... in a single-engined plane if a controller instructed you to do so? Yesterday I found myself in a very uncomfortable situation. This was mainly down to my own inexperience and I am not blaming ATC at all, just wondering what others would have done in the same situation. I took off from Navan and ...

Just to be clear, this is not a complaint against ATC personnel, who I find very helpful, just a question about correct RT. I filed a flight plan (by phone) to fly from Navan to Newcastle across Dublin's Class C, and another one for the return journey. Once in the air I called Dublin Control, gave m...

I've just signed up on PilotShop and I think the €40 subscription is a very good deal. Thanks!

Also, thanks for putting the article on Newcastle up on line. It was very useful for me to read it and see the pictures before flying in there today.

I flew into Newcastle today with the wife and the dog. The weather was fine and there was lots of activity at the field! With a stiff southerly wind and a 172 the 1000 metres of runway seemed very long indeed. Good to see everything up and running and a hive of activity. I'm looking forward to my ne...

I presume you've considered Florida? Schools over there have cheap hours building packages. For example Ormond Beach does 50 hours in a C150 for €3799. Even when you add the cost of travel and accommodation, it's still a cheap deal, and Florida is an interesting place to fly around. http://flyoba.co...

Peter I know you aren't asking for advice but here's some anyway: Don't buy a plane until you have your PPL. You're just starting to learn and you have no idea how long it will take or what will happen along the way.

A house with an airfield and a hangar. As for what kind of plane, I'd be happy with a trusty Cessna 4-seater (anything more exciting and I'd probably kill myself in short order). Maybe a brand-new 172S.

Mark, that sounds good.

Will there be any concessions on the normal landing and parking fees for the fly-in?

I read through the posts on the forum linked to above - lots of supportive posts with different user names but remarkably similar posting styles...

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and what i know about UFG is ENOUGH to give me the confidence to throw my weight behind ANYTHING they are involved in.

Thanks for all the good info everyone. I'm really looking forward to flying to Sligo now. Pity the weather didn't work out this weekend!

I'd like to try flying into EISG during the summer. Anyone know what the landing fee is for a visiting single-engine plane? Any general advice about flying into EISG? I've never flown into any of the regional airports. After landing, do you walk out through the airport terminal like the Aer Arann pa...

What's in that document is one thing, but that's not to say it's really enforced in practice. Before we all get too carried away with boycotts and so on, it might be worth calling for PPR as normal and see what happens. It could be that the airfield manager is more flexible than the document would i...

To be fair the actual scanned document doesn't say 24hours No, it says not less than 24 hours (Section 9). 25 hours would be acceptable too! Here's what it says in the AIC: Endorsed on all licences, issued for all the listed aerodromes, is a condition that "The aerodrome may be used only with ...

Flew into Athboy/Ballyboy/EIMH today. Called B Cullen to get permission and although he was out of the country he said fire ahead. Landed and took off on rwy 10. It's a lovely field to fly into. Strangely there was nobody else flying today even though it was a sunny Saturday afternoon. In fact the w...

AIC 13/92 refers to VFR flight at night, and states that it can only happen as SVFR. Has that been superseded?