Flyer Magazine

A couple of weeks ago we looked at the UK’s airspace infringement hotspots. Since then, the CAA has come back to us with some information, so we thought we’d take a closer look at its view of the problem. There’s some genuinely useful information, but we didn’t agree with everything the CAA had to say. We also thought there were a few important things it should have said, but didn’t… In the News Land at Enstone gets outline planning approval, but we’re told the future of flying there is secu...

It’s true, some pilots just don’t know how to start, taxi, park, use the fuel pump, and get in and out of the hangar without winding up other pilots. Here’s FLYER’s guide to good ground etiquette. In the News Tom Hamilton’s new aircraft, the Reach Aviation AC-6 Electric aircraft lands on a floating heliport in Manhattan New Safety Sense Leaflet on Autopilots Flying Scholarships for both private and would-be professional pilots Boeing’s latest 20-year forecast for the airline industry: more ...

There are more than 1,100 airspace infringement each year in the UK which sounds a lot. But many are in the same places known officially as Airspace Hotspots, or as we prefer, Traps. What are these Traps? Why do they catch pilots out? What can be done to solve the issue? Is it the fault of the pilots, complex airspace or something else? That’s this week’s main topic. News Dodge the drones: mandatory EC by 2028 Skyfly gets $10m to swing its Axe Has Gloucestershire Airport been SuperDried? Sea...

Is the UK the best place in the world to learn to fly? This week, we compare the sub-ICAO pilot licences across the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, looking at flight training hours, medical requirements, aircraft privileges, passenger limits, night flying and instrument flying. We also discuss the challenges UK pilots face when flying abroad and whether greater international recognition of the UK NPPL could open up more opportunities. In the news, we cover the lates...

What do you choose? A new car or an aeroplane? Yes, after last week’s show where we talked about expensive new high-performance microlights, we go to the other end of the price spectrum. You can buy a whole aeroplane, airworthy and flying, for less than £30,000. We identify a range of possible aircraft available now in the small ads - there’s something for everyone. And on a similar subject, TV chef Jamie Oliver achieved his PPL at Andrewsfield over the summer - now he’s helped save the airf...