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At its best, the Flyer Forum continues to be a valuable resource for the General Aviation community

It is a place where flyers of all experience levels can meet to discuss and exchange up-to-date undistorted...

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,...

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...

Well having scrapped our West Country escape, and looking at the forecast, I am guessing there will be lots of tele-watching in our house over the next two weeks.

Our preference is for serial scandi noir - there was a thread in which The Valhalla...

Inspired by the 'Your cat(s)' topic, I wondered, given the primary nature of this forum, if people would care to share thoughts and pictires of their avian companions.

Our canary is called Quark - a physics joke based on his characteristics as a...

Big Sur 11.3.1 has killed my printer :( boohoo!

The repercussions of my last MacOS upgrade to my 27" iMac continue with my old but perfectly serviceable Brother DCP-195C inkjet scanner/printer no longer compatible driver-wise.

Looking to...

Despite having ridden motorcycles for over half a century, I have never been to the Isle of Man. I understand the TT races are not being run this year, and I don't think I could cope with the crowds.

With quarantine restrictions on most European...

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?

Yeah - well...we have chickens, and a guinea-pig hutch, and do composting of everything that the chickens and piggies (and dogs) don't eat...which to be honest isnt much - the dogs adore eating cat and chicken sh*te

We have had rats at the end of...

So poor mollycoddled overpaid footballers are 'scared' by racist comments on social media by people they're never ever likely to meet in person.
They could do as I do: don't have your phone switched on 24/7, don't use a smartphone, don't subscribe...

Starting a new thread as I (& others?) might have similar questions in future ..

Curtains

Does anyone have any experience with motorised curtains?

I'd like to automate three curtains in our Sitting Room; ours are fairly heavy & wide,...

If you’re a bit of a nerdy geek like me(!) you might find this Open Infrastructure Map of interest.

It lets you scroll around and zoom in to see where the various utilities and the like run. This link is just showing electricity, but using the...

Moving to a new house in the next couple of weeks (that "just happens" to be a stones throw from the airfield) and have noticed that the area is on the limits of Three's 5G service. In fact a walk around nearby and test with a 5G mobile...

I'm new on here so if this is the wrong place to post this kind of thing please let me know.

I've noticed recently that some 2-reg aircraft that I'm certain are civilian are appearing under the military filter on ADS-B Exchange. I believe this is...

Burnt my arm at the weekend.

Not a large burn, but quite a deep one (took the skin with it) and about an inch square.

Realised I didn’t have any dressings, popped into Boots, picked up some dressings.

Asked the pharmacist if they had any...

Anyone want to club together for a bid then draw lots to see who goes if it wins? :P

My Triumph Spitfire has now turned 40 years of age so it's time to change the taxation class to (tax-free) 'Historic' from (payable) 'PLG'. Historically this change has been fraught with problems, but over the years the process is supposed to have...

Let's hope that this is the start of a great summer.... :thumleft: :thumleft:

Posted on the COVID-19 discussion thread , but thought I'd post it here too:

I've installed Folding@Home on my computer which is processing stuff I don't understand to help the efforts with understanding the Coronavirus' proteins which might help...

So,

I've a knackered phone, and a knackered USB drive. Both are ruggedised, both if somebody could repair them contain data that might be regarded as confidential (although was all backed up, so that is not a problem).

What do I do to dispose of...

Can anyone explain why on Earth anyone would feel that a sign would be placed 142 yards (129.8m) from a junction and then annotated with such precision?

Is it OCD to think that positioning it 24 feet earlier, or even 20 feet and fudge the figures...

French scientists (not disclosed whether they were working for any brewer or not, but they were based in Champagne) have counted (actually estimated) that there up to 2 million bubbles in the head on your beer. Disappointingly their results were...

I guess we'll watch the lot, but as we are currently at the end of Series 3 I thought I would check if people who have stuck with it think it's worth the effort.

We watched Series One a couple of weeks back, two episodes a night over three nights...

I'm going round in circles and need some help - arguably medical but for now just from the forum.

For the last five years I have driven an old mark 1 TT Roadster with just shy of 150k on the clock. It still starts and runs well but it is getting a...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

Not sure if he is missing, AWOL, something better or (hopefully not) something worse, but if anyone
a) is going to Shenington in the next few days
or
b) has a contact number for Colin Hales (who may know where he is)
could you please be so kind as...

Cambridge x 2 !

The underdogs win

‘Nuff said :wink:

Just curious...

Mine arrives on Monday!

My baby girl is rapidly approaching her 21st.

I'm not the greatest gift buyer at the best of times, so this one is being a bit more difficult.

Anyone got any suggestions for something memorable and worthy of such a milestone?

.....on the krautomobile. Well, it is 17 years old.

Not much really, just a few spots at the bottom of front pax door and a bit more on front of drivers side rear wheel arch.

I'm aware of how gash DIY jobs can look and am just wondering if it's...

Hello. I am a UK student working on a research project based on female initiatives by aviation organisations and their effectiveness. As part of the primary research, I would appreciate if female pilots could complete a questionnaire attached below...

Recently having a problem with some ATC---.it seems to be very fast sl;ioghtly unclear sppeech--obviously one doesn"t want to say "say again" too often".
I have no problem listening to a normal radio--bbc etc. although TV can...

Hi all,
Could you please help me by filling out the survey I am conducting regarding SAF and its awareness? It is for my dissertation. Thank you to all and I hope I get some responses from you. The link to the survey is:

Ok, it's a risk / punt but where are we all planning to go in the foreseeable future?

We have Dublin in June, Mallorca in October and the Azores in November.

Portugal looks enticing too but can't really work out when looks possible.

If one keeps car keys within a Faraday pouch when not being used to make a relay attack harder, what would be the implications of keeping a Tile tag (or Apple Air Tag etc) in the same pouch? Will it end up "shouting" its Bluetooth signal,...

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...

Time for a rebranding, Ian? Vowels are so last year; time to put the finishing touches on your “modern, agile, digitally-enabled brand”.

(This reads like an elaborate April Fool story, but astonishingly isn't.)

I thought another stab at the forum crop growing thread might be of interest, so here goes.

Harvesting arable crops generally happens between mid July and the middle of September, but they all get planted at quite different times.

Winter planted...

Does anyone have any Top Tips for what to look for in finding the best supplier for a pendant / button for an old person. Asking for a reli - not me! Main reason to get one is if she falls (95% when in the house), due to physical instability rather...

Not sure if this is a GDPR thing or not, but who defines what is & what isn't "legitimate interest" WRT cookies? Seems very one sided to me, and open to abuse by the likes of FaceBook, V Putin and others ...

I like to explore the country from the air or ground, so think this is a good initiative. Summary and url below:

'This is an important, positive and timely project. Walking can improve health and wellbeing, tackle the climate and ecological...

Can anyone tell me what is the best platform to watch the Livestream on? YouTube, FaceBook etc?

Also when watching last night (and previously) it is obvious that the live comments are relating to something that I haven't yet seen, often by a couple...

Hey,

I'm after some advice with regards to a bit of a mess my parents have been left in after getting a new bathroom. I've got a proper plumber coming out but it wont be until end of next week and just curious if anyone can help signpost possible...

Good or bad, what are two things that have changed for you the most in the last 12 months?

Circumstances, opinions, tolerance, career choices etc.

1. I’m more tolerant of people. Don’t know why, I just feel I am. I think I’ve properly realised...

Right, just to balance up the dog(s) thread , here's another for the household bosses!

First up, Pestle (and yes, I did have one called Mortar but she absconded!) - made it to 13

Next, Ace & Roar (ginger) - brothers who sadly passed within...

And now it is here. An Alexa enabled Post-it printer.

I want one and I want it now!

Rob P

Since most of us are possibly in for an extended period of @home, what to do?

I already started a playlist on Spotify:
My Sharona (sing along to “my Corona”)
Peggy Lee - Fever
London’s Burning - the Clash
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
I will survive -...

Hi

Anyone know what the current timescales are for the gov.uk site to issue a basic DBS certificate?

Thanks

So, as well as just qualifying for my PPL(a), I enjoy a bit of cycling. Like many of of my fellow cyclists, I use the Strava website to log rides and track metrics etc. One of the things you can look at is who crossed paths with you on a ride...

One of the more amusing consequences of a stretched global supply chain:

I must admit I've never seen the point of garden ornaments and put them in the same list as mimes as ripe for prompt action post revolution.

I have always been fascinated by history of all sorts and especially ancient civilisations like Rome, Greece and Egypt. Today I have been reading about the discovery of a city built 3,400 years ago near Luxor during the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep...