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We’re now taking that one step further, and giving you the chance to ask any specific SkyDemon questions.

So if you want to know how...

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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...

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...

“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...

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.

UK

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...

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

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......

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...

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...

Taken from the Flyer News section.

The urgency signalled by the new government to increase house-building means it’s now more important than ever to change the definition of airfields as ‘previously developed brownfield’ sites, according to the...

Actually I think Metro didn't mangle it too badly.

Rob P V2.0

Visiting a client today, they'd got "no reverse parking" signs in the car park.
I'd not come across these until the past couple of years, but they seem to be popping up in more places.

Why?

Unless I need access to the boot I've always...

According to Aurigny slot availability issues due ATC staffing. As a result they are diverting to Southampton and bussing to and from Gatwick

Just received this by email :

The Home Office is developing a border and immigration system which is digital by default. Our transformation is already underway with millions of people experiencing a fully digital process when applying to come to...

I've just received a PCN for £100 from NCP for allegedly outstaying the 90 second limit in the Gatwick 'drop off lane' when on our way to Madeira in August.
With apparently a £15 discount for prompt payment.

Now this really pi ssed me off as while...

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...

Does anyone know who was the first ever person to fly from Lands End to John O'Groats? Also the date, what plane they flew, the route they took etc.

Tried the net but nothing has come up.

Any information on this matter would be greatly...

RAF Staverton was, as far as I know, a pre-WWII base. So why does Google Earth say that, in 1945, it looked like this:

:?:

I've never been to Booker or Wellesbourne Mountford. Does that matter?

The Mustangburgers at Old Buck were something else...

Hello Everybody, hope all is well!

Getting straight into it:

Background
Myself and 2 others are looking at buying an aircraft and after doing some medium level cost investigation and attending the Leicester LAA Airshow, we have quickly come to...

Is still the dog’s bx after all this time. Thanks Tim and team for making a pilot oriented product that makes the whole process much, much easier.

Head to the Members' forum for the link to this week's Skivestream. See you at 3pm Wednesday!

I had a flight testing Starlink in my aircraft, 40Mbs-60Mbs with antenna plugged on window or windshield, pretty impressive stuff !

For power, it worked reliably with cigar adapter 12V/5A from aircraft and also tried portable battery,

Flying...

Well done and well desrved Sherburn Aero Club :thumleft:

AOPA said in a statement "Sherburn Aero Club is a relaxed, friendly aerodrome which is popular with visitors, club members and local residents. The airfield has well maintained grass...

Some time ago there was an EASA land requirement to keep a Technical & Journey Log Book. I duly purchased one to keep in the aircraft and like everyone else in our group I diligently failed to ever make an entry.

Is this still a requirement...

Might anyone know where I can get a 214/215 for Saturday 7th Sept. Last Saturday please.

This week we will be joined by Dr Sarah Flaherty, a human performance specialist who will be talking with us about why people think and act the way they do around aeroplanes. She also has a PhD with the AAIB, so it should be an interesting...

The continual decline of availability of LARS service provision due to lack of staffing is becoming more and more noticeable. This is not about the skilled ATC staff who do an excellent job of providing it, but more about the apparent lack of...

I flew to Welshpool on Saturday 20th April. My route was via BNN to HEN and then to Church Stretton and direct to Welshpool.

In the region of HEN there is a notified drone area of surface to 1150 feet and another to the south of that of surface to...

Not so much a thought experiment as a peek into the future.

Assuming that there's no useful vaccine, what's the exit strategy from this Covid mess for families, the economy, society, education, government... everything?