SOLI, we’re leaving – UK to leave EASA, Government confirms
Transport Minister Grant Shapps has confirmed that the UK is to terminate is membership with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). During an interview given in Washington DC on 06 March, Shapps told US news outlet Aviation Week, “We will leave EASA. The powers will revert to the CAA, who are probably one of the world’s leading regulators and the expertise will need to come home to do that, but we’ll do it in a gradual...
Flight Design F2e Makes First Public Flight
The first public flight of the Flight Design F2e took place at early June. The aircraft is based on the newly-developed F2 from Flight Design, equipped with an electric propulsion system. The Flight Design F2 is a high-wing strutless design which is largely manufactured using carbon fibre composite materials. With a wingspan of 9.2m (31ft) and a modular manufacturing concept, the F2e is based on standard components that are used in...
UPDATE: Ultimate Aerobatics Scholarship
Ultimate Aerobatics are extending their deadline for aerobatic scholarship applicants. Due to a very high demand and to give more young pilots the chance to compete for a place on their aerobatic scholarship, Ultimate Aerobatics are extending the application deadline to the 24 March. New for 2019 the scholarship will give two young pilots the chance to gain five hour’s worth of aerobatic flight training allowing them to be able...
Red Lines and Red Ink: Will Finances Trump Politics Over the UK’s Future in EASA?
With just under two months left before the UK officially withdraws from the European Union, the future for the UK aviation industry, and that of its regulator (the CAA), remains as opaque as ever. It is no secret that both industry as a whole and the regulator in particular wish the UK to remain a member of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Speaking in September 2017, Andrew Haines – then Chief Executive of the CAA...
No Deal Brexit for Pilot Training Organisations Based in the UK
No Deal Brexit for Pilot Training...
