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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...

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...

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...

For the last two years we’ve been bringing you SkyDemon tips at the start of our Thursday evening Livestreams.

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...

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...

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

United Kingdom
Last updated: 9th February 2019
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)

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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
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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...

We've set up a new forum for "political discussions" as a bit of a trial.

This will be a lot more "unmoderated" than other areas of the forum, so please play nice otherwise it'll simply disappear again.

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...

From UK Small Airfields Facebook page by Tony Bainbridge. Circulating for information.
Just a heads up to all Heli operators that thefts are on the increase. Our R44 was left out for a single night at Wellsbourne to allow and early start today and...

Hi,

I’m a PPL(A) with just shy of 100 hours. Half of these were dual hours obtaining my PPL, the other half are solo PIC hours since my PPL was issued 16 months ago.

I’m sure I share frustrations with many of you that the weather has been...

Evening all, I’m hoping that the combined knowledge of the forum can, once again, make up for the inability of the CAA to provide accessible information! Any help you can provide would be appreciated.

I hope to get my IR(R) this year, and in...

Hi,

I'm planning a VFR trip to Split in May in an Beech Bonanza (no oxygen) breaking the journey up into 3 legs to clear customs at the 1st stop and have a break at the 2nd (possibly overnight) and then on to Sinj (LDSS).

Having only been as far...

I’ve just seen an e mail from Tim at SkyDemon stating that you will no longer be able to file GARs via Online GAR wef early April
The government s online service will be your only option

"That's why we brexited, yea? To give the UK Government more control over the UK citizen".

An interesting look by an American living here, at UK Government's demand to have access to Apple's encryption through a back door.

In my opinion...

I'm happy to pay for the Adobe Creative Cloud products because it's my business still. But my clients often don't have the tools to edit a picture to a specific pixel crop and at 72dpi so they can adjust their own images once I have handed over the...

Hey all

A couple of quick questions - I'm looking at doing the IR(R) but I'm struggling to find the best prep material for the written test. I've been through the easyppl ground school course on it which was good but wondering if there's better out...

This week's livestream will be coming from Europe's top General Aviation show: AERO Friedrichshafen!

Tune in at 19:30 on Thursday. :D

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Some council-owned airfields in Scotland are under threat - in particular Plockton and Broadford.

Who fancies becoming an "owner"?

Under the Community Empowerment Act 2015, community organisations have a right to ask to take over control...

We've been wandering the halls as people got their stands ready. Looks like there'll be some interesting announcements tomorrow, with first showings for the heritage Junkers, something still under wraps from Tecnam, what looks like a homebuilt...

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...

Looking at the notams it seems that Sywell is no longer licenced, and would seem to not have an ATZ.

Aerodrome Limited
Permanent; SFC+
AD not available for the use of aircraft requiring a licensed AD

EGBK ATZ Deactivated
Until 05 Jul 2024...

3OL + J,

Only in the sense that anything untoward should have shown up in the maintenance log. :roll:

Just trying to codify one's thought processes, but then I quite like check lists!

Probably more wary with varying exampels of AP than...

I recall a while back a post possibly by @RobP of a good online shop for well made white T-shirts. Is it me or are the ones you get in M&S and the like p1ss poor quality these days? Ta!

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...

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...

Hi everyone,

I am planning to book my LAPL medical in the next few weeks and was wondering how different it is to the class 2 medical?

Is a spirometry (lung function test) required for the lapl or only the class 2?

Thanks in advance

Hello all,
I realise this probably crops up with alarming monotony (and apologies for not helping) but here's an excerpt from the most recent (August 2015) consolidated RotA + SERA + exemptions document :

As we all know, 'night' in SERA-land...

Hi all, I'm currently mid PPL training and was wondering if I could get my SPL alongside it?
I spent 2 years learning to fly gliders pre-covid during which I racked up 82 flights over 15 hours, of which 10 were solo over ~1.2 hours.
I looked up the...