If you open your own strip does that mean I dont have to pay my hangarage every month then ??

--------On a separate note which may be useful to know for UK licence holders flying in Ireland. After November 17th 2012 if you renew your SEP rating in Ireland you will no longer be able to get an Irish examiner to sign your licence. You will need a UK examiner to sign the licence. Irish examiner...

Oh right thanks for that

Rev wrote: just present them your logbook showing your 12 hours in last 12 months, 6 PIC and one with an instructor etc.

If you only need 6 PIC and the 1 with the instructor what are the other five ment to be ?


i always went with 11 PIC and 1 instructor !

just looking on boards.ie and it seems the good news emails went out on friday, anybody here get any news yet i haven't ?

hi blueskies no as i know there is no plans to run this part time, as they are having enough trouble running it full time ! in general its not too difficult, there isnt alot of essays and that its more tests the course is very slow to kick into gear but im hoping because its the first year that it w...

Dont be a fool and concentrate on an aviation course. Maths is what you should try to do if you have the required grades. OR Dentist, Doctor or Vet where you will actually get a job when you finish. Instead of looking in the begging bowl like the rest of us. it just so happens that if i wasnt to ha...

hi guys i have just finished first year on this course, i had my ppl before i started this course so wasnt going in with the illusion i am going to be flying or getting up close and personal with aircraft, i would agree yes you dont need a degree to be a pilot but this course is not about churning o...

thanks for all the replies guys !!!

GoGoGadgetGoAround wrote:Not sure about how many ATRs they have but they do have a few Islanders in their Aer Arann Islands operation.

ye i seen that alright its hard to find out how many aircraft exactly the main airline has excluding the islanders i think there is two or three or them

hi guys and galls just wondering does anybody know how many aircraft aer arann operate as i am doing a small presentation on them in college and i want to include that they only operate atr's i just dont know how many they have i know they put in an order for 10 new atr's in 2007 but i wonder did th...

well done andy big step from the last time i seen u in komn when you where gettin your ppl congrats

rudy you seem to know your stuff! i also have a caa ppl i am revalidating for the second time now as i have to do an hour with an instructor and do my 11 solo hours in a yr i also have to have my licence revalidated by a caa cfi is that correct or is it possible to get any cfi to revalidate the lice...

hi i fly a rallye150 out of kilrush there is shares for sale in it. have a look at this link for all the info you need http://www.flyinginireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4875" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; one of the other guys is organising the sale of the share...

was up yesterday flew from einc to kikh via dub city centre and the kind atc on 118.6 gave me permisson to do an app on 16 in eidw got down to 300ft was great enjoy it while it lasts make the most of the freedom of the skies