Sinking-in-the-Marsh is in lockdown. But first, how are you? – Tad Higher
That’s the question now, isn’t it? How are you doing? And it is a different question from before. What was a superficial greeting has become something more. Our language hasn’t changed, we have. So how are you? I suspect that we here are Lockdown Britain in miniature. We clap our health workers. It doesn’t make up for lousy pay and conditions, but they tell us it’s deeply appreciated. A lot of our pilots own small businesses. Some...
Recreational flying training resumes in England, while devolved nations remain grounded
After an unprecedented three-month shutdown of the vast majority of the UK’s flight training industry, the long-awaited news that Government was changing its advice to the flying schools of the UK came at around midday on 26 June. The message from David Harding, (Department for Transport Deputy Director, General Aviation, Skills, Safety and CAA Division), to General Aviation associations was succinct and to the point: “I can confirm...
Wg Cdr Mike Langley (Rtd.)(Rtd.)(Rtd.)(Rtd.)(Rtd.)
It was 2011 when I attended my first Mike Langley retirement party. The festive farewell took place at a restaurant in Woodstock, a couple of miles from his office at Oxford Airport, where he’d just retired as Commercial Director for Oxford Aviation Academy. Mike Langley retirement parties were always enormous fun and, as befitted the generosity of the man, numerous… But maybe I’m getting ahead of myself. Mike was born on February 15,...
Women needed for glider pilot study
Leinster Gliding Centre in Co Kildare ROI is currently recruiting women candidates to take part in a study on the experience of participating in learning to fly gliders in a typical gliding club environment. The study is being run in partnership with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin. The participants in the study will become members of the Leinster Gliding Centre for six months, with membership and the...
