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Hi all,

Sunday is the pick of the weekend days this week, details below.

All of my Aviation Weather School courses are currently full. However, you can still turbo-charge your flying weather knowledge by taking my online Pilot's Guide to Skew-t's...

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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...

#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...

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...

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...

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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...

“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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Maybe useful information for those planning foreign trips this year.

It is no longer necessary to have a French bank account to subscribe to an Air TOTAL card which allows use of the self-service pumps found at many airfields across the Channel....

Looks really bad

Two years ago, I hit my half century. I didn't get divorced (I did that in 2018). I didn't buy a Porsche 911 (I did that in 2019). But there seemed to be an itch that needed to be scratched, and I didn't know what it was. I have done lots of...

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...

Terrible accident.
Skydivers killed in 'tragic accident' at airfield

Talking of clearing obstacles, here's an extract from my AA5A's POH.

Best glide is 72, between Vx and Vy as you'd expect.

So what's the much lower obstacle clearance speed all about?

It's not a misprint, I think... here's a POH for the 180 hp...

I was just checking to see if I'd missed something in the post . ;)

Congratulations to Rachel Gardner-Poole OBE, latterly CAA Head of GA and previous Livestream guest (which no doubt clinched it :D) and Dougie Kerr MBE, Founder of the Solway...

If you didn't already know and slightly old news but I always wondered where they went and discovered by pure literary accident today as FT.com are running an article on Tanera Mhor Island. The link below provides a decent photo. I remember at the...

Serious question; Is it a thing that as you get older your threshold levels get noticeably lower? Yesterday I had a couple of pints of Doom Bar (so not exactly Gold Label) while waiting for a 7pm train and this morning I could still feel it a bit. I...

This came through yesterday, c/o the AAIB, as the final report, probably one of the worst I've seen. (Please bear in mind that I fly in both the 3 axis microlight world and regular GA). The summery had fourteen major/minor comments and faults! The...

A liitle saga from Yesterday:

Traffic service from Yeovil en route Alderney:

Plymouth military NOTAMed closed until late August and SwanwickMIL handling Danger Area transits but no frequency published

Me: Request correct Swanwick MIL frequency...

Look up the podcast “The Wargame” from Sky + Tortoise.

Season 2 is absolutely effin brilliant.

The cast is - well - that would be telling…

The scenario is Oct 2025…

I have a question that hopefully may find an answer here quicker than the LAA Forum.

Does the Trim Indicator for a Ray Allen Servo get fed directly from the servo? Which is what I am assuming and not via the Rocker Switch as I cannot see how?...

Blackbushe Air Day tomorow (14th June)

I think the last time I visited Blackbushe was prior to the new Farboro Airspace introduction.

Coming from the East is it normal still to be able to get from Woking following the railway line through the...

Hello all!
Probably a silly question…. Could I ask, when flying between Southampton and Bournemouth airports underneath Solent CTA, which ATSU have you used? I can monitor Solent Radar and squawk 7011 or I can request a basic service from...

For many years, MrsGB and I have had an annual worldwide multi-trip travel insurance policy through Traffords, which includes cover for touring/training type GA activities.

Last year it doubled to over £400 as we had both reached seventy. It still...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

Our streaming provider Streamyard is currently down due to (apparently) global Google Cloud issues. We're all sitting here waiting, but powerless.

We're doing our best (which is basically keeping our fingers crossed)

UPDATE: We're giving it a go...

As mentioned elsewhere I am clearingout all my flying stuff over the next few days.
I have dug out my trusty GPSmap 296 to find the battery is as flat as a pancake:

It works perfectly in all modes and has found itself via the almanac with correct...

In case anyone is interested.