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...

The Met Office are trialling a new website:

They're inviting comments. Whilst I guess in due course they'll be including the GA forecasts, as far as I can see they're absent at the moment. They also appear to be simplifying the weather to just...

Apart from Bruge, any recommendations on weekend destinations for Christmas markets

Looks like we will not be allowed to continue being part of EASA, according to the political declaration agreed today. It may be moot as I doubt the deal will get through parliament.

I don't suppose it will interest many on here but the old airship station near Bedford is up for sale.
The main shed was the former Pulham Airstation building at Pulham Norfolk which was moved to Cardington following the demise of the site near...

Morning all. I’ve just taken delivery of a pair of Bose A20 headphones and I must say they are great. After my first flight with them it occurred to me that I didn’t hear the stall warner chirp on landing when normally I do. I know it works ( well I...

The CAA has published a second edition of CAP1616 “Airspace Design: Guidance on the regulatory process for changing airspace design including community engagement requirements”

To quote directly from the document

The second edition...

I note that Camguard etc have been discussed before however has anyone either any experience or advice on using Camguard or any equivalent with Aeroshell W15W50 in an AEIO 320.
I note the oil mentions: - "The ashless anti-wear additive package...

Hi. Does anyone here know if this strip is available to visitors? I'm visiting Eastbourne and it looks a lot more convenient than driving the M25! Thanks, David

I've long felt that a map showing which fields are growing rape seed would be of considerable help to visual navigation - the patterns of yellow fields can be much more distinctive than wood, water, road, railway etc.

A bit late, because everybody...

There's a problem when I plan a route on my iPad and don't shut down SkyDemon, before putting the iPad in my flight bag for the 20 mile drive to the airport. When I mount it in the aircraft and click Go Flying, it starts searching for my location,...

So, thats the question...If you needed a 3-axis microlight, which one would you choose, and why?

The proposed use would be a flying group with varying experience levels, from novice/learning to fly, to experienced PPL with medical issues. For this...

Video Montage of my Flight journey thus far...
8 minutes of flying thrills!
alot of my goof ups and successes in the Comco Ikarus C 42 Rotax 912 at Ontario Advanced Ultralights in Kingston Ontario Canada.
BTW I do know that I screwed up my power on...

Really rather nice Air France air to air promo video, watch in full screen if you can...

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More info and making of video here...

Hi all,

We need a new cover for a PA28-140 parked outside in the south east.

Our previous one lasted about 3-4 years and so the group consensus is to go for something a bit better this time.

“Cambrai” is a name that’s come up, does anyone have...

Hi Folks,

Newbie here, desperate to learn to fly…

Searched through the board but couldn't find any threads to answer my question.
I started flying last year, currently 50+ hours on various SEP aircraft.
Now on final stages of my studies for EASA...

hi,

I have obtained a IMC rating adding this to my PPL (A) and want to actually fly and log hours. I'm assuming that once I focus on instrument flying only (either during flight or after take off) I can record those minutes/hours I'm instrument...

Speaking to my kids on Armistice Day, I mentioned that one of our French “ancestors” (makes them sound ancient!), was a French air force pilot who answered de Gaulle’s call of 18 June 1940 by stealing a plane from Melun with some other pilots and...

Spoke to the chap on the CAA stand at Sywell yesterday and asked when I might expect the refund on my 8.33 radio. If I understood his reply correctly, the holdup is due to the fact that EASA won't release the cash until the extended deadline is over...

Interesting report

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Not something that you hear every day at Swanwick / Heathrow :shock:.

Another part of the audio had indicated that part of the ceiling had collapsed and equipment was everywhere.

Iceman 8)

Can we consider 2 pilots who have just got their PPLs, albeit by slightly different routes, and try to stick to the bigger picture (I'm not an FI so may have some minor details not quite correct).

PPL A gets their PPL via what might be considered...

Don't you just love the aerobat???

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Mod: Allow me!

Wasting some time on Youtube and came across this report of a crash landing near Kings Lynn..

I found it very interesting and worth sharing.

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Evening all,

Friend has asked if i'll go with him to bring a plane back to the UK from Sweden. Route looks relatively straight forward.

Anyone have any practical experience of flying in Sweden / Denmark?

Many thanks
Shortwing

Congratulations, gentlemen. :thumleft:

I keep reading that if everything goes badly with the “B” word and that we crash out of the EU & EASA, then we’ll have third country status and that this will be bad.

What I don’t understand is how bad or why it will be bad, or what “third...

This has been mentioned before
RAF Colerne is closing at the end of this year, the UAS have (sic) departed, and there are guys in the control tower who have very little to do, and they wish to stay current - to this end you are invited to fly-in,...

Just seen this on CAA Skywise on how to avoid Solent airspace.

There are 10 "Golden Rules" but using a GPS to know where you are doesn't feature very highly. In fact it doesn't feature at all!

:doh:

This has been discussed once or twice here and elsewhere but I'd be interested in current thoughts on installing an ADF and/or DME for IFR flying.

My current understanding of the rules (UK/Europe) is that GPS can be substituted for enroute...

At Frensham airstrip we have regular 'visits' from aircraft doing PFLs and flying low passes. They are never on the airfield's frequency and PPR is never sought for this activity. Frensham is active in all daylight hours and users are on Safetycom...

I wonder if anyone can help...

A couple of years ago I gave up on AVGAS deliveries to our airfield as I could only find Articulated lorry options, and they refused to reverse, so it ruled it out.

I now need JETA-1 delivering with the same access...

Champion issued a Service Bulletin in 2015 that required the distributor gear mechanism to be replaced on certain Slick Magnetos. They have now revised it to include a lot more units.

It's to be complied with ASAP or within 50 hours so expect your...

On Nov. 22, 2018, two teenage boys were arrested near the Vernal Regional Airport after landing a small plane they had stolen from a private airstrip in Jensen, Uintah County.
At this time, investigators believe the boys, ages 14 and 15, left a...

Looking at this thread about SkyEcho 2 & SkyDemon being able to receive FLARM directly and specifically this post , what is the state of play with running a device squitting out ADS-B and also running a Mode S transponder?

Even F-22 pilots are subject to complacency on the subject:

1. GPS nav software on tablets.
2. Rotax 9** series engines
3. More aircraft moving to LAA system.

I appreciate it’s largely down to what helps you personally, but the above three are my Gold medalists.

(Long title was partly to see how long...

FLIGHT SHARING WEBSITE DANGERS
Report Text: I have had cause to discipline a number of flying club members who have been using flight sharing web sites to advertise cost sharing flights

I just wonder how many groups and clubs allow cost sharing...

Yes. Finally managed to track down the cause of the PCL activating from time to time. Thought it was someone being silly with a handheld. Turned out to be the coffee machine. We haven't had it very long.

Rang the machine suppliers who gave me the...

Not a good report for Jodels :(

Also, my hobby horse, the ages of many of the participants.

RV12 G-CJZW flew today at Rufforth.

1st of two they are available and are built to the highest spec.

All went well, did 2.5 hours of initial testing with minor snags which have been sorted.

Vans do make exceptionally good kits and they fly so...

Just read the locked thread about the apparent error by a solo student and whether one should say anything...

A lot of discussion about whether he did this or that, but really the question is about what you do if you see something hazardous...

Just seen this on SkyWise

Definitely going to respond to it.

YouTubers Becki & Chris tend to vlog about anything and everything with a bit of an image/imaging theme. A while ago they bought an R44, and this vlog has a bit about the trip to New York from Buffalo, it's not aimed at pilots, but there are...

Some impressive helicopter flying to rescue 3 people and 2 dogs done without any planning during the California fires.

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Here is a flight in the circuit with full set up to landing with a view of the stick and the sight picture of landing.
Rob ...fellow pilot is my 5th passenger since my passenger rating....we fly in VFR minumums for a few circuits with full set up...

There are loads of weather sites and apps out there giving a better perspective on the weather than ever before. It’s easy to get satellite views and reasonably up to date rainfall radars as well as more interesting stuff like winds aloft and cloud...

This takes some doing.

AIRPROX REPORT No 2013084 incident date 20 July 2013
AIRPROX REPORT No 2015059 incident date 4 May 2015
AIRPROX REPORT No 2018121 incident date 9 June 2018.

Just google the incident numbers.

And yes, it was the same...

Here's a question for a rainy day!

I'm planning to get an ADSB-Out device, and I believe our local airport (Gloucester) are part of the trial to use ADSB for ATC traffic awareness next year. I'm wondering what the right RT phraseology is for...

I'm not an instructor and undoubtedly have made (and continue to make) more than my fair share of RT mistakes, but thought it might be worth kicking off a thread with some hints and tips for improving RT.

I'm too old to worry about it now, but...