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Begs the question about flights on Friday 1st Nov?

As per title.

Analogue instruments in a VFR only aeroplane and the altimeter has decided it has had enough.

Having recently purchased the aeroplane I don't quite have my head around what I want to change and what best fits the requirement. I now...

Hi! Has anybody first hand experience with one of these Chinese ANR headsets?

Yueny ANR AH 2080

Yueny ANR AH 2880

Raytalk PH 100AC

Raytalk PH 100 AC BT

I intend to replace a DC 10.13.4. Do I have to expect worse build quality, worse...

I see there's a weekly parkrun at Henstridge - might make an interesting reason to fly in.

Ian

Your level of theoretical knowledge and experience are obvious, and I wish I could provide you with a more positive response. Unfortunately, however, EASA will not accept non-EASA medicals or CPL theoretical knowledge. You would have to meet both...

I don't want to get drawn on details here as I am dealing with non specific proposals, but I would like to ask those of you based at larger airports that issue electronic ID cards whether you are also required to submit to criminal record checks,...

I know that a number of CVD pilots lurk around these parts; they're the ones you often see on the roads stopping at green lights.

Some may be interested to know that the New Zealand CAA are now in a public consultation phase for a proposed...

Maybe of interest to some here.

Dda4fy_l010

I'm inexperienced in aviation and am not quite sure where to start. I've put enough aside to buy my long dream type of plane (Condor or something similar) but have no idea where to keep one. Does anyone know of a strip with hangerage in a belt...

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I need to get to an area about 5 miles SW of Nantwich in the next 2 weeks.

Any suggestions?

Can do 300 metres +.

Nothing on FFA or Google that I can see.

Cheers

Just a reminder to everybody to be very careful when buying anything.

My quiet weekend was interrupted yesterday by a call from Germany and a chap talking about the helicopter "I was selling". Trouble is I don't own a helicopter and have...

have the learned members seen this:
2nd May to 9th August !!!
SFC-1500, but makes landing at Calais, Saint Inglevert and Le Touquet "interesting"

I'm planning to take a trip around the UK for a week, from May 20th to 26th. Departure point is Biggin Hill or thereabouts. I don't want it to be super rushed so I'd like to pick 2 - 3 nice destinations and spend a couple of nights in each. The trip...

If you've been here awhile, you'll roll eyes.

But if you're new to flying, or - like me - coming back to it, it's a wonderful discovery.

When I redid my RT, my instructor made a vague reference to a good documentary. Good isn't even half of it....

As promised, I'll kick off with how the regulator (the CAA wot I used to work for) deals with this. To start with here's some baseline words from CAP168 with my highlights;
Type of licence
Chapter 1 Type of Licence para 1.8 An applicant may be...

Any suggestions as to who I could do an FAA BFR with in the south of England?
Ideally one who doesn't charge the earth!

Thanks
John

Hi everybody,

I’m looking for a Flight Manuel/Pilot Operating Handbook for a Robin HR200-120B in English language. Coul anybody help me please? I only found the french version.

Thanks!

A DELAYED plane carrying 33 passengers took off from Orkney after air traffic controllers had gone home, it has emerged.

Happens as a matter of course, every day, all over the world - but for some reason if it happens in the UK it's a terrible...

.. 8 April 1941, less than a year after BoB, the Gloster E28/39 left the ground for the first time. It was a series of short hops on the grass runway at Brockworth, while the test pilot was exploring at what speed the elevator would become effective...

Have forumites experienced a general increase in aircraft insurance premiums in recent times or have premiums been stable for a while ?

Iceman 8)

Dear Flyer Members

I have a PPL obtained in the UK in the late 1980s. I haven't flown since the 1990s but am now wanting to get back into the hobby.

I'm wondering if things are the same. There used to be 2 main classes of aircraft - CAA registered...

Details appear very sketchy at the moment. Apparently happened at 1900 this evening at Birkdale.

Or maybe I just like retro stuff?

Rob P

Not a great position to be in... :o

According to the local news the a/c experienced engine troubles and the plane got stuck in a tree at a height of circa 10 meters. Two people on board and emergency services have reported that they've managed...

…even with SD onboard.

I'm fairly confident I can foresee where the blame will be laid for this infringement.

Does anybody have current contact details for this aeroclub at Funchal please?

The details I held (and indeed passed on to a Forumite a few years ago)- phone, email, Messenger, no longer respond and the website hasn't been touched since 2014
Any...

A Japanese airforce F-35 is missing

Rob P

In the recent rather fractious "parachute" thread, this comment about engine failures was made:

"In 29 years of flying I’ve had two engine failures. That’s a one in 2,000 hour likelihood ratio."

It got me thinking what the...

Some friends and I are starting to plan a trip down the length of Italy later this year. Which are the unmissable GA-focussed airfields we should be looking at? And will we be needing a crash course in Italian - are they likely to be "solo...

I've got to say that I'm very impressed by the efficiency of the LAA. I'm just in the process of transferring my Tiger Moth from its long-held Certificate of Airworthiness and onto a Permit to Fly. As one might expect there have been a few hoops to...

Test your aviation French with this short (IFR) scenario.

Most met sites I go on now seem to decode the TAFs and METARs for you, I have spent the last 40 years or so reading them in the coded form and now actually find it harder to read in the decoded form. I have no problem with them decoding but PLEASE,...

I am trying to access the Pelicans Perch articles by John Deakin but these come up unavailable, does anyone know why? If anyone has copies of these I would appreciate copies, especially the ones on mixture, VP props and Manifold pressure.

G-BSST (Concorde 002) first flew on 9 April 1969 from Filton to RAF Fairford

I think I'm confused, but I'm not sure
If I plot a cross-channel route VFR that goes through, for example, EGD040, I have to take into account the status of the Danger Area, get a DACS or fly around
BUT
If I file the same route IFR, do I ignore the...

I flew into Gloucester today, shortly after midday. The approach frequency 128.555 was being heavily stepped on by what sounded like transmissions connected with a parachuting drop zone.

We could both hear one another loud and clear - it didn't...

Unfortunately, there are a large number of infringements in and around Birmingham Airports Airspace.

Birmingham Airport Air Traffic has created a dedicated website to help pilots identify the visual reference points (VRPs) around its airspace and...

Looking to do a trip down to Cornwall I wanted some info on Truro, found this comment on UKGA
"Having visited 55 airfields during the last 18 months,on a flying visit to Cornwall we landed at Truro,what a mistake.No facilities other than...

Gel starting to ooze out, but I couldn't really see how to remove the seals. Bit of tugging and pulling and the seal seemed to be complete with a plastic backing plate. Quick flex of the backing plate and out they pop. Simples.

No point doing the...

No, it's not Cookie crumbling, he's just stepping down from the job he's been doing fantastically well at the LAA after many years. Thanks for all you've done, @cookie and good luck in all the other stuff you are doing. Leaving presents could easily...

Another insert in a magazine - this time from airspace4all.org/nav - with tips for effective use of GPS and how to integrate it into visual navigation using ground features.
And again I have to say that I find this helpful and common sense.
I like...

Hi all

Does anybody know of any decent trout fisheries near to airfields in the UK? Im based at Blackbushe so anything west from there would be good!

Thanks

Bit of fun. :D

From a flight a couple of weeks back.

When the new café opened at Booker it looked quite promising, with a few people just dropping in to eat and watch the aircraft. The problem is that although it's fine when it's fully open, all too often it's shut when it should be open, or it's open...

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...

Following various discussions and personal observations, I’ve produced a short (5 page) paper proposing a change to LAPL and PPL skills tests to permit use of GPS devices during the primary navigation phase. The basic premise is unrestricted use...