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...

Hi all

We'd like your help and suggestions with an initiative for 2022 which we're calling Fly2022: A Challenge for the FLYER community

The idea is simple: a target of flying time for 2022 of... 2022 minutes. That’s 33 hours 42 mins which is a...

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...

United Kingdom
Last updated: 30th June 2018
Date Price Aerodrome Notes
26/06/2018 £1.92 Rochester (EGTO) 30/06/2018 £1.85 Old Warden (EGTH) 25/05/2018 £1.67 Popham (EGHP)

Updates before 01/04/2018
Date Price...

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...

United Kingdom
Last updated: 9th February 2019
Date Price Aerodrome Notes
20/11/2018 £1.81 Thruxton (EGHO) 03/02/2019 £1.682 Goodwood (EGHR) 01/01/2019 £1.68 Gloucestershire (EGBJ) 01/01/2019 £1.67 Redhill...

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Date Price Aerodrome Notes
01/12/2018 £0.99 Shoreham (EGKA) No VAT 09/02/2019 £0.75 Blackbushe (EGLK) 01/01/2019 £0.74 Redhill (EGKR)

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...

“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...

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,...

If you are a member of The FLYER Club you'll be able to log on each month to see and print* your landing fees.

Just go here

VIDEO TUTORIAL - HOW TO PRINT THE LANDING VOUCHERS

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VIDEO TUTORIAL - HOW TO CHECK OUT ALL YOUR BENEFITS...

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...

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...

Giving gifts can bring a lot of joy but also a lot of frustrations if you don’t know what to get. FLYER is here to help!

If you are trying to find a perfect gift for pilots, ex pilots or simply aviation enthusiasts, The FLYER Club Membership is a...

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...

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

I know i've read it here somewhere....but naturally now I can't find it.

After airlaw, what do people recommend as the next exam? I've heard both operational procedures or human factors.......but would be grateful for advice.

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...

Here are the current threads regarding Coronavirus/COVID-19

Main discussions:
COVID-19 and General Aviation

The following were previously stickied and in lieu of having the time to consolidate them are linked here:
AOPA guidance Ratings...

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...

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.

UK

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

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...

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...

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......

Hi

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

Cheers

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...

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

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...

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...

The team at FLYER knows how extraordinary that solo feeling is, and we’d like to help you celebrate with a special FLYER memento. If you sends us a photo of you with your solo aircraft, along with the date that you soloed, you can receive an email...

I like flying to islands in light aircraft.

Flying to Islands is one of the few opportunities to actually disprove the adage "Time to spare, go by air."

Today I went to the Isle of Wight.

Last week I went to Alderney.

Looking in my...

Evening all,

Bit of an intro. I thought I'd done one already but seems like it was not posted or I didn't press the right button.

Was in the ATC as a yoof and did as much flying as I could. Uni, life, SWMBO, job etc. in the intervening years...

Anyone been to Swansea recently? Would you recommend it or are there any other locations close by more worth it? Thank you!

..is a good one. But, in this case, the 'great landing', where you can use the aircraft again, doesn't apply:

"West Atlantic B734 at Exeter on Jan 19th 2021, hard touchdown"

Bit more than a 'touchdown'.

Just a quick update on a trip I'd planned with a flying buddy before lockdown scuppered every ones plans.
Many thanks to the Flyer team as it won me a subscription to Skydemon which we'll be using a lot on this trip. Actually we already have as it's...

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could help me out, or put me in contact with someone to revalidate my EASA SEP in the next few weeks please. I'm based in Leeds, but happy to travel.

Cheers

Does anyone know if Nicholson McLaren have ceased trading? I ordered a part from them some weeks ago, which has not arrived; attempts to contact them by email and telephone have been unsuccessful. Anyone with Inside Information?

Just to cheer everyone up, there's something else to get hysterical about. How long before zoos are shamed into euthanising their cheeky chappies? :roll:

I like to fly between 3 and 5 thousand feet when airspace and cloud allow as there seems to be less traffic around.

Let us discount any fuel savings from leaning at altitude for the purposes of this question.

I presume I use more fuel getting to...

Formal notice has been given by SASO No.22 Group that Linton effectively closes on 18 Dec 20, though official disestablishment of the airfield, ATZ, MATZ and LARS will occur on 31st Dec with removal from MAIP etc.

The ACP covering this is here -...

My first proper lesson . ...

Woke up to fog, rang aerodrome, they reported decent cloud base and some blue sky.

As I drove down the weather improved and we ended up with scattered above 3,000', blue skies, wind light, almost straight down the...

My crosswind landings have never been particulary tidy, mainly due to flying from places with multiple runways, though if I'm honest I do tend to choose days to fly that would not test me in this regards.
My usual technique is crab then a very late...

Morning,

Anyone have a mobile number for for Rufforth East or West...landlines and emails not be answered.

Cheers

TD

What is your opinion if push comes to shove ? Maybe just brinkmanship but it is looking mighty close. Should we, could we, as part of a joint effort, support the Ukraine militarily ? Or, will we be witness to an updated version of 1930s appeasement ?

I am waiting on Traffords coming back to me with a quote for a travel insurance policy that does not count non commercial flying as an excluded activity. To provide a comparison can anybody suggest alternative companies that might provide a quote -...