Two Dundee-based pilots are about to fly a ten-day circumnavigation of the UK to promote women in aviation. Rachel Foyle and Claire Birch are embarking … Read more
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CAA and Border Force carry out spot checks
Pilots, passengers and aircraft arriving at five UK airfields earlier this month were subjected to on-the-spot checks by the CAA and Border Force. In total, … Read more
CAA launches ADS-B electronic conspicuity trials
Is the UK heading for compulsory use of ADS-B electronic conspicuity by light aircraft? That’s the likely conclusion from an announcement by the CAA that … Read more
First flight beckons as Elixir starts ground tests
French start-up Elixir Aircraft has run the engine and systems of its all-new two-seat aircraft for the first time (pictured above). The ground tests started … Read more
Return of the DeLorean… as a flying car
Having the name DeLorean can’t be easy, especially in the car industry. However, it hasn’t stopped Paul DeLorean, nephew of John, founder of the DeLorean … Read more
17-year-old wins Air BP PPL scholarship
A 17-year-old student from Hertfordshire, Robert Norris, has been awarded this year’s Air BP Sterling Pilot Scholarship, valued at £10,000, to train for a Private … Read more
8.33kHz radio payments begin
A total of 1,072 grants to pilots and aircraft owners to meet part of the cost of installing 8.33kHz radios aircraft is now being paid … Read more
Colin Hales returns to UK after crash
Injured British round-the-world pilot Colin Hales is on his way back to the UK after leaving hospital in Japan. He hopes to attend this year’s … Read more
Live traffic display trial at GA airfields
Safety in the air around General Aviation airfields could improve through the use of real-time traffic displays by Air Traffic Services – and a trial … Read more
101-year-old veteran flies in Tiger Moth
From Compton Abbas Airfield: “We recently had the pleasure of taking a very special passenger up for an Experience Flight. Phillip Allen was born in … Read more