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...

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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.

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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......

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...

Hello everyone,

I'm planning to purchase a plane (haven't decided yet if I'll be a single owner or group ownership) and I'm wondering if I can hire out my plane in future?

I.e can I advertise my plane online for private hire by other pilots and...

The one that ensured that the free world wouldn't go under.

Looks like winter will arrive early this year; I've got 2 x Robins feeding on mealworms from one of my feeders and a Wren coming in on a tree next to them; never seen a Wren in the garden this early.

So right now I am working towards my LAPL. According to my FI I am 90% of the way there, just a few more solo landaways, practice QXC, the QXC itself and skills test to go (plus the remaining exams). Hopefully I’ll get it all done before Christmas,...

I'm off to the US next week and will prob 90 be doing at least an hour of flying.

If I take my SE2 with me and config it for UAT reception:

- will I see traffic broadcasting both 1090 and 978 ADSB on SkyDemon?
- will any of the other UAT features...

Has there been a massive hike in paragliding activity or has something changed to make Notification of such easier or perhaps they have been told they need to?

Either way I dont think Ive had a flight in the last month or so where I didnt have to...

From a personal point of view aged 77 I can still get a class 2 but i saw this in the AOPA newsletter and wondered what @FlyingDutch view might be.....

Some members have reported that their AME has told them that, when renewing a Class 2, that...

There is some movement here (Germany) now on the electricity market and Tibber (a Norwegian) company is offering a smart tariff.

Apparently the car can be sorted out to charge when prices are low but the rest of the energy consuming units are no...

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...

New proposals now published, some good stuff in there, reduced hours for training through an ATO, allowing use of non part 21 a/c and more.

Looks like the usual suspects are waking up to the fact that we are still burning leaded fuel, and are taking aim….

Front page article on FT.com:

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has been urged to follow the US and EU in banning aviation fuel...

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...

Anybody curious about what cross country gliding is all about should watch this

He makes it look easy, but it isn't- listen to his decisions, there's a huge amount of experience in them.
I can feel the need for a week at a gliding club...

Bearing in mind I know nothing about app development: I have been asked by someone who also knows nothing on the subject, about buying - as a gift - a suitable Android tablet to use for app development.
My first thought was that one probably doesn't...

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...

Anyone heard of them? Apparently they run ‘flying clubs’ in schools (probably private ones) offering ground instruction, sim instruction and flying instruction. I suspect they are taking up some of the slack in the RAF Air Cadet flying offer.

I’ll...

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)

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...

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...

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