obviously equipped with the appropriate tools and had a very specific shopping list. All aircraft...

For those that haven't seen it, X-Plane 11 is a rather superior flight sim for Mac and Windows, and there is now an RV8 model for the platform, along with a nice YouTube video of it in action.

Sorry to be a pain always asking advice but I would rather learn from other pilot's hiccups rather than waste money on my own or worse.

I love Sky Demon on my laptop but, when I run it on my Acer Handheld Tablet, it keeps getting "stuck"....

Hello,
We spend around 12 weeks a year in our holiday home ( retirement is just great :thumleft: ) near to the airstrip on Hvar. Primarily used for skydiving we do see numerous visiting aircraft also, often from the UK. Since retiring from display...

As the owner of Beechcraft B19A G-AWFZ (auw 1,021 kg) I have had the aircraft maintained by a licensed engineer to an SDMP he prepared and this is based on the MIP with 100hr inspection plus a check on EASA, FAA and CAA ASDs. I do not undertake any...

Apart from the bit that says both pilots must agree before flying formation can anyone point me to anything in the regs about formation flying, more specifically things such as formation landings?

I wasn’t sure whether this wanted to be in General Aviation or Student Pilots, if it is in the wrong place mods please move :)

This question is purely hypothetical as I don’t have the finances to take either route at the moment, however, hear me...

As noted previously there are now a number of shared channels used by gliding clubs for Air/Ground, and also some clubs have their own frequencies.

Anyone who regularly visits or passes near gliding sites might find the following Reference Card...