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by flymike
Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:34 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: LAA Permit 2018 8.33 Radio
Replies: 28
Views: 46264

Re: LAA Permit 2018 8.33 Radio

For what it's worth my view is wait and see as it is clear that the French are heading toward non-compliance with even their air force saying NON ! If this all goes the way of mode S then it will quietly slip away to obscurity....the other point being that as we are leaving the EU why can't the CAA ...
by flymike
Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:28 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 3
Views: 4401

Re: Brexit

Brian, whilst I see your points the fact remains that it is just another pile of needless regulation and expense,how is it that the U.S. can stay with 25mhz spacing when their airspace is more crowded than ours and the country is carpeted with airfields. When I started flying ,more years ago than i ...
by flymike
Sun Jul 17, 2016 4:22 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 3
Views: 4401

Brexit

Will I wonder the LAA be lobbying on our behalf to free us from the morass of EASA regulations now that we are leaving the EU, this would save many of us from a significant hole in the pocket when we are currently under threat of having to scrap perfectly good radios to comply with 8.33 requirements...
by flymike
Sun Jul 17, 2016 4:10 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: ICOM Radio
Replies: 10
Views: 12037

Re: ICOM Radio

It crosses my mind as to just how much regard we will have to give to 8.33 and to the other mass of easa burearocracy when we are in fact leaving the eu,perhaps we could see a return to the good old days when everything was so much simpler and straightforward and indeed everyone knew just what was e...
by flymike
Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:19 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: bing carburretors
Replies: 0
Views: 1880

bing carburretors

I hope this bit of info will be of use to many of you flying with Bing 54 carbs, the spares can be obtained by return service from a firm called Motorworks at Meltham in W.Yorks. They are specialist bmw dealers who stock all the bing parts,needles,jets,gaskets etc and their retail price is amazingly...