Honourable Company of Air Pilots announce 2018 scholarships
Jan24

Honourable Company of Air Pilots announce 2018 scholarships

The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) has announced its 2018 flying scholarship program, with specific awards for private pilot, gliding and instructor qualifications. Private Pilot Licence 2018 These scholarships cover all aspects of training up to the issue of a Private Pilot Licence (PPL) for candidates who are prepared to dedicate a considerable part of summer 2018 to gaining their PPL. Providing up to 45 hours of flying...

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Iced Up – Going Down! James McBride
Jan22

Iced Up – Going Down! James McBride

‟London Control, Grosvenor Zero Three Bravo, request descent!ˮ my voice on the R/T may have sounded calm, but I felt far from it. The reassuring voice in my headphones returned with; ‟Standby Grosvenor Zero Three Bravo, maintain Flight Level Niner Zero…ˮ My situation was not good and I knew it. At cruising altitude, nearly nine thousand feet above the Pennines in solid clag. I looked again at the Airspeed Indicator, hmmmm… nearly back...

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De-icing the RAF way, Tad Higher
Jan21

De-icing the RAF way, Tad Higher

Ice. Our normal routine is to forget about ice until we see a weather forecast for the next day that causes us concern. If frost is forecast and we have a lesson at 0900, we wait until everyone else has packed up for the night and then stick a Tomahawk just inside the hangar door, hoping Randolph doesn’t notice when he locks up. If he doesn’t spot our aircraft we can get away without paying a hangar fee for the night. We...

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Register of ‘VFR significant areas’ updated
Jan18

Register of ‘VFR significant areas’ updated

The Future Airspace Strategy VFR Implementation Group (FASVIG) has just completed version 2 of its ‘Register of Significant VFR Areas’. The term VFR Significant Area is applied to a volume of airspace which has been identified as being particularly important to VFR operations. A VSA might take the form of a route, a zone or an area chosen for its particular importance to its VFR users. The objective is to highlight the importance of a...

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Border Air Training bought by Cloud Global Group
Jan18

Border Air Training bought by Cloud Global Group

Cloud Global, based at Perth airfield in Scotland, have purchased Carlisle-based Border Air Training in a deal that will significantly expand Cloud Global’s flight training operations. Border Air Training has been operating flying schools at Carlisle Airport in Cumbria and Cumbernauld Airport in central Scotland for 26 years. The deal also includes the acquisition of ‘Fly Scenic Scotland’ who operate sightseeing flights and provide...

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