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I'm currently doing my IMC rating, and I feel I'm being ripped off. I'm flying in my own aircraft and paying for an instructor from the local flying school. I'm being charged

Not as exciting as it sounds, but we did hit a small bird (possibly a Swallow) with the starboard wing about 1.5nm on final approach into Bristol. I Informed ATC who sent someone from the airport authority out to have a look once I'd parked up....

Hi,

Had an 'interesting' experience today in the rather starange weather conditions that shook me up somewhat.

From the ground, things looked OK for a local VFR flight. Runway was one that I have never flown off before; short, but well within...

I'm currently flying with a friend in his plane from the RH seat. I'm happy to take P1 control from the RH seat,. Recently flying over in my friends " local area" he was trying to show me another recently establish "farm strip"....

Well went flying last week, hadn't flown for a month (and that was a check flight, before that hadn't flown since feb!) so was a little rusty. Wanted to just go up and do a couple of circuits. Got airbourne no problem, was a little rusty so found...

For some reason I don't like flying solo.

I did my first solo 9 months ago but an FI had tried to get me to do it a few weeks before I actually did it, and I 'd refused. It took me a few more weeks to get up the nerve to do it.

I will now...

Our group has just been very unlucky. During an annual, we've been told we've got a spot of serious corrosion inside one of the wings where the spar meets the fuselage.

We've had a repair quote from the manufacturer that's nearly double what the...

I have been flying for about 5 years and have 300 hours under my belt. Did a lot of my training on PA28 and all my IMC training on PA28, however have been flying another aircraft for the last year and a half.

Now, wanting to return to the PA28, I...

I've recently moved 'down south' and, though happy bumbling around my local strip in Dorset, I'm not keen on travelling 'up north' because that means I'd have to go close to the big four London airports.

What if my nav is off by a mile or two?...

Hi all

There has been much discussion amongst our syndicate recently about mixture leaning, as we have experienced problems with plug fouling.

It was decided that we would lean the mixture agressively during taxi to help prevent this.

I did...

Well I had a super days flying yesterday only marred by the fact I 'made a total pr*ck of myself with an instructor I hadn't flown with (but knew to talk to which made it worse).

Have had my shiny brown (uugh) PPL(A) since beginning of June so...

Not sure yet actual cause-but no power. Decided to use ICOM to save power to get back to base---both batteries dead. Used fixed radiop sparingly and worked.

Moral--frequent check on ICOM.

Can anyone point me to a guide on crosswind taxying? It's something ive never really got the hang of and want to familiarised myself with before my club checkout.

I've googled it and cant seem to find anything!

Cheers

Hi - I previously posted here about problems that I'd had with an instructor when doing my IMC rating (I was going to add to that posting, but the system won't let me).

Anyway - here's an up-date.

As you may recall, after getting halfway...

WOW! Just got back from the Airfield. Had been doing some general handling and steep turns etc. I had felt a bit Rusty the lesson before and just fancied some general handling etc to get back into the swing of things instead of doing Nav all the...

Theoretically speaking what's to stop you having a portable GPS tucked away in your flight bag, which you could use once airborne on a solo student QXC?

The purpose of the exercise is to prove you can navigate with map, watch and compass, should...

I was babysitting the phone at a training organisation whilst the receptionist was obtaining the tech log for a plane I was about to rent. The phone rang constantly and I decided to answer it. It was a local chap (not a local accent....)complaining...

Sitting here with a large brandy ..

Had a short flight this afternoon with my syndicate partner, landed & I volunteered to park it & put the cover on, while he left early. Then I decided to have another couple of circuits before putting...

Earlier this week I arrived at the field for a landaway in a club aircraft.

After start-up it became obvious not only the DI, but other radio nav aids were in-operable. Looking just a little closer showed a few stickers along the lines of DI /...

I have been flying quite a few years now, and today was the first time I have completely cocked up positioning for a join, leading to a situation which could have been nasty.

I was visiting an airfield in the south, and misheard (I assume) the...

Hello all

A quick radio call question, that I wanted to post anonymously. Last week, I was lined up at the end of over 2000m of runway, and cleared to take off. Climbed to about 100ft before the engine reduced significantly in RPM. I had my hand...

Despite having a 'perfect' ECG for my aviation medical two years ago, a routine screening at work today picked up a slight abnormality that the cardiologist says he wants to investigate further. The cardiologist today said that there is no reason...

This isn't a happenedtome but I want to remain anonymous.

My last annual contained 400 quid extra for certification and data record set up for EASA.

Is this fair and am I to expect to pay 400 quid extra every year?

Whenever you think everythings going great in an aeroplane, and you feel like

you can relax and enjoy the ride, keep looking for what you've missed, for there

will always be something. With a freshly minted licence to commit wanton acts of...

The gauges in our old aircraft are generally pretty accurate and they said we had 8 Imp Gallons of fuel left - 4 each side in the high wings which use gravity to feed fuel to the engine. This was fairly consistent with fuel dipping at our departure...

In the style of 'That Worst Day'...

My slot was at 3pm and I usually fly in the mornings, so I left home a bit earlier than usual just in case I hit a pile of traffic. There wasn't any, so I arrived with half an hour to spare. I was hoping that I...

This is a big rapsberry to the pilot of an Arrow that did the worst circuit I have seen in years (and I am based at Popham and often there for the microlight weekend).

Arriving more or less the same time as me he called "overhead descending...

Not a big deal this one, but on entering the circuit I was concentrating on trying to see the aircraft that ATC had said was ahead of me, and didn't pay any attention to my speed. Until, turning base, I noticed that I was far too fast to lower the...

Hi all just wondering what others think, I fly a slow flexwing microlight, when flying yesterday class G airspace into wind with a groundspeed of 30mph airspeed 50mph I saw a PA28 on my right about 1 mile away going at 90 degs to my track both of us...

Should have been a nice easy flight. The weather was hazy, but I was going somewhere very familiar and it was coastline and line features all the way and I joked that the aircraft could probably find its own way there.

This was probably where the...

A cautionary tale inspired by the recent high winds.

I was in the group PA28. The wind on the outward trip was strong and gusting. I was in the back seat for the outward part of the trip with another group member in the P1 seat and the a/c owner...

What should you look for after a very heavy landing in a fixed gear low wing SEP?

Standard landing but pretty heavy.

Yesterday whilst out flying and having a great time, I decided to return to the airfield and make a standard overhead join. The airfield in question is inside a MATZ. The MAZT was closed at the time, so O/H joins were ok to use. I heard G-**** 2...

The anecdote in the 'Silence' thread reminds me of an episode in Las Vegas class 'B' airspace, fortunately with an instructor in the RHS.

After takeoff from VGT in the very well worn 152 it became apparent that the display in the single Cessna...

This story has a happy ending, but that was more by luck than judgement. It could have all turned out so differently....

The aircraft is a -161 Warrior. I have plenty of experience on type, enough it turned out to be more than a little bit casual...

Not sure if I'm supposed to post this here, but I wanted to remain anominous to avoid ill feeling.......and it is about learning after all.

I'm about half way through my IMC course and had been thoroughly enjoying it. We'd done all the stuff like...

Hi,

Not sure the answer, so want to know if you can put my mind at rest.

Just completed said flight, went through the normal shutdown, with one exception, forgot to turn the Master off (doh!). Nothing else was powered on, and i only realised...

I was fairly happy I was making the right decisions at the time.

Now I am not so sure.

I think I missed a couple of heavily loaded hints from controllers and the more I think about it, the more I am starting to think I should have done...

just how safe is it to pull an aircraft off the refueling pump by its prop?

was with an instructor a couple of weeks ago, and he pulled the ac off the refueling pump by its prop - when questioned he said that he does it all the time, and its not...

Arrived back at the aircraft today after a super 6-day hol to find that I had left the mags on (light twin, switches, no key). Felt dumb, and lucky since there were no apparent pools of blood lying around.

Any tips or tricks to share -- apart...

Today was the first time I've done a landaway at a new airfield since getting my ppl. Having flown into said airfield there was not even a 'hello' from anybody in the clubhouse and it took ages before anybody was even interested in taking our cup of...

Last Saturday I took a jaunt from my local field which was very, very busy ( five in the circuit at one point), also was offering free landing fees so the whole world and his wife was there. I flew out for a one hour jolly and called "join...

I had a couple of trial lessons one after another last month....

The first lesson was a 14 year old lad who was fantastic (flight sim). I allowed him to carry out the take off after going through a dep briefing, it went well and he managed to...

Had a reason to lose a couple of thousand feet, so a nice descending turn with the power off, no problem ...

... gave me my first practical proof that you really can't see where you're going in the turn in a high wing aircraft.

There didn't...

I nearly fouled up Lynham TCA class A a couple of weeks ago & now see its back tomorrow . Thanks to NotamPlot I spotted it - it overlaps Kemble. But where do I find these actual points? Not on my charts, & never mentioned in my NPPL...

Just been in to change my email address from peter-flyer@peter2000.co.uk to a slight variation (because the former one has been spammed excessively) and the server has not sent out the email which it says it will. Now I can't get in.

Not that I...

Bleh. Cacked up the crosswind landing for touch and goes big time at the end of my skills test on both attempts, so we canned it. At least I passed the rest though, so it's not all bad. Still a bit cheesed off... :( :evil:

Another statistic I suppose... light flying remains the main love of my life but I just cannot justify it anymore due to the following:

Cost - it is getting really silly, engineering, licensing, fuel etc etc;

Blame culture - you make a mistake...

I've just come close to being well and truly had by a Phisher on ebay selling avionics.

A very convincing sales message was set up that I now realise was cut and paste from other similar adverts

I only smelt a rat when I got an email allegedly...

wen av i sed ive finishd my ppl? if any one has any doubts, please pm me and il give you my email address or phone number if its that important to talk and clear up. the internet ip im at college at mo..use plenty of different comps duznt mean just...