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...
Court of Appeal reviews test case over pilot employment status
The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) says it is “standing firm in support of workers’ rights” as the Court of Appeal reviews a test case that could have major implications for employment practices in aviation and other industries. The appeal, brought by Storm Global and Ryanair, challenges two previous rulings by the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Both rulings found that pilot Jason Lutz was a...
Flight Design sold to Shang Gong Group
Shanghai-headquartered Shang Gong Group has acquired the assets of German aircraft manufacturer Flight Design and has said it will make a significant investment into increasing production in the Czech Republic. Having entered into insolvency last December, court appointed administrator Marcello DiStefano said that an intensive investor process was conducted on behalf of Flight Design, before reaching the decision to sell the company’s...
L3Harris flight training academy sold and rebranded as Acron Aviation
US technology and defence company L3Harris announced at the end of March that it had completed the sale of its Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) division to private equity firm TJC for $800m. The CAS division will now trade as a standalone business named Acron Aviation, with bases in the UK, US and Thailand. In the UK, L3Harris operated out of two locations, comprising a full flight simulator (FFS) centre in Crawley near Gatwick,...
Glider flies across four nations in one flight
On 18 March 2025 an Arcus M self-launching motor glider, flown by Chris Gill, Manager and Chief Flying Instructor at Denbigh Gliding and Geoff Burtenshaw from the Southdown Gliding Club, made an epic journey flying across the four nations of Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England, in a flight lasting nearly nine hours, covering a distance of 382 miles and attaining a height gain to 19,000 ft over the Eryri (Snowdonia) National...
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...
