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General Aviation Primarily for general aviation discussion, but other aviation topics are also welcome.	54130 Topics 1040392 Posts	Re: Which microlight? by StratoTramp Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:54 pm
New FLYER Content The latest General Aviation content from FLYER, hot off the press (well, sort of…)	548 Topics 1062 Posts	Re: Penguin causes helicopter… by skydriller Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:51 am
Trip Reports Where have you been? What have you seen?	1210 Topics 10741 Posts	Re: Alps Spezial ;) by BE35 Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:27 pm
Red Tape and Gold Plate Use this forum to flag up examples of red tape and gold plate	208 Topics 2551 Posts	Re: "Print and sign each page" by kanga Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:25 am
Fly-Ins and Social Events What are you planning? Where shall we go?	3873 Topics 73592 Posts	Re: Aero Friedrichshafen Apri… by BE35 Mon Apr 14, 2025 8:49 am
That Worst Day Discuss the problems and solutions to all of the situations that Pilot X finds himself in.	75 Topics 686 Posts	Re: Low flying close shave by Spamcan Defender Mon Dec 30, 2024 10:12 pm
Student Pilots Learning to fly, or thinking of learning? Post your questions, comments and experiences here Moderator: AndyR	7132 Topics 110211 Posts	Re: New Wings by RichardTheGeek Wed Apr 16, 2025 4:13 pm
Licensing, EASA, CAA, and the ANO Polite discussion about EASA, the CAA, the ANO and the delights of aviation regulation.	1286 Topics 13243 Posts	Re: UK PPL permission to fly … by Flyin'Dutch' Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:31 am
Technical Discussion The place for technical discussions about GA and flying.	899 Topics 8490 Posts	Re: Looking for an Avionics E… by CloudHound Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:45 pm
ATIS - INC FUEL PRICE LEAGUE TABLES Useful airfield information and home of the forum's fuel price league tables. Moderators: GlosOps, deltacharlie, T67M	379 Topics 2826 Posts	Re: UK Low Lead Avgas (100LL)… by smokescreen Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:06 pm
Aviation Photography & Videos (including vlogs) Post your pics, videos and vlogs here	783 Topics 4679 Posts	George Beurling DSO DFC DFM -… by FrankPilot Fri Apr 18, 2025 7:17 am
Airportal and Magazine To discuss anything which relates to the FLYER Airportal or the magazine	1434 Topics 12892 Posts	Re: A new twist on log in pro… by AndyR Thu Apr 17, 2025 9:45 pm
Help & Advice For help, advice and discussion about stuff not related to aviation. Play nice: no religion, no politics and no axe grinding please.	28510 Topics 548142 Posts	Re: Combined hearing aids and… by Cessna571 Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:27 am

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#FLY2025: The FLYER Challenge for this year begins! 1 2 3 4 by EdH - Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:30 pm #FLY2024 Challenge is over… let's start again! 8) FLYER invites you to share in the new #FLY2025 Challenge - and you'll see that this year we've tweaked the elements. Some elements might be a bit more attainable than previous years, others might...	57 Replies 9375 Views	by StratoTramp Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:51 pm
UK Low Lead Avgas (100LL) Price League Table by The Admin Team - Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:06 pm Last updated: 12 Apr 25 Date 100LL inc VAT Name ICAO Notes 30 Jan 2025 £1.98 = Blackbushe EGLK 6 Apr 2025 £1.95 = Chichester/Goodwood EGHR 4 Mar 2025 £1.99 = Dunkeswell EGTU 1 Mar 2025 £1.76 = Earls Colne EGSR Reduced landing fee if uplifting more...	4 Replies 232232 Views	by smokescreen Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:06 pm
UK Jet-A1 Price League Table by The Admin Team - Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:13 pm Last updated: 12 Apr 25 Date Jet A1 (5% VAT) Name ICAO Notes 4 Mar 2025 £1.15 = Dunkeswell EGTU 10 Apr 2025 £0.91 + Headcorn EGKH 1 Jan 2025 £0.93 - Jersey EGJJ No VAT. ~5% discount for AOPA members 1 Apr 2025 £0.91 - Redhill EGKR 1 Jan 2025...	2 Replies 124910 Views	by Airborne Mon Apr 14, 2025 5:29 pm
Class of 2025 by AndyR - Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:18 pm 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...	2 Replies 238 Views	by AndyR Sat Apr 05, 2025 10:29 pm
UK Unleaded Avgas (UL91 and UL94) Price League Table by The Admin Team - Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:09 pm All prices are for UL91 unless otherwise stated. Last updated: 23 Mar 25 Date UL91 inc VAT Name ICAO Notes 30 Jan 2025 £1.98 = Blackbushe EGLK 19 Mar 2025 = Fenland EGCL UL91 no longer available 16 Mar 2025 £2.12 + Headcorn EGKH 25 Jan 2025 £2.08 -...	1 Replies 86731 Views	by T67M Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:46 am
Fly and meet up - tell us where you're going! 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 by The Admin Team - Sun Sep 16, 2018 7:38 am “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...	275 Replies 199749 Views	by StratoTramp Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:48 pm
Airfields that allow camping 1 2 by Buzzc150 - Fri Dec 01, 2017 3:52 pm Hi Does anyone know of airfields/strips that have camping facilities ? Cheers	22 Replies 58105 Views	by Big J Tue Feb 18, 2025 7:53 pm
My experience of converting to a US licence (based on an EASA PPL - "61.75") 1 2 by george7378 - Sun Aug 05, 2018 1:10 pm 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...	24 Replies 55482 Views	by jev_flyer Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:11 pm
#FLY2024: The FLYER Challenge for this year is open! 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 by deltacharlie - Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:40 am 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...	183 Replies 74352 Views	by PA28 Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:52 pm
Fuel duty drawback - online form link by TheKentishFledgling - Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:29 am As requested, a stuck thread with a link to the "new" drawback form:	14 Replies 59121 Views	by G-JWTP Mon Oct 07, 2024 9:33 am
Deleting accounts 1 2 by G-BLEW - Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:16 am 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...	18 Replies 155399 Views	by ac11flyer Mon Sep 16, 2024 7:32 pm
Planning, or been on a Flying Adventure? 1 2 by EdH - Wed May 10, 2017 3:51 pm 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...	23 Replies 59614 Views	by MartinLeusby Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:49 am
Airfields with WiFi Access by The Admin Team - Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:46 pm 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...	10 Replies 55813 Views	by creepydave Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:10 pm
Help and Advice forum, some guidelines… 1 2 by G-BLEW - Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:31 pm 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...	15 Replies 44085 Views	by Rob P V2.0 Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:10 pm
Poster behaviour by G-BLEW - Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:33 am 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...	10 Replies 42423 Views	by chevvron Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:41 am
Here's my total time, costs and details for a PA28 PPL(A) in the UK 1 2 3 by MSGr - Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:15 pm 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...	32 Replies 108775 Views	by codejunkie Mon Jun 19, 2023 6:48 pm
How To Learn To Fly (sort of) 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 by leiafee - Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:29 pm 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...	96 Replies 342039 Views	by T6Harvard Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:37 am
The new website, Great Content Daily etc. by G-BLEW - Thu May 05, 2022 11:28 am 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...	11 Replies 34767 Views	by cockney steve Mon May 09, 2022 12:41 am
Political discussions, and moderation in the H&A forum 1 2 by TheKentishFledgling - Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:20 pm 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,...	15 Replies 44961 Views	by TheKentishFledgling Thu Sep 02, 2021 3:40 pm
Airfield Reference - Other by The Admin Team - Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:29 pm 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	1 Replies 39071 Views	by rdfb Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:09 pm
French Customs Airfields (Ports of Entry) 1 2 by carlmeek - Fri May 19, 2017 2:08 pm 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...	25 Replies 70711 Views	by G-reg Tue Apr 30, 2019 12:38 pm
AIRFIELDS: United Kingdom by G-BLEW - Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:09 pm 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...	3 Replies 77210 Views	by JAFO Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:40 am
Forumites and their Aircraft and Airfields 1 2 by Rob P - Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:06 pm 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...	20 Replies 79876 Views	by Waveflyer Wed May 23, 2018 6:10 pm
Sending Private Messages (and PMs in Outbox) by The Admin Team - Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:00 am 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......	0 Replies 35060 Views	by The Admin Team Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:00 am
'That Worst Day' submissions for FLYER by EdH - Wed May 10, 2017 4:58 pm 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...	1 Replies 36741 Views	by Paul_Sengupta Wed May 10, 2017 5:46 pm
Surveys by TheKentishFledgling - Sun Jun 21, 2015 9:52 pm 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...	0 Replies 50004 Views	by TheKentishFledgling Sun Jun 21, 2015 9:52 pm
Price League Tables by The Admin Team - Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:38 pm 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	0 Replies 39873 Views	by The Admin Team Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:38 pm
Forum guidelines PLEASE READ by G-BLEW - Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:14 pm 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...	0 Replies 37419 Views	by G-BLEW Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:14 pm
Which microlight? 1 2 3 by Harry Scott - Wed Apr 16, 2025 4:30 pm Your brains are needed: After 30-odd years in 'Group A', I'm thinking of moving to microlights. I did my differences training in a C42 and I've had a couple of lessons in a Thruster T600N - which I like immensely. I want to be able to land in...	31 Replies 1062 Views	by StratoTramp Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:54 pm
Planning Permission requested to build on Nottingham Tollerton Airport 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 by 2Donkeys - Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:40 pm Details to be found here Objections required sooner rather than later, I suspect. These can be filed here	175 Replies 22771 Views	by eltonioni Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:47 pm
Looking for an Avionics Engineer Sussex area - ADS-B hook up to PAW FX by CloudHound - Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:04 pm I'm struggling to engage an engineer in the South East willing to do a piffling job connecting two cables to the back of my Trig TT31 transponder. Old Rosetta needed an RS-232 USB connector but new super whizz bang FX is Flarm compatible hence...	2 Replies 25 Views	by CloudHound Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:45 pm
Mode-S vs. ADS-B by alexben - Wed Apr 02, 2025 12:07 am Hi all, Just a bit of a newbie question. Perhaps, I lost the context in the translation! Sure, I understand that Mode-S and ADS-B are different. If I understood the conversation, seemed that most of the current Mode-S transponders are...	8 Replies 688 Views	by CloudHound Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:38 pm
Old Sarum Airfield given the green light (Includes 17Apr25 fire) 1 2 by AerBabe - Wed Apr 09, 2025 12:13 pm "Old Sarum Airfield Ltd has been given the green light to build up to 315 homes and commercial and leisure facilities at the site"	22 Replies 2069 Views	by gasman Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:32 pm
Massive RA(T) tomorrow (Thursday) 1 2 by malcolmfrost - Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:57 pm Running from Tatenhill, Birmingham, Chippenham Heathrow SFC to 4000 feet, varying times. Be careful out there!!	29 Replies 1421 Views	by Tall_Guy_In_a_PA28 Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:17 pm
Access to Danger Areas - Myth busted! 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 by Grumman_Pilot - Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:49 am In recent months, on a variety of forums away from Flyer, but maybe including, there has been this misconception that Danger Areas, whether they be Permanent or Temporary are a 'brick wall in the sky', 'airspace closures' or whatever you wish to...	94 Replies 16598 Views	by chevvron Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:07 pm
‘Ready for Duty’ ready for crossing the Pond by CloudHound - Fri Apr 18, 2025 11:21 am One Dak didn’t make it to Europe last year due to engine problems despite heroic efforts to change one of the donkeys. Now though N151ZE is preparing to set off on that journey It’s the Commemorative Air Force’s Douglas R4D	0 Replies 98 Views	by CloudHound Fri Apr 18, 2025 11:21 am
Bembridge aircraft accident 12 April 2025 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 by AndyR - Sat Apr 12, 2025 4:41 pm A lucky escape for the occupants it seems	101 Replies 7475 Views	by Miscellaneous Fri Apr 18, 2025 11:00 am
Fire at Old Sarum by Big Dex - Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:32 am How inconvenient for the developers. :roll:	2 Replies 178 Views	by Dave W Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:44 am
New Group Director, Safety & Airspace Regulation Group CAA by CloudHound - Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:41 am News of a senior appointment picked up from a LinkedIn post about the CAA (mis?)handling of drone authorisations. Gincarlo Buono benvenuto!	0 Replies 54 Views	by CloudHound Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:41 am
What goes on at Wyton? by NorthSouth - Wed Jan 08, 2025 8:37 pm According to the interweb all flying at Wyton ceased in 2013 and the UK Mil AIP no longer lists it. But SkyDemon and elsewhere say there's still military flying training from grass and tarmac rws 08/26 south of the old main runway (which is now full...	14 Replies 2270 Views	by Dominie Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:23 am
Penguin causes helicopter crash by Flyer Content Team - Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:29 pm Just went through a charity review (with the official hat on), and realised that one new one that we decided to support last year had spent a fair proportion of what we sent them in mailing appeals to just about everyone on the Church Council....	1 Replies 62 Views	by skydriller Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:51 am
G-CIMC Darley Moor by Timothy - Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:35 pm I don't want to incur grief, but the reg, type and victims' names are published in the national press . I also don't want to raise speculation about causes, but I was wondering, on behalf of a close friend of the passenger, about an anomaly. This...	14 Replies 773 Views	by Skylaunch2 Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:49 am
Combined hearing aids and spectacles by Loco parentis - Wed Apr 02, 2025 10:59 am Anyone any experience of using these apparently handy and useful tools ?	7 Replies 510 Views	by Cessna571 Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:27 am
Don't bring cheese/meat back from France/EU by The Admin Team - Sat Apr 12, 2025 4:22 pm As of today. Foot & Mouth precaution Dave W (posting from the wrong account) PS No politics in this forum, please. Ta.	12 Replies 1715 Views	by kanga Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:10 am
Sub Lt Ronald Scott, RNVR Fleet Air Arm, 105 years old 1 2 by patowalker - Tue Oct 25, 2022 5:08 pm Ronnie Scott was one of the WWII volunteers from Argentina. He holds the rank of Sub Lt in the Argentine Naval Reserve and was recently honoured on the occasion of his 105th birthday. It is worth watching this video to see how you would like to look...	16 Replies 2007 Views	by Cowshed Fri Apr 18, 2025 7:42 am
The “who??”, popular musicians from BITD but unknown now 1 2 3 4 5 by OCB - Thu Apr 03, 2025 12:31 pm Following on from comments on Val Kilmer obit thread & The Doors… Which musicians/groups “seemed to be everywhere” but everyone has forgotten about. I’ll start with Nana Mouskouri. Only cos I had no clue she was proficient in singing in German...	67 Replies 2757 Views	by Hooligan Fri Apr 18, 2025 12:10 am
A new twist on log in problems 1 2 3 4 by Rjk983 - Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:06 pm Over the past weekend I haven’t been able to get into the forums to post. On Saturday I appeared to be logged out so clicked on sign in. This didn’t take me to the usual page to enter username and password, it seemed to bypass that and took me...	57 Replies 9660 Views	by AndyR Thu Apr 17, 2025 9:45 pm
The bad joke thread 1 … 161 162 163 164 165 by Spooky - Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:19 pm Last week I swallowed some plutonium. It gave me atomic ache :oops:	2472 Replies 448214 Views	by seanxair Thu Apr 17, 2025 7:18 pm
Control of Radio Frequency(Channel) by Skydemon 1 2 3 4 5 by Flying_john - Sat Nov 16, 2024 8:11 pm Has anyone else used this new feature in SD via a Bluetooth to RS232 device to control their Funke ATR833 (the oblong version) radio via the serial input line ? I have just ordered the recommended Bluetooth interface and would be interested if...	66 Replies 14447 Views	by EdH Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:34 pm
Penalty shoot-out for Kenyon Hall Airfield by Flyer Content Team - Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:29 pm Ahh but you are young and thrusting and will work hard enough and smart enough to attain an airplane That is completely correct sir. I understand perfectly that you don't get anywhere without hard work. Just been looking at all of my interests...	0 Replies 78 Views	by Flyer Content Team Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:29 pm

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