#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...

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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...

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“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...

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...

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...

Wondering if anyone has any experience or recommendations for renting a light aircraft (ideally PA28) in the New York area for a few days this summer.

I have the FAA piggyback licence already but no experience of flying in the US.

Thanks!

Hi all,

They always seem to be in the middle of fields or ludicrously out in the open.

I’ve presumed that either the landscapes have changed since WW2 and they used to be in hedgerows, or they were diversions to draw fire away from the actual...

There comes a point when one must put their hand up and ask for help, which is where I am at.

I am in the process of restoring a Taylor Mono that last flew in 2013- I wrote an article about it for the LAA mag last year. Previously, I had absolutely...

Doesn't sound good.. :(

Major milestone today :D my second logbook. Just one problem though, it’s a Pooley’s logbook with 2 Instrument columns; 1st is ‘Instrument Flying’ and the 2nd is ‘Simulated Instrument Flying ‘
Am I supposed to total both P1 and Put Instrument Flying...

I'm familiar with Cranfield , Cambridge, Southend and Norwich but can anybody provide any feedback to cost / experience using any of the following:

East midlands
Birmingham
Oxford
Doncaster
Gloucester

Current IR holder looking for somewhere...

Just seeing that 50million people affected by power outages in Spain and Portugal over the weekend. Absolutely no electricity. We reply on Electricity for so much in our lives.

Various theories.... everything from Russian/Chinese hacking to solar...

Just had our transponder reworked with new firmware etc. apparently, I now need to show SDA/SIL 0 for LAA LAA to be happy.

When we built the RV12's we found a tower that had one of the virtual radar thingamabobs like Flight Aware or Pilot Aware or...

Did a brief search but only found Milty to have posted a Christmas rhyme about it. ChatGPT is the most advanced ChatBot in the world, made by openAI - Anyway google or try it yourself and let it learn from your data and extract your soul...

Crossed the CTR yesterday evening in a Tiger Moth. No transponder. Busy IFR traffic. Poor vis in the setting sun.

Controller simply couldn't have been more helpful. Really excellent. Benchmark of how to do it. Bristol take note.

in Alaska's Toughest Pilots on at the moment - completely nuts in my opinion!

Hi,

I’m a PPL(A) holder with an IR(R), I’ve got about 110hrs total of which about 50% is PIC.

I’m looking at next steps in my aviation journey - I’ve already ruled out ATPL (sadly) due to lifestyle commitments that mean I simply couldn’t make...

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...

Each year I post copied output from the Northern Aviators FB page to give intrepid Forumites as much notice as possible.

So Saturday 10th May 25 is when the first window of opportunity opens
Troops, the first date for Lancashire landing is the...

Leeming primary radar (PSR) has had a sector blank installed from 237-277T. No PSR coverage is available in this sector

Just curious, what is a 'sector blank' and why would one be installed?
(I'm guessing it is something to protect people working...

This piqued my interest this morning:

TEMPO danger area (TDA) established - EGD091. (Eid 015 Shannon FIR segment). Within area bounded by
Straight lines joining:
520900N 0300000W - 524100N 0183300W - 523200N 0150000W - 520200N 0150000W - 512800N...

Right, so - my house here in Belgium is from the early 1950s.

Concrete was still a bit scarce after the war, so the ground floor at my place has half concrete floors & half wooden floors, latter supported by rafters (for lack of a better...

Upcoming free landings for FLYER Club Members! In May, you will have:
Bagby
Skye
Haverfordwest
Perth

The vouchers will appear, as usual, in the Members' Dashboard before the end of the month!

That could save most GA pilots at least £61. That is a...

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

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...

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...

I might be missing something obvious, but try as I might I can't find the operating hours for the LARS providers in any sensible place in the AIP. Can some kind and knowledgeable soul point an old pilot in the right direction please?