Upcoming GASCo Safety Evenings announced
The General Aviation Safety Council – GASCo – has announced a series of five Safety Evenings to be held in the opening months of the new year. The events are part of an annual programme, staged at flying clubs and venues across the UK, which aims to address current GA safety concerns. Although the format was forced to move online via a series of ‘webinars’ during the pandemic, it’s hoped the in-person events – to which guest speakers...
World’s only female Spitfire pilot killed in car crash
Former Spitfire pilot Carolyn Grace has passed away aged 70, her family have confirmed. “It is with great sadness that we must announce that Carolyn Grace has been killed in a car accident on Friday December 2 2022,” announced Daisy Grace, Carolyn’s daughter-in-law. Originally from Australia herself, Carolyn was driving in New South Wales where her Suzuki was struck by another vehicle 120 miles south west of Sydney; a fatal accident...
Former Head of GA at the CAA passes away
Former Head of GA at the CAA, Mr Rufus Heald MBE, has passed away at the age of 97. “It is with considerable sadness I write to inform you that my father Rufus passed away last Thursday afternoon” announced Nigel, Rufus’ son, a sentiment many who knew him shared. Echoed across the Flyer and PPrune forums, well-wishers gathered to offer recollections, anecdotes and messages of remembrance for “a long life well lived” – and an...
Steve Slater stepping down from LAA
The Chief Executive Officer of the Light Aircraft Association (LAA), Steve Slater, has announced his intention to step down from the role in Spring 2023. This decision follows a period of over seven years in the post, during which Slater has “overseen a period of significant change in both the Association and the sport flying community”; a tenure which has seen him engaging with the organisation’s members, representing the sector at...
FTA Global appoint new strategic adviser
UK-based training provider FTA Global has confirmed the appointment of Anthony Petteford as its new Strategic Adviser; the first step in the school’s plan for “both attracting and making significant future capital investment in UK pilot training”. With 26 years’ experience in the aviation industry, including leading and investing in ab initio brands including Oxford Aviation Academy (now CAE) and L3Harrris (previously CTC Aviation),...
Quality Fly becomes EU’s first carbon-neutral flight school
Earlier this month, Quality Fly flight academy – based at Madrid-Cuatro airport in Spain – became the “first European flight school to achieve carbon neutrality”. Unique among flight schools in Spain, the training provider’s investment in “carbon-neutral integrated and modular commercial pilot programmes” (something it claims “very few in Europe” are doing) have helped it to reach this milestone; moving one step closer to the goal of...
