Nottingham City Airport petition asks for eviction postponement
A petition asking Nottingham City (Tollerton) Airport landowners to postpone the eviction of businesses, resulting in the cessation of all flight activity at the Midlands airport by 06 June, has garnered over 1,400 signatures in just three days. As reported previously, Vistry Group, the landowners of Tollerton Airport, gave residents notice earlier this month that it was closing the airport ahead of planned redevlopment of the site...
Aerobility recruiting for new FI
UK Aviation charity Aerobility is recruiting for a new Flight Instructor to be based at the organisation’s Blackbushe Airport HQ. Aerobility says there is an element of flexibility as to whether the FI should be able to commit to working full time, part time or on an ad hoc basis, and are willing to be flexible and open in designing a schedule to suit them. Candidates will need to hold a UK CAA FI(A) rating and CPL in order to deliver...
PCL Awards & Event proceeding despite LHR shutdown
With the news of the complete shutdown at London Heathrow Airport this morning due to a substation fire that knocked out power, concerns started to rise that Pilot Careers Live wouldn’t go ahead this weekend. However, after having spoken with the PCL organisers, FTN is pleased to confirm that it’s still taking place. The event commences at 19:00 this evening with PCL’s inuagural Flight Training Awards, taking place...
ALSIM launches new Cirrus simulator
French aircraft simulator company ALSIM has confirmed the launch of its new Cirrus SR Series G7 simulator and has recently installed the first two sims at Cirrus’ Vision Centre in Knoxville, Tennessee. ALSIM ALSR G7 is a replica of the Cirrus SR Series G7 SR22 aircraft, offering a reliable and economic training solution for pilot licence training, as well as Cirrus aircraft familiarisation training. The simulator features the latest...
Diamond Aircraft buys Volocopter
Volocopter has been resuced by fellow German company Diamond Aircraft, which completed the acquisition of the eVTOL development company on 13 March. Having filed for insolvency in December 2024, Volocopter has been seeking a new investor and has now found it in Diamond Aircraft, which reportedly paid €11m for the company. Diamond says the reorganization of Volocopter will “broaden its aircraft and business portfolio into the...
