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A very pleasant day out, Leicester continues to be a very amicable and accommodating place.

Needed recurrent circuits for me and the other pilot in the PC-12, did a deal for 6 circuits - thank you, we stayed a bit higher and a little further...

I hadn't flown to Calais for many years and that would probably still be the case if it wasn't for the fact that Le Touquet was unavailable this particular weekend. So with Le Touquet blocked and Oostende a little pricey for a lunch trip, Calais it...

It might have taken me 18 months, but yesterday I fulfilled a promise to the wifey, and we flew on our own, in our own aircraft to Duxford. only a short trip but great significance to us. Video coming soon, but this is what she posted on FB........

We heard that it was open......

Lots of changes, flight school different, chap who used to do the radio not there, caff is completely revamped with a nice seating area, separate pilots lounge for coffee and cake and new outdoor benches.

Simple...

Hello folks,
As a new pilot I'm plotting interesting routes to fly so when I've done enough solo flying to be sure I'm safe for a passenger I'll have somewhere interesting to take them.
I see that from where I fly from there is a nice route to...

After touring some of the UK airports, Newquay, Doncaster, Liverpool & Kemble utilising my Instrument Rating it was time to explore further afield, and with that came crossing international boundaries. I had amassed 14 hours of experience post...

Owing to a minor operation on my right ankle, I'm now grounded for at least 6 weeks (no driving) and potentially up to 12 (depending on recovery) which is why I was watching the weather like a hawk and crossing my fingers that my last available day...

Had a free afternoon on Sunday, the weather was starting to clear up and the cold front kept moving south so it was north or bust the circuit.

I discovered Eshott by accident but they were open and welcomed my PPR. Headed up and an hour and a half...

When I look back at the year 2021, flying was amazing; for other reasons, personal and globally it was a rather gloomy year. The ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic meant for the best part of 2021 restrictions played a part in what was possible in terms of...

A trip that was many years in the making. Planning my first IFR trip.

This was a brilliant little run, it helped me understand some of the setup of the London TMA and how they integrate a light aircraft wishing to fly from A to B in IFR conditions....

In February 2021 the ASOT 1000 festival in Utrecht, NL; was postponed until at least September 2021. The Coronavirus Pandemic, which has dominated the world since the late parts of February 2020 continued to grip the world. I last visited the...

Not really a trip report as such, but I went to Bicester yesterday for the first time. A mate of mine has a share in a Cub based there so I thought I'd drop in and have a nose around.

It's a really nice little field, and actually not so little. The...

Barely a few days had passed and I was already planning my next IFR trip. I had a mental list of all the people that I had previously turned down due to my ongoing IR training, of which as result any additional trips outside of this training detail...

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...

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 -...

Had a great trip over to Snaith this afternoon. I needed to brush up my RT skills and a trip to photograph my friend's church in the metropolis that is Snaith in the East Riding seemed to be a perfect opportunity, its being under Doncaster airspace!...

With the closing down of flights to France and beyond my logbook looks a very sad thing with lots of twenty minutes or half hour 'locals' enlivened only by an instructor hour, great fun as ever, and a trip to Shoreham for a weekend getaway....

Having read Carl Meek's post on different country requirements (Germany permit is listed as ?) does anyone have 2021 experience of procedure for permit aircraft flying in Germany please? I have searched the AIP and Gen 1-17 (from a LAA post but...

I have just passed my NPPL Microlight licence at Deenethorpe with a first class instructor. The runway is concrete 04/22 in great condition flying in and out is a pleasure everyone is flying mad including the owner Mick who is a aviation nut. PPR...

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...

The weather has not been kind lately. We were supposed to go to Locarno over the weekend, but once again it didn't happen because of the upcoming weather on Sunday. We made a nice day of it to Zwickau.

Zwickau

A trip report with pictures can be...

Last week had a lovely day trip to Scillie Isles (airport is on St Mary’s island) in my Bonanza last week.

Could not get a hotel otherwise would have stayed the night.

Read all their paperwork from Skydemon, It seems strange for an airport that...

Al is in the title.I expect to visit Burgos and Valladolid in autumn.
Have you ideas for hotels,taxis and route coming from south west of France (Bordeaux).
Not too high,i fly in a Rallye ...vfr

Hi, thought I’d share with you my latest flying trip with one of my two children (I alternate each year with one of them), a tradition we cherish, and always a privileged moment of complicity and bonding.

Hello FLYERs,

Happy to share a video of our latest trip around Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, France.. basically going southwest from EDSB, until we ran out of soil.

Full tour: EDSB - LEAP - LESB - LEMU - LEAM - LXGB - LPPM - LECN - LFMP - (LFLY)
-...

On 19-23 July, our flying club "Aeroklubben i Göteborg" arranged the seventeenth consecutive multi-day open trip. "Open" means that anyone who is interested is welcome and, if interest is too big, gets a seat on a...

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...

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...

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