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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...

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?

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...

Has anyone got any pointers to a 'dusk until midnight' timer switch, that automatically tracks when dusk is based on the date>

At the moment I'm using a conventional timer, but every month I have to update the 'on' time.

A photocell switch...

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 -...

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've got an old Mobylette (yes, I'm in to powerful 2-wheel transport) and the petrol cock is one of those dreadful push/pull ones which screws in to the tank. I'd like to use one that is a twist and have one that also screws directly in to the...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

Not like an aircraft, but HMS Dreadnought was the only submarine in the world that could achieve the phenomenon whilst on the surface - due to its unique shape.
The order was “bring the plant to the full power state, uncotter 3,4 and 5 main ballast...

Her Maj will be lonely without him.

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...

Consistently been 6/7/8 April over the past few years. Uncanny and Joyous :D

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...

I note with interest that Mats Pt1 Ed 9 , the release of which was announced by CAA Skywise three days ago, has been withdrawn while errors are corrected.

(As announced by Skywise today). :wink:

Have always fancied having one
seems lots of folks are printing parts for various NHS kit
PPE, masks, ventilator valves
might be worth investing (or any excuse to get a new toy!)

any recommendations?

cheers

I was first on scene today where a cyclist had been knocked off his bicycle by a car at a roundabout; thankfully no broken bones or blood, but I now wish that I had been more useful in such a situation.

Don't want to spend toooo much money, but any...

I'm looking to replace my old MacBook Pro, which is coming up to ten years old and is showing signs of old age. I'm not a 'power user' or a gamer, but I do like to edit videos (not professionally!) and the old MacBook is struggling with this now. I...

I want a tube of it . You know the one I mean .

“ Remove Outside packaging & FILM ”

I've yet to unstick film without resorting to cutting .

Whatever it is it's pretty good !

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...

From the BBC.

Students have said the mess they leave isn’t their fault.

There are not enough bins apparently, and no bins for their used sharps or used nitrous oxide canisters.

They need bins installed for sharps, bins for nitrous oxide...

Just curious as to what level of fees percentage wise, are typically paid to financial advisers that manage personal pensions.

Cambridge x 2 !

The underdogs win

‘Nuff said :wink:

Simon

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...

For me...

My energy company (Octopus Energy) lend out a FLIR thermal camera FOC for a week, so that you can look for hot & cold spots around the home, with the aim of enabling you to make specific improvements where needed. Not a bad offer seeing as they...

People smuggling with a difference

Rob P

Any recommendations?

My assorted ones on footpump, Halfords electric pump, and basic hand held vary by up to 10psi and I have no idea which one (if any) is correct.

Well I suppose the concept is an erosion of liberty and so on, ID cards by the back door, that sort of thing. But I guess if it meant I could go to the pub I'd accept the principle.
BUT then I remembered pubs that I used to go to that really hacked...

I had occasion today to stop in at the M5 Gloucester Services (southbound) with the specific task of purchasing some local produce, since I'm originally from around those parts, and I usually stop there both north-and south-bound to support them....

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...

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,...

Where are our mariners? Grumpy One, Josh (in a previous life IIRC) anyone else?

I'm sure they could get it sorted toot sweet.

Or perhaps Bill could fire some torpedoes at the canal sides to free things up a bit.

There must be one soon for the undelivered items .
Like to locate my Brad nails and contact Adhesive along with several DIY bits sent mostly by eBay sellers yet to arrive .
If my experience is repeated, then there is a large store somewhere waiting...

The lift & lower actuator on a "medical" bed wasn't working, so I open the control box & noticed that one resistor(?) looks a bit rough, with some scorch marks beneath. On the reverse side of the board I saw that the solder joint...

I keep hearing about our 300 Billion National debt but I have no idea who has loaned this .

Where is this big barrel of money stored and who fills it ?

What is a Billion anyway ?

No politics please - just plain ignorant

They are amazing!
Like everyone else, Chez Lobsta has huge numbers to be cut up and put out with the recycling. I've just been doing that weekly chore. But then I started actually to look at them while I was doing it.
They are brilliant structural...

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...

Just curious...

Mine arrives on Monday!

If he didn't look like an extra in a Noddy cartoon he might not attract the attention :lol:

Sorry folks this so far off aviation I know but we're in a real quandary.

We lost our canine best mate just a few weeks ago after 16 years, for those familiar with pet ownership you'll know what the impact is.

There are so many aspects of daily...

Five years since he left us and I can’t help but imagine Keef sat up there, looking down on us all and wondering at all that’s happened over the last year.

I’m sure I speak for us all when I say that he is missed, but never forgotten.

Hopefully...

Dear Team

I need to print certificates on pre-printed bits of paper.

The pre-view and print off unfortunately shows the whole lot and I have not been able to find any setting either in Adobe, Preview or on the printers, Brother and HP.

Anybody...

Hi

Does anyone know of a decent motorhome rental company that's not too far from an airport somewhere in that tranche of the country that encompasses Leeds/Doncaster (ish).

Plan is to drive to Yorkshire Dales, and happy to make that a two or...

This may be a sensitive subject and maybe folks would not feel comfortable about opening-up, however, I'm looking at this as **** or bust so I don't mind starting the conversation.

I'm early retired due to being made redundant. For health reasons,...

I recently had my annual eye test.
I explained to the "optician" that I again wanted varifocals as I needed to see charts/instruments on a light aircraft and also distance to avoid colliding with other aircraft--particularly those in the...

If someone won a million pounds and decided to share it with some friends--say 4 friends £200k each . Are there any tax implications from such a gift. Friends are not related.
PS-just something that came up in a conversation--"onest guv it aint...

In the end the best value 7mm tiles will come from Duramat :

Prompted by the need to re-wire the 13A sockets in my workshop, and aided by @Charliesixtysix 's recommendation for floor tiles, I have just spent a week getting from here ...

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So, going flying being a given, as is meeting and hugging your nearest and dearest, and a trip to the pub - what else are you hoping to do with your new found freedoms in the coming months? I've found myself thinking about it a lot lately, probably...