FlyingInIreland

Good luck to everyone who applies! The Defence Forces are now accepting applications for Cadetships as follows: Army (Line) - 21 places Army (Equitation) - two places Air Corps (Pilot) - five places Naval Service - 14 places broken down into the following: Operations - nine place Marine Engineer - f...

A big thank you to everyone who filled out the survey! Haha no one I know of, It's just for a college project and I have to put together a business plan. The survey was for the market research end of it and the scenic flight question was to gauge if folks were just interested in a spin rather than a...

Hi, I hope this is OK to post here.. I'm doing a college project and I've put together survey on the flying lesson gift voucher market in Ireland. There's just a few questions and it takes less than a minute to complete. Link is below. Any help would be greatly appreciated. :D Cheers, GGGGA http://w...

I knew Brian from brief chats we had together in the hangar at Trevet, one of those guys where you felt instantly at ease in his presence, a true gent.

Sorry to hear the news and condolences to his family.

Brilliant idea lads.

Have to say Newcastle are the most forward thinking airfield I've come across and this is another example of that.

GoGoGadgetGoAround wrote: If the guy had started 'glide bombing' his 830g of foam directly at the players maybe that would be comparable but he flew his gliding 830g of foam at possibly 230ft and never was he directly over Croker. ah yes but did you consider the people and cars not in Croker and th...

Completed the assessments but no word back yet.

Straight from the 830g foamie manual..."always avoid flying near houses, trees, wires and buildings. You should also be careful to avoid flying in areas where there are many people". Companies are always going to use that to cover their asses. Ever see the label on a hot coffee that says 'caution h...

Have to agree, see it for what it is... 830g of gliding foam apparently breaking no known regulations. 'Aviation experts'... claimed that 830g of gliding foam could seriously injure or even KILL someone :shock: Now IF it was a larger, heavier model and IF it had a big ass i/c engine and IF it was go...

When I first read about this I thought it was kinda dangerous, I had visions of a large and heavy, metal construction, i/c engine rocket of a model aircraft skimming the heads of fans and players... Only when looking at the details and not buying into all the red rag, silly season new stories I coul...

I posted about this on another forum earlier and I really don't think there was much wrong with it when you go into the details. This is from the AIC; ENR 5.5.4. Model Aircraft Flying ENR 5.5.4.1 Small aircraft which weigh more than 1.5kg, without fuel, shall not be flown within 5km of an aerodrome ...

Hi Aidan,

I have a full set of Bristol ATPL books here in excellent condition. I also have the Jeppeson Student Route Manual and a ton of class notes I'll throw in.

I'm in Dublin but can deliver or meet halfway.

Andy

Hi Neil, Yeah you're spot on, it is up to them, I'm counting myself lucky on that one! I think the whole system is madness and way too expensive in Europe. I think a lot can be learned from the FAA system in general. Found a bit of info on the above if anyone's interested; http://www.caa.co.uk/defau...

Nice vid Aidan, makes a change having slower paced soundtrack.

[/quote]So if a CAA class 1 initial must complete PPL and CPL in approved UK school, same for the IAA[/quote] Maybe it works that way when you get an initial CAA class 1 but definitely not when get an initial IAA class 1. I did an IAA class 1, then did an IAA PPL and then a CAA CPL. The IAA was able...