SERA has introduced Night VFR, but also changedthe way 'end of VFR time' is calculatred in Ireland - the nights have got shorter! The 'old' SI 72 'Rules of the air' defined night thus: “night” means the hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight, or s...
I am so sorry to see the end of the Magazine, it's been a great asset to the Irish GA community. You and Alan should be proud of your achievements over the past 10 years, you have made a significant contribution to all aspects of General Aviation for which I thank you most sincerely. I am glad to se...
AAIU report just out on a Quik GT450 Microlight, G-GTEE, near Convoy Co Donegal, 30 September 2012: The microlight aircraft was making an approach to land at Carrickbrack airfield near Convoy in Co Donegal following a local flight from Letterkenny. The weather conditions at the time were blustery wi...
‘An Assessment of General Aviation Incident Reporting in Ireland’, is a personal study. It is a requirement for the MSc degree in ‘Safety and Accident Investigation’ from Cranfield University. http://gasci.weebly.com/survey---please-take-part.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fa...
An early date for your diary. This Summer we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1st commercial passenger flight across the Atlantic by the Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat 'Yankee Clipper' which landed at Foynes. We will have the Breitling wingwalkers, SWIP team fireworks display and more. Watc...
The GASCo team have generously agreed to put on 3 safety evenings in Ireland this spring: Eglinton Thu 10 April 2014 Limerick Friday 11 April 2014 Cork Saturday 12 April 2013 Details here: http://gasci.weebly.com/safety-evenings.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; For anyon...
Decrees, circulars GENERAL TEXTS DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY Decree of 24 February 2013 on the overflight of French territory by amateur-built aircraft registered in Ireland NOR: DEVA1305155A Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Due to the Convention...
A reminder about the GASCI Flight Safety evening this Friday Sep 27th at 19:30. Venue - Bewleys hotel Leopardstown. 4 x Speakers including Paddy Judge from AAIU on Forced Landings and some bloke called Gerry Humphreys :wink: from ILAS on Strip operations. All welcome, free event, light refreshmants ...