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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...

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 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'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...

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......

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...

With Sleap and Rochester having slashed 10 p / litre off AVGAS, are we seeing a general fuel price reduction ?

Sleap down to £1.79 / litre
Rochester down to £1.91 / litre

Iceman 8)

Apologies if this is the incorrect Forum.

I have a Spider Wireless headset. Got it in 2016 when I first started PPL.

due to relocations, children, work and training etc, my PPL journey went on hold until the last two years during which I've...

As you may have seen there is likely to be a bill in parliament before Christmas.

I understand this is a very personal decision, and I am not trying to change anyone's mind.

But can I ask as many of you as feel it would be the right thing to offer...

About 2 weeks ago, WhatsApp just stopped notifying me on my iPhone X

Updated WA, updated iPhone, hard reset, uninstalled, installed from iCloud.

Everything is turned on !

If the app is open, I get a notification, if not - nowt........ I don't do...

Took my father up for the first time since gaining licence and we went to Compton. Gorgeous day for sight-seeing.
Excellent airfield, friendly on the phone, good set up and the pay by card at the pumps system worked well.

The kites hovering nearby...

Does anyone know where he is?? His phone has been going straight to voice mail for several days. I know he was trying to rescue the Stearman from Lundy but he was answering his phone from there a week or so back.

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...

Tragic loss of life especially after all he's been through after last two years.

But are the Italians serious in thinking survivors may be alive in air pockets after over three days? :(

I am wondering what other people's experiences of this are. For the first time in my flying experience an aircraft I own was ramp-checked a few weeks ago in the UK. Whilst I have no problem with the concept of compliance spot-checks, what I was very...

There was a brief discussion on the Skivestream on what the French would be for Skivestream so I thought I'd ask ChatGPT.

Glandostream and Flemmestream were offered. I'm not familiar with the words Glander or Flemme in French, but maybe someone...

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?

Is being streamed on Discovery+ and is fascinating! The TV presentation is very informative and the boats don't half go :D
Currently 4 all in first to 7.

Hi All,

I need to clear customs from the UK into the Netherlands. Has anyone had recent experience going to Lelystad?

Rotterdam is also a possibility. Any other suggestions?
I am going just East of Amsterdam.

Thanks
PA28

I’m not sure if this is allowed, but I’m hoping I have enough good behaviour credits recently to keep this here for a while… :D

Some of you will know him, and many of you will have heard of him, but Matt Dearden (@IndoPilot here), has just...

11 years ago today I bought my very own aeroplane.

Since then:

759:54 hours in the sky
942 flights
960 landings
22,347 liters of avgas (equivalent to a full tank of fuel for a Boeing 737)
142 kg of oil

Incalculable joy and happiness

This week we are looking forward to welcoming Mr Oshkosh himself, Jack Pelton - CEO of EAA - The Spirit of Aviation!
Jack has been Chairman of the Board since 2012 and CEO since 2015 (oh, and he was CEO of Cessna before that).
Tune in at 7.30pm on...

You probably need to be on Facebook to see this

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.

On the BBC, announced that Historic England have just published a set of archive photos from an aerial photographer taken late 20s, early 30s. Some quite fascinating stuff in here:

From Sky News…

Just after Christmas we acquired a rescue lurcher. Meet Stretch.

Stretch is not a high fuss or stress dog. He is either running (very fast and bad news if small and furry, so we're careful where he is off lead), lying down trying to attract...

‘Was looking at a Rotax 912S yesterday.
There’s a snag with the rear cylinder EGT...
Why would you fit an EGT gauge when you can do nothing about the mixture in flight?

Simplest way to see if there’s a real problem is to take a sparking plug out...