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...
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...
BEA appointed UK Piper Aircraft dealer
British European Aviation (BEA) has announced its appointment as the exclusive dealer in the UK for Piper Aircraft. BEA was formed in 2010 by combining several GA businesses including Heli Air and Booker Aviation. The company says that since the signing of a fifty year lease for Wycombe Air Park, BEA also has the stability and control to develop as the premier business venue for General Aviation in and around the London area. Speaking...
Stapleford airfield planning GNSS approach
Stapleford airfield in Essex, home to the Stapleford Flight Centre and one of the busiest General Aviation airfields in the London area, has launched a consultation on a new GNSS ‘RNAV’ instrument approach to its 21L runway. The airfield, which sees extensive private and commercial flight training activity says that approximately 700 flights a year are expected to use the satellite-guided approach (out of approximately 40,000 annual...
Brize / Oxford airspace proposals spark controversy
The proposals, developed jointly between RAF Brize Norton and London Oxford Airport, call for a very significant increase in Class D controlled airspace across a swathe of the Cotswolds, extending approximately from west of Cirencester across to Bicester and Banbury in the east. The airports say that the new controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate their existing and projected traffic, and in particular Instrument Flight Rules...
Egyptian Aviation Academy order Beechcraft
Textron Aviation Inc., has received an order from the Egyptian Aviation Academy for two Beechcraft Baron G58 twins and two Beechcraft Bonanza G36 single engine aircraft. These aircraft will join the academy’s existing Beechcraft fleet as they continue to modernise their training platforms. “The Beechcraft Bonanza and Baron are proven platforms ideally suited to train students as they transition into high-performance, turbine...
