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Happy Christmas

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:10:49 +0000

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Flying school takes people of Newquay to new heights

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:28:49 +0000

Featured in the Cornish Guardian - Wednesday 30 November 2011

PILOT training is now available for the first time at Newquay Cornwall airport after a flying school relocated from Plymouth.

Staff at Plymouth Flying School flew their four planes out of the city's airport at the end ......

We have moved!

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:22:59 +0100

The new buildings

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Its too late for Plymouth

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:19:48 +0100

Article in The Telegrapgh

..and here as well.

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School aircraft taking off and landing at Plymouth

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:56:37 +0100

A little bit of history ???

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Harder than Plymouth

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:38:43 +0100

Harder than Plymouth to find and to land at

The take off looks particularly tricky !!!.

NOTAMS HERE

Strictly unofficial...but very neat all the same! This webpage allows you to see UK NOTAMs visually laid over Google Maps. A side panel allows you to filter out particular types of NOTAM. Notams ......

Enterprise Zone & Plymouth

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:49:39 +0100

Cameron has key to unlock our potential

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Plymouth Herald

PLYMOUTH has today asked Prime Minister David Cameron to ensure the city becomes an Enterprise Zone (EZ) which could create thousands of jobs.

The city is competing with 26 ......

Plymouth and Derby

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:20:27 +0100

Independent.co.uk

Hamish McRae:

Derby and Plymouth – a tale of two cities

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Let's start with a tale of two cities. They are almost exactly the same size – a quarter of a million people – but whereas one has been ......

EASA latest

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:47:39 +0100

The CAA have informed all pilots of the changes to licensing due to take effect on 8^th April 2012 when EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) implements the new European legislation.

If you have looked at the documents it makes reference to, you may have been put off by the length and ......

Save Plymouth Airport - contact details

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:37:00 +0100

There are many people to lobby If you would to put your comments or views forward such as you local MP, MEP or councillorhowever the key players are: -

Kevin Wigens - Plymouth City Councillor for Transport

Plymouth City Council
Council House
Plymouth
PL1 2AA

Bus. Phone:(01752) ......

June 10th

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:07:43 +0100

There have been quite a few developments at Plymouth City Airport since the announcement by Sutton harbour Holdings that it is to cease operating the airport at the end of the year.

Initially it looked like the airport was almost certainly doomed and although this is still very possible there ......

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Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:00:56 +0100

FINALLY SHE IS BACK

Latest Plymouth Airport articles.

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:23:14 +0100

Plymouth City Airport - - - Beyond the bad news

Sun, 01 May 2011 11:23:25 +0100

29^th April 2011

Dear All

As you have all probably heard, Sutton Harbour Holdings have announced that it is their intention to close Plymouth City Airport at the end of the year.

On the face of it, this was bad news, but with this announcement Sutton Harbour Holdings has brought this ......

Will you marry me ?

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:32:37 +0100

We recently took a couple flying. We had been told that there was going to be a proposal written in the sand and it was to be a big surprise. Some friends had laid out the message on a beach in Cornwall and the route and time were worked out ......

Update to UKGA site

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:47:01 +0100

An update email about the ukga site

Hi,

A few weeks have gone by since the site relaunch, and I wanted to drop you a quick line to keep you up to date with what's going on. Firstly though, thanks for the many kind words of support and encouragement! ......

G BTSJ

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:14:14 +0100

Nearly ready

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UKGA site

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:41:25 +0000

This is an email I received recently. I have used the site previously but it really has been improved, have a look.

Hi,

I'm writing to tell you about some exciting changes to UKGA, which will make the entire site free for everyone.

As ......

New CAA Charts

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:29:52 +0000

Make sure you are legal with the latest issue 37 (2011)

NOW in STOCK

only £15.99

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Proposed change to UK and Irish airspace Transitional Altitude

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:13:29 +0000

Proposed change to UK and Irish airspace Transitional Altitude

Date: 26 January 2011

To make more efficient use of the airspace over the UK and Ireland, and to align airspace more closely with other nations, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Irish Aviation Authority ......

Do you think you can run an airport ?

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:15:43 +0000

Here are a couple of (silly) games to try.

Airport Madness

Airport Tycoon Game

Airport Security Game

Park my Plane

Have fun !

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Please take our Survey

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:38:15 +0000

This an anonymous survey that is open for everybody to take. It is only 10 questions and shouldn't take very long so please take just a moment to answer the questions.

Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the ......

Two feet of snow

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:32:00 +0000

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Nice video of one of our members coming in for a landing at Plymouth

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A History of British Winters

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:26:55 +0000

The history of British winters

Written by D.Fauvell and I.Simpson.

This list cover's many winters from the 17th Century and it includes the 'little ice age' period which many people yearn to see again!

1616: ......

Listening Squawks

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:47:45 +0000

Listening Squawks*

Here is a graphic to print, cut and keep on your kneeboard –

Remember usual rules apply, you are not in receipt of a service and you must stay in Class G airspace, you cannot enter the CTA or CTR. Go back to another suitable squawk (eg: 7000-C) when you ......

Plymouth Flying Instructors are now CRB checked

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:16:28 +0000

Our main instructors now have the Enhanced Disclosure CRB check status.

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Night Landings

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:02:09 +0000

BOEING 747-200 CLASSIC COCKPITVIEW NIGHT LANDING

Olympic Airlines B 737 400 FULL COCKPIT view landing ......

IMC rating news

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:56:28 +0100

This is amazing news and very welcome. If you were thinking about adding the IMC rating to your licence, now is the time to start.

The link is here

At a special meeting called in Cologne on Tuesday to discuss the UK IMC ......

What a great Xmas present

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:24:05 +0100

Buy someone a flight this Christmas

Our vouchers are fantastic Xmas presents.

More details here

Here

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Will it rain today ?

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:09:20 +0100

Find out here

or for a quick answer

try here

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Magazines

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:19:42 +0100

Three flying magazines.

Although I have given the internet weblinks they are best if you subscribe to them and receive the magazines

Pilot

Loop

Flyer

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Help save Britain's airfields

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:21:34 +0100

HELP SAVE BRITAIN'S AIRFIELDS

Britain's active and disused airfields, recognised as the greatest in the world, are under severe threat of closure or demolition.

Help save them by supporting our international petition which can be found on ......

Avoid busting airspace

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:00:19 +0100

DON'T BUST THE REDS THIS SUMMER

29 May 2010

AVOID busting airspace being used by the Red Arrows this summer. That's the message from the CAA which has just published a list of events where the RAF display team will be flying.
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Not Plymouth City Airport

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:58:42 +0100

Lanseria Airport in South Africa on World Cup Sunday 2010

Live flight tracking

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:13:35 +0100

Some suggested sites -

http://www.flightradar24.com/

http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

http://flightaware.com/live/

http://www.airnavsystems.com/Tracker/index.html

http://casper.frontier.nl/

http://www.flightstats.com/go/Home/home.do

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Catalina taking off from Plymouth on Tuesday 13th July

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:35:40 +0100

Video courtesy of James Lewis

BE20 Super King Air - check list

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:18:32 +0100

BE20 (200/200C) Checklist V 1.0 1

Super King Air 200

Speeds (KIAS)

VMCA 86

VSSE 104

VX 100

VY 125

VXSE 115

VYSE 121

VA 181

VREF 103 132 with no flap

VMO 260 270 for old models

MMO 0,52 0,48 for old models

VFE 200 40%

146 100%

VLE 181

163 ......

Aviation wisdom !

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:42:48 +0100

When a flight is proceeding incredibly well,

something was forgotten. -Robert Livingston, 'Flying The Aeronca

The only time an aircraft has too much fuel

on board is when it is on fire. - Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, sometime

before his death in the 1920's

Just remember, if you crash because of

weather, your funeral will be ......

Available at your local Honda dealership

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:31:51 +0000

The HondaJet

For all those looking for a private jet

Some funny Air Traffic and pilot conversations

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:48:38 +0000

Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are at ......

They made me smile

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:10:53 +0000

The following questions were set in last year’s GCSE examination in England.

These are genuine answers from 16 year olds, not very bright, but entertaining, 16 year olds.

Q. Name the four seasons
A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar

Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe ......

Aircraft icing on the ground

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:06:19 +0000

De-icing is the process of removing frozen contaminant, snow, ice, slush, from a surface

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Anti-icing is the process of protecting against the formation of frozen contaminant, snow, ice, slush on a surface.

De-icing can be accomplished by mechanical methods (scraping, pushing); through the application of heat; by use of dry or liquid ......

A short trial lesson flight video.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:06:25 +0000

Although this flight is from Exeter Airport it has me as the pilot. Its a nice video.

Marshall

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Useful Conversions

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:20 +0000

Pressure

Some aviation sites

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:29:38 +0000

Here are a couple of aviation related sites that may be of interest -

Pprune - The profesional pilots rumour network. This forum is probably the largest resource of information anywhere if you can work through the many opinions. The stickies are a good place to start in the ......

Commercial Pilots trained at Plymouth

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:51:46 +0100

PFS (Plymouth Flying School) has just completed its 2009 flying training programme for the CPL (Commercial Pilots Licence) and has maintained its 100% first time pass record.

PFS already has an established Private Pilot training track record and we can now boast of reaching new heights. Our first full season of ......

Giant Killer Bees in Plymouth Aircraft Horror Attack

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:42:59 +0100

Part 1 – The Gathering

It was the last day of the summer school term in 2007 and James had just returned from a training flight. The sturdy Cessna was taxying in and I remember looking at them out the office window as I wanted to use the aircraft next.

They brought ......

Just getting comfortable

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:58:01 +0100

Just getting comfortable.

We all want to be comfortable and at ease so all pilots climb into their seat and proceed to move it forwards a bit then backwards a bit then forwards a little more until every thing is just perfect and all is to hand (and foot ).

Then comes ......

Lets go to France

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:12:17 +0100

The other pilot

By Chris Ledgard

Many of us know the name of Louis Bleriot, the first man to fly across the Channel, but what of the other pilot who tried, failed and ultimately overslept ......

FlyNQY

Happy Christmas

Flying school takes people of Newquay to new heights

We have moved!

Its too late for Plymouth

School aircraft taking off and landing at Plymouth

Harder than Plymouth

Enterprise Zone & Plymouth

Plymouth and Derby

EASA latest

Save Plymouth Airport - contact details

June 10th

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Latest Plymouth Airport articles.

Plymouth City Airport - - - Beyond the bad news

Will you marry me ?

Update to UKGA site

G BTSJ

UKGA site

New CAA Charts

Proposed change to UK and Irish airspace Transitional Altitude

Proposed change to UK and Irish airspace Transitional Altitude

Do you think you can run an airport ?

Please take our Survey

Two feet of snow

A History of British Winters

Listening Squawks

Plymouth Flying Instructors are now CRB checked

Night Landings

BOEING 747-200 CLASSIC COCKPITVIEW NIGHT LANDING

Olympic Airlines B 737 400 FULL COCKPIT view landing ......

IMC rating news

What a great Xmas present

Will it rain today ?

Magazines

Help save Britain's airfields

Avoid busting airspace

DON'T BUST THE REDS THIS SUMMER

Not Plymouth City Airport

Live flight tracking

Catalina taking off from Plymouth on Tuesday 13th July

BE20 Super King Air - check list

Aviation wisdom !

Available at your local Honda dealership

Some funny Air Traffic and pilot conversations

They made me smile

Aircraft icing on the ground

A short trial lesson flight video.

Useful Conversions

Some aviation sites

Commercial Pilots trained at Plymouth

Giant Killer Bees in Plymouth Aircraft Horror Attack

Just getting comfortable

Just getting comfortable.

Lets go to France

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