FlyingInIreland

In the context of the above, I have a question about the 2nd class FAA medical. There seems to be a view that a 2nd class medical "lapses" into a third class medical after 1 year and therefore needs to be renewed then for private flying in Ireland. However FAR part 61.23 (c) says: "(2) A second-clas...

FAA licence holders who (like myself) have been getting BFRs in the US might like to read the new security screening requirements introduced on October 20 by the Transportation Security Administration. At the last minute it was clarified that "training" does not include BFRs for the time being. Also...

I hope you have all sent in your objections to these iniquitous proposals, today is the last day for comment.

Good news, do you know whether the old contact details are still valid?

So it'll be off to the SAAC field instead then ........

And yes, nosedive, there will also be VAT on the new user charges, this is part of the europroposal.

A line on the BAeA website says the Newcastle Fly-in next weekend has been cancelled due to flooding. Anyone know the situation?

It is particularly depressing that hum's post has got only one reply. I have been reading this NPRM, it is written by the usual eurocratic style and spells extra costs for all VFR flying. There are many peculiarities, including (for example) that lighter aircraft will be disadvantaged because the ch...

Tolka, Kevlar, please PM me your email addresses and I will make contact with you. This one-day course requires 10 participants and costs EUR 130. There are so far about 6 persons interested.

Any more?

With summer coming SE pilots contemplating overwater adventures may look down on the waves below and ... cross their fingers. Sea & Shore Safety (with whom I have no connection) tell me if enough pilots are interested they will do a survival course in Dublin for private pilots. They run these normal...

Well done, Mark. The black colour will take some getting used to, reminds me of the sort of weather I want to stay far away from ......