Funding call for GB Womens World Gliding Championship Team
Great Britain’s Womens World Gliding Championship Team have launched a funding drive to support their appearance at this year’s world championships being held in the Czech Republic. Unlike many of the national teams that are competing this year, Team GB is not state funded and the six competitors require support in taking their single-seat gliders out to Zbraslavice for the championships being held from 26 July to 09...
SkyDemon adds frequency selector
Flight planning and navigation software specialist SkyDemon announced a new add-on at AERO 2025 today – a Bluetooth link to compatible aircraft radios allowing frequencies to be selected via Skydemon’s App. As Skydemon’s Rob Hart explains, the feature will allow Skydemon users to select a radio frequency from their tablet screen which will automatically be entered into an aircraft radio’s active or standby frequency list. The...
Elixir Aircraft soaring high at AERO 2025
The formal transfer of Egnatia Aviation’s first Elixir flight trainer took place this morning at AERO 2025. Egnatia’s CEO Dimitris Lymperakis joined Cyril Champenois, Elixir Aircraft’s co-founder and director of sales & marketing, for the formal handover of the first of 12 trainers ordered by the Greek flight training academy. “We’re delighted to take delivery of our first Elixir at the Aero Friedrichshafen air show....
AERO 2025 opens this week
Europe’s largest General Aviation trade show, AERO 2025, opens tomorrow at Friedrichshafen in southern Germany. Spanning 14 halls, housing 756 exhibitors from 38 countries, the annual show is Europe’s largest GA event, encompassing everything from short-mission drones to globe-trotting business jets. FTN will be roaming the halls over the next couple of days to report on what’s hot in the GA industry today,...
Private pilot licensing and training simplification project enters final consultation phase
The final consultation phase of the CAA’s substantial project to amend UK private pilot licensing and training has commenced today with the publication of AMC and GM documentation. The Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) provide the detail of the proposed changes, which are being enacted to deliver a more simplified and cohesive training platform for private pilots following Brexit. After having left the EU...
