Mike Langley Foundation latest auction
The latest monthly prize on the Mike Langley Foundation website is a combined Vulcan and B737-800 simulator experience. A unique and exhilarating simulator ride, this prize offers a unique opportunity to pilot both the B737-800 series airliner and the legendary Avro Vulcan bomber, the latter in the only Vulcan simulator in the world. This experience starts with a full briefing from the instructor, followed by an hour in the full...
Michael Gove Affirms Support for Fairoaks Airport
Michael Gove MP (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) visited Fairoaks Airport in early July as a guest of the ‘No Fairoaks New Town’ campaign. The campaign, established in February 2017, is seeking to protect Fairoaks Airport in Surrey from a proposed garden village development of up to 2000 houses known as ‘Fairoaks Garden Village’. This would see the end of all aviation activities on the historic General...
ARGENTINIAN AIR FORCE CADETS GRADUATE ON TECNAM AIRCRAFT
The first 34 cadets of the Argentine Air Force trained on Tecnam P2002JF aircraft have graduated at the School of Military Aviation in Córdoba, Argentina. The aircraft provided by Tecnam via its local sales representative Aerotec Argentina S.A is used for the first step in the training of pilots on the ‘Joint Basic Course of Military Aviator’, which includes candidates for the Argentine Air Force, Argentine Naval Aviation and...
bmi regional in recruitment drive
bmi regional has launched a recruitment drive to attract new Captains and First Officers. The airline is seeking crew of all levels, but particularly direct entry captains, based out of one of bmi regional’s key hubs in either Munich or Bristol. bmi regional operates a fleet of 18 Embraer 135 and 145 aircraft. The airline now operates more than 350 scheduled flights a week across a network of 35 destinations in 11 European countries...
Some Thoughts on ‘See and Avoid’
I’m sure I’m not the only pilot who’s not completely comfortable with the idea of ‘See and Avoid’ when it comes to avoiding other aircraft in uncontrolled airspace. Of course, it’s one of the first things you are taught when learning to fly. You keep a good lookout for other aircraft. You keep your eyes outside the cockpit as much as possible, you move your head around to minimise blind spots, you keep up a...