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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...

The original plan for this weekend was to fly to Locarno in Switzerland. After a week of excellent weather, a few days of rain, thunderstorms and lots of clouds would arrive this weekend. Not a suitable weather for crossing the Alps. Friday and...

Did a trip to Maarud NE of Oslo last week. Maarud is a farm that is allso the location of one of Norways largest crips factories. (Brand name Maarud :D ) Very nice grass strip next to the river, that is very welcoming to visitors.

Not all of...

Hello,

I went to Wadswick last week, I wont bore you with all the details but -

My low hours of less than 12, mostly circuits and local nav, since passing my GST

Having only landed on grass twice

Statements like this on their website -...

Imagine an airfield at the seaside, with wonderful views in every direction.

Imagine an airfield without even an AGCS (at the weekend, and some but not all weekdays), with quite a bit going on, but nevertheless very quiet; where you get to choose...

just to say our Arrow ( left foreground ) made it to Glenforsa today, but sadly without me in it.

Credit Josh Head (member FFG)

Had the opportunity to fly from Inyokern (USA) this week; very humbled to be allowed fly with a very kind gentleman in his 1962 180hp 172D (with a constant speed prop)!

First time really experiencing the effect of density alt and in 112 degrees...

For our summer vacation 2021, we had our eye on Sicily early in the year. It was expected that the strictest COVID-19 restrictions would be sufficiently lifted by early June, during the period when it would not yet be very warm in the deep south of...

My 2nd trip report here on the forums, gather round children......

From about the Monday onwards my attention was basically fixed on the ever changing forecast for the weekend. We had been looking forward to visiting Sandown and after following...

My favourite evening bimble is to go via Newark, Bolsover, Chesterfield to the Derbyshire hills. Chatsworth, Bakewell and Eyam this evening with a friend/colleague pax. :D

It was gorgeous!

Small beer for many here, but my first airborne visit to Scotland was an eye-opener for me. The place, the people and the weather were just perfect. An easy two and a half hours from Welshpool, but a world away. Based at Oban for a few days, the...

I went to Sibson today for the first time. The main runway 06/24 is, according to the plate in Sky Demon, 935m long, and indeed measuring the strip in Google Earth, so it is.

However, the overlay on the diagram on their web site bears virtually no...

I know - a bit tenuous, but just a massive thank you to the Glenforsa crew today.

The weather was stupendous, although the run in to crosswind at 180kts was a tad bumpy.... Had the talking freight complaining !

Landed with the standard tailwind...

2nd May and my second time flying after lockdown. The original plan was to complete my first solo landaway down to Lee On Solent, however with the weather being what it was I decided to abandon that idea.
Rather than abandoning all hope for the day,...

Our son was back for a few days to return a glider. On Saturday, we took a flight in a motor plane around Thuringia.

Soaring over the Alps

A trip report with pictures can be found here

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At 0851 today, my flying partner departed the strip in our Jodel on the first leg of Flight2Hope ,

The flight shall be an integral part of a sculpture that I have created in Jerusalem for the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group. The brief...

I appreciate at these times this post might be viewed a tad optimistic !
I'm hoping to get back over the Briny later this year
My McMurdo 220 PLB batteries still seem to be kicking out juice but the battery expiry date on the unit is indicated at...

Well.....

A surprise indeed.

Flew down to Biggin to collect a shiny aeroplane in the owner's 182. All fine down to Lakenheath, who were very good btw, then down in the weeds, left right etc dodging airspace.

Got towards Swanley - join downwind...

I haven’t been to Shoreham for many years and ended up there today.

During lockdown and beyond there is a new cafe called Cafe No 8 housed in a 1950’s caravan. The host is a lady called Maddy and the girls do a scrummy sarnie :thumleft:...

Did a little trip last week. The heater in the L-18C is not the greatest, but wool layer both under and over the flight suit makes it possible.

The Cub has a block and oil sump heater, as well as a battery charger. Still, hand starting in -12C is...

The weather did disappoint halfway through the route, but we were still able to make it a nice sightseeing flight over central Germany.

Hamelin

A trip report with pictures can be found here

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Sadly, I missed the opportunity to join these two recent fly-ins. But even watching the video is fun!

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking to plan some trips for a friend of mine, and we were just wondering where the most popular airfields were in the UK?

Which airfields do people feel have the best approaches?
Best scenery?
Favourite place to fly into and...

Follow along on my latest. The short flight from Cambridge to Little Staughton

Hi all, I’m new here and thought I’d share with you a flying trip I made with my daughter this summer, from Geneva where I am based.
I hope you’ll enjoy :)

All the best,
Hani

I've posted this link before, but should probably have put it in trip reports. The first part of the video is about weather making decisions a couple weeks ago; the second part is about flying to the south of France on a family holiday last summer....

It has been forever since my last IFR video. For those who are interested, here is my latest production. Yesterday's flight up from Cambridge to Doncaster (Robin Hood) International airport!

No COVID rules were infringed in the production of...

Hi,

I am often asked why I enjoy flying so much, and find a quick answer does not do the question justice. So I decided to put pen to paper and wrote down, “Why I Fly”. Thought I’d share with you...

Cheers,
Hani

13 months is a bit long to wait before claiming one's birthday aerobatics voucher really, especially when one's currency even beforehand had huge whomping gaps because of engine stoppages and mechanical woes and weather grief and then spring came...

The quote is sometimes attributed to FDR but it's a lesson as old as human endeavour --

"A prospective student had asked about my skills recently and it prompted me to ask some questions of myself. Could I actually fly in a crosswind? Most of...

First time flying an EFIS, here' is my review on the new setup!

After a much-anticipated wait, this video we premier what is most likely to be one of the first Diamond DA40’s in Europe sporting a fully approved ASPEN Evolution 2000 MAX, fully...

Some thoughts from previous flight that might pass a few minutes of a dark winter's evening

Drawing melancholy circles above my old school, my little Luscombe and I learned lessons about each other that both of us wished we learned earlier. Echo...

On my way down to Malta a few weeks ago, I decided to stop off for a couple of days on the beautiful island of Elba.

This 12 minute video is drawn from the flight into Elba from Cannes. We pick up the flight in the cruise approaching Corsica at...

(Edit 17 September: you'll find a video in a post further down.)

I recently posted a link to a YT video from a weekend trip where I (sadly) didn't participate. But I did fly in this year's main club trip. :D

Our club in Gothenburg, Sweden, has...

Eager readers may recall that in September 2015, I and two other Taylorcraft flyers took a trip to the Pacific North West and I left my Taylorcraft in Oregon for essential repairs. Also, just four months ago in May, I returned to Oregon to collect...

First go at writing a trip report, iv tried using my dyslexic filter :thumleft:
With the bank holiday fast approaching and my partner itching to get away for a few days as we have had holidays/our wedding and other events cancelled this summer we...

Hi All,

I’ve recently started tinkering with the idea of buying a plane in South Africa, and ferrying it to and importing it into the UK (to sell eventually).

So, as you can imagine, I have my research cut out for me, in terms of buying a plane in...

I was filled with envy when my co-owner returned from his holiday last year, staying in a gite down near The Loire that has been set up by a pilot, for pilots. It became a no brainer to try it myself this year. We booked July whilst he has booked...

Following up on this earlier post , I had a most excellent flight earlier this week.

First thing to note is the abundance of airfields and clubs around the region. Google for the Czech word "Letiště" and you are likely to find a few...

For many years - call it decades - I have wanted to visit Lundy by air. For me, there's something about islands that makes them perfect for GA (assuming a runway!), but Lundy has always had to me that little bit of mystery and whiff of hazard about...

A young friend of mine posted this video recently. I was asked to join the trip in the Pipistrel you’ll see in the film, but had to decline due to other comittments. My loss!

I’m posting this here to intice you to make Scandinavia your next flying...

I have nothing to do for the moment so If...if...if...everything is ok this summer,i want to try a trip to Tallin, maybe to Helsinki coming from south west of France on VFR flight.
I am looking for good plans for landing in Germany,Polen, latvia and...

Steven & Jennie Bailey are partners in Mistral Aviation LLP. Mistral Aviation LLP is a Sales Partner for Robin Aircraft.

It was all going smoothly: one aircraft sent to its new owner in Belgium at the end of February and the replacement to be...

Another great trip to to the Scilly Isles last week.

I'd like to say a big thanks to everyone in ATC at both Lands End and St Mary's in particular.
Really helpful and friendly. :thumleft:

In the end I had to make use of the special Sunday...

We can’t go flying at the moment but there’s nothing to stop us planning a dream flight for, hopefully, later in the year.

So, FLYER has teamed up with navigation app guys SkyDemon to run a light-hearted, fun competition for the most interesting...

First off - a big thank you to Frank for organising this fly-out. :thumleft: What a gentleman too. Do you ever get grumpy Frank?

Well who would have thought, The Edge finally made it to a Flyer fly-out. :D

The Edge nearly did not make it...

Last May (2019) I had a really good flying trip from Shoreham to the Outer Hebrides. We returned via Northern Ireland and Wales.
My fellow Pilot on that trip, Paul Dean has just posted a nicely edited video of the trip on youtube.
Why not have a...

At the LAA Rally last year I decided I should venture further north than the edge of the Southern chart for once, so bought a half-mil Northern chart (my old one being several years out of date!). Having been to Sherburn-in-Elmet before, I settled...

We made three trips this week in the Netherlands. On ascension day we flew to Rotterdam and Texel , on Monday to Nijmegen and Deventer , and on Saturday to Heusden .

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This is a report from a trip in September 2019
Training in America, Or "In the foothills of the Rockies"

After flying across the pond (again), I & my flying buddy Mike took our two little Taylorcraft from our base just west of...