2020 aviation events calendar takes a battering
With social-distancing measures making public events an impossibility at the moment, many aviation shows, events and exhibitions have been forced to cancel. Some, however, have been suspended rather than written-off and so may yet take place at a later date this year. Here’s a round-up of what the current aviation events calendar looks like. The big shows Farnborough International Airshow – cancelled The largest...
Right-Hand Seat Flying with no Training
Report Text: Towards the start of February, a newly qualified friend and I decided to take our C150 to a shortish grass strip. My friend who had only received his licence a few weeks prior was Captain/PIC and wanted to practise some short field landings and we chose the best location for it -a 700m well-kept strip with hedges at either end of the runway. The flight to the airfield was uneventful, the weather was perfect VFR and...
Can socially-distanced flight training work?
Although commercial pilot flight training recommenced at a number of Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) in the UK towards the end of May, at the time of writing, flying clubs and PPL schools remain in lockdown. The message from UK Government is that it is too early to restart all forms of flight training just yet, but there is a glimmer of hope that July could see some return to the skies for flying schools and clubs. As reported...
Cotswold Airport Appoints New Airport Manager
Cotswold Airport, Kemble, has announced the appointment of Christian Ackroyd as the new Airport Manager. Christian joins Cotswold Airport from the Army Senior Leadership Team with REME Regiment, where he served for 20 years. Christian’s record of active service included Bosnia, Kosovo, twice in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan. He also served in Canada, Poland and the US for operational training, including a two-year exchange with the US...
Who owns the air?
As the UK aviation authorities continue to warn General Aviation about the “unacceptable” level of airspace infringements, and in turn the General Aviation community’s attitude towards the ongoing expansion of controlled airspace continues to harden, the CAA have launched a major consultation on how decisions on introducing and changing controlled airspace are made. Meantime, a more fundamental question is being asked by the GA...
