Light Aircraft Association

indeed Ian well said

I doubt a megaphone stuck through the office windows of the DFT by the LAA or anyone else would make any difference. But i imagine another consultation from the CAA or the DFT about their commitment towards GA is being drafted as we speak.

Well said Mark!

Hehehe, Chris. Hope the head gets better!

I agree John, Its an absolute bargain when you consider all the costs involved in operating an aircraft of any type these days, and spare a thought for all those people involved in the organization of the event. As an aside I'm not sure the term "bitch" is an appropriate expression on our forum Brian.

I hope you are correct Brian, time will tell!

Another thought, incouraging GA pilots to make radio calls to Southend may give Southend the ammo they need to justify an ATZ by the large number of GA movements they will appear to deal with taking their time and attention away from Easy jet operation. Or am I just suspicious!

Rob, hear hear, I have finally stumbled across somebody who tells it how it is rather than all the guff from the " oh we are working hard to do this and that" brigade. You can have as many pointless meetings with the CAA as you like, but I have yet to see any real difference in what was proposed to ...

Not sure if this is relevant to you but I have always used a Red Top 25 type racing battery to start our plane and its now about 9 years old and still going strong, a bit more expensive then your standard lead acid but lighter and far better I think.

Not really what I meant but its supposed to be fun sport flying with the number one concern of keeping safe. Not one continuing battle to maintain the right to fly a light sport plane. Lucky for you at least you have a light in the hangar to turn off!!

We as GA pilots will never win any argument with the CAA about airspace restrictions so there is no point going on about what you think should happen. The very best you can hope for is a smaller section of controlled airspace than what is first proposed - which is probably what they wanted in the fi...