MPs and broadcaster (and pilot) Carol Vorderman have launched a new working group to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) jobs and skills in … Read more
All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation
Aerodrome safeguarding call follows Shoreham plan
A housing estate and Ikea superstore to be built next door to Brighton City Airport (Shoreham) has prompted the All-Party Parliamentary Group for General Aviation … Read more
Call for US-Europe agreement on medicals
British and American politicians are calling for pilot medical standards to be recognised across the UK, Europe and the USA. In a joint letter to … Read more
Airspace inquiry launched by Parliamentary Group
All aviation organisations are invited to submit evidence to a new inquiry into the UK’s airspace and how it’s managed. The inquiry, run by the … Read more
Skytyping to become legal in UK, pledges minister
+VIDEO Skytyping and other forms of sky writing are to become legal in the UK. The Aviation Minister, Baroness Sugg CBE, has promised to update … Read more
Promote GA say cross-party MPs after US fact-finding tour
Much more can be done to promote General Aviation and develop high-tech jobs and skills were the conclusions of a party of MPs who went … Read more
Planning policy changes ‘useful’ but more to do
Two pro-General Aviation changes made to the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) have been welcomed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation (APPG-GA). … Read more
Farnborough airspace decision provokes parliamentary inquiry
The battle over the airspace grab in the congested south-east of England by Farnborough Airport isn’t over. The influential All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on General … Read more
‘Not our finest hour’ admits CAA over GPS approaches
The CAA’s failure to approve GPS approaches at aerodromes across the UK “hasn’t been our finest hour”, according to no less than Mark Swan, CAA … Read more
GA campaigners to speak at AeroExpo
AeroExpo, the UK’s top General Aviation event, is being staged at Wycombe Air Park from this Thursday, 14 June to Saturday, 16 June. As well … Read more