We would all like to know about and join in celebrating noteworthy milestones along the path of your aviation career - whether that be private or commercial. This thread allows all those steps to be cast into internet eternity forever more.

Please...

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As requested, a stuck thread with a link to the "new" drawback form:

We were bowled over by the response to last year's #FLY2023 Challenge and Russ Pinder is a worthy winner - a Bose A30 headset will be on its way to Russ very soon.

Did you see the FLYER Livestream with Russ? It's here:

The #FLY2024 Challenge has...

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“After a solo flight away from base, it’s nice to meet up and have a chat over a cuppa.” ........at the land away airfield.

Following a request (thank you Waveflyer!) we will have, until further notice, a dedicated sticky post on the GA where...

Hi

Does anyone know of airfields/strips that have camping facilities ?

Cheers

All prices are for UL91 unless otherwise stated.

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A while ago we decided that we would no longer delete entire accounts. There are a couple of reasons for this…

- It causes some performance issues for the server
- It spoils many threads in which a poster has participated
- It is disrespectful to...

We're always on the lookout for flying adventure features to inspire and entertain FLYER readers.

So, if you're planning, or have taken a trip, whether big or small, that you think other pilots would like to read about in FLYER , then drop me a...

Please feel free to post updates to this thread. Once the list below has been updated, individual posts will be removed in order to keep things tidy.

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Alderney
Andrewsfield (EGSL) has PC access, it also has WiFi but I believe this is...

Welcome to the new Help and Advice forum. You'll probably spot that many of the posts were in Non-Aviation, and some may spot that the politically leaning threads are no more.

The Code of Conduct remains the same…

Be nice, considerate and...

Over the past few weeks there have been a few occasions where really old (>5 years) threads have been resurrected by posters - often by a reply to a previous post which was clearly very old.

Although there may be occasions where reviving an old...

There have been a few unacceptable posts of late. Please take a look at the Code of Conduct and post accordingly. Identifying individuals by anonymous is a BIG no no!

Be nice, considerate and polite.
If you can't make your point without a...

For the benefit of those considering a PPL(A) and wanting to know time and cost, I’m sharing my experience based upon detailed records I kept. This is just my way through it, yours may differ, but I hope it gives you some insight and food for...

For a while I've been meaning to put together a little compilation of "stuff that helped" while I was learning to fly. I got around to it in the end (almost a year after getting the PPL...) and the result is now here(PDF) .

It's less a...

Hi all,

Last month I had the chance to go flying in the US for the first time, and I wrote a quick post about the process I had to go through to convert my EASA PPL to an FAA equivalent. Maybe it's of use to someone here!

There are a few...

I thought it was worth providing a bit of background and a few pointers about the new website and the way we are now working, but first a very brief history as it adds useful context…

Until Covid came along we were happy producing 13 paper issues...

The Help and Advice forum has now existed with its current title for a little over six months. There is some fantastic help and advice given that really shows the collective knowledge of the forum and its members at its best. There do, however,...

For other airfield reference material, please use the following links:

AIRFIELDS: Rest of the World

Regional Airports Price League Table - 757kg

Airfields with wi-fi access

Forumites and their Aircraft and Airfields

This sticky thread is here to point pilots towards a list of French customs airfields.

The list is here - designed to provide a good solid and reliable list.

You should use this list to help your initial planning, but then once you've decided...

We'll endeavour to sort the airfields in alphabetical order here with links to the thread in this forum. Click on the airfield name for information posted by other forumites about the airfield. Click on the country name for general information and...

If you would like to display a picture of the aircraft you fly/own/share/love, then this is the place for it.

The technical stuff:
We can't feature all your ex-steeds, so only current aircraft owned/flown regularly please. Maximum of two.
Those...

There have been a few posts recently that suggest the forum PM function is not as easy to find as it might be, so - courtesy of Europaul383 - here's how.
Just now I looked in vain for a tab that says 'Send PM'...
This might help for next time......

Submissions for FLYER 's 'That Worst Day' page have always come from FLYER readers, and we're on the lookout for more.

For fictional tales of Pilot X, a story told in 900 words, with three thoughtful questions and answers, makes a ideal...

Should you wish to post a link to a survey, academic or otherwise, please could we request that you get in touch with a member of the admin team first? Generally there will be no problem with these - though you may find the regulars can be a tough...

Please use the following links for the Fuel Price League Tables:

UK Avgas Price League Table

Europe Avgas Price League Table

UL 91 Price League Table

Jet-A1 Price League Table

I firmly believe that we are seeing the beginning of a new era in GA regulation - there's never been a better time to make logical, well constructed points, and to influence the future of GA regulation in the UK. I have spoken to the CAA and have...

Is this OK here? I detect a sensitivity around EC, but I thought this was a different take.

I was flying with a PAw (Pilotaware Rosetta), near Popham, north by 5-10 miles
I looked at the PAw and it said 'ATOM 5', 5 ground stations in range. There...

I don't know why the CAA is so hung up on how a registration looks on the side of an aircraft but here we go again

To ensure the safe operation of environments such as aerodromes and operating sites, aircraft
must be clearly and easily...

I went to Kemble today.
Was invited to join overhead (FISO), accepted that (08 RH circuit 2 in the pattern, 1 t&g)). Just before I entered the ATZ Someone else coming from the South PA 32 I think (Derp), announced joining, wanted right base.
It...

So after a break of nearly a year I have found another Nissan leaf to soothe my needs to drive an EV.

But things have changed a bit on the charging front !

No longer does my Ecotricity electric highway card work in the machines at the motorway...

I see the EU à la dernière heure have postponed indefinitely the introduction due to start 10 th November of fingerprinting at passport control /borders to the EU.

Plan is to think of another method apparently.

EES system of checks on non-EU visitors, including taking facial images and fingerprints, to start in three months’ time

Snaffled from the expats' magazine Connexion.

Probably no significance that it is the day before Armistice Day.

Rob P V2.0

I’ve been an Amazon (prime) customer for years. Suddenly they’re encouraging me quite aggressively to change to Amazon business. They say I’ll get all the benefits of Prime, but for free.
I can’t work out what’s in it for them, why are trying to...

I've recently noticed my tinnitus that came when I was bedding in some new cylinders a few years ago is still being excited by flying even with my Lightspeed Zulu 3's. Having a few weeks off, then flying intensively excited the problem. Thankfully...

Hello folks!

I am a low time PPL pilot and after a few years of club flying I decided maybe the time has come to buy my first airplane.
I have seen two options in the little two-seater category, here in Sweden where I live.

Jodel D112
Lycoming...

Please move or delete if in the wrong place.
We have an unexpected place for an FI rating at Blackbushe starting 4 November.
PM me or call the club for details.
We employ nearly all our Fi students so there will be work.

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

The Coroner held a pre-inquest hearing today and has set a date of September 2021.

The reason includes the fact that 150 people have applied to attend which is impossible at the present.

She will sit alone without a Jury.

FD. You wouldn't get me into an aircraft in which the donkey has already gone! :D

It was a great debate before, but, just as now, opinions were polarised.

I wouldn't dream of making a low, slow approach for the reasons you stated. I try to...

Glad it did not involve any true GA aeroplane.

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Aptly illustrating that different types of radiation behave in different ways. The radiation transmitted by a transponder isn't designed to heat rooms or food.

As with mobile phones there will always be a debate as to the health aspects of being...

Pal of mine needs to install a router in his office at the back of the house. The BT connection and a fine BT Infinity wireless router are at the front of the house. There is no viable way to cable this to the office. The thought therefore is to use...

Pop over to the Members' forum for the link to the next Skivestream!

I have an EASA PPL, from 2012, obtained here in the UK, 2 months late to get a UK PPL I think
EASA PPLs continued(in the UK) until 2020??
Apparently I can't exercise my IR(r) / IMC in the UK without a UK PPL or a Class 2 medical rather than a PMD....

They don’t tempt you to hand deliver all your Christmas cards taking days out of your bust Christmas period.
Their sound is real.
They take less than 2 minutes from 0% to 100% and give around 500 miles range.
You don't need to feel smug about owning...

Hi, I am passionate about aviation and historic aircraft, and have wanted to work in aircraft restoration for as long as I can remember.
I was intending to enrol on a course to attain my B1.2 maintenance licence, but after speaking to the course...

The Garmin sims (both Windows and iPad based) for the GTN650xi include SAR search pattern options that can be loaded into a flight plan, over and above the usual 'hold over' function.

I don't see this feature on my 650xi.

I'm wondering whether...

This week we are welcoming Major George ‘Smokey’ Bacon MBE TD, former CEO of the British Air Display Association (BADA), to talk about the state of the UK air display industry!

George has had an action-packed career in an assortment of flying...