Light Aircraft Association

James seems to have 'Yuri Gellered' this thread away from what it was originally about, and steered it towards the idea that he flies through Class D and why don't we all just follow suit. Firstly, I'm not one of these 'flat-earther' types who will gladly fly the length and breadth of the country an...

Deferral or no deferral , I don't unfortunately think that there's any getting away from this. It's coming , as sure as eggs is eggs. So we'll all have to comply eventually . I certainly agree with Alan about shelling out prematurely though , as I don't think that this 8.33Khz business will be witho...

Nigel. Along with I suspect a few others, I have been in contact with Icom UK , who were very helpful in their reply, stating that they are indeed in contact with a CAA Working Group who are in turn liaising with 'The Clueless Ones' with regard to the IC-A6E , IC-A24E and the panel mounted IC-A210E ...

Bob,, yet another great video !
Don't stop posting them . They encapsulate everything that the LAA/ BMAA are about .

Well spotted Bill ! You're on the ball mate. At first glance it looks like it only relates to EASA types , but upon opening up the pdf it definitely looks like it includes national PtF types too. It definitely makes sense to LAA types , as most of our fleet are probably only flown by a small number ...

Saw a bit of this in C4 on Demand after reading this post . I could only manage about 4 minutes of it . I certainly couldn't hold on long enough to see him talking about defective washers or slat/flap systems. You have to remember that our 'Professor' friend is really only trying to placate the prog...

.............and judging by some of the hideous atrocities on view at Royal Ascot this week , I think we've got it just about right . [ even the horses must be laughing ] And to reinforce the words of the Lady Pilotess , an idiot in smart clothing is still an idiot . By the way , where did the chap ...

Anyone seen the news lately ?

We do tend to beat ourselves up a bit over this 'old fart' business . Sure, the average age of LAAers has crept up slightly , but on the plus side , we are living longer and healthier lives these days than previous generations, so why shouldn't we continue doing what we love for as long as we're abl...

Blimey Nigel.. What are you trying to do mate , start World War 3 ? You are probably right in principle on both points , but one has to bear in mind that as far as dress is concerned , it is a leisurely weekend event and many will have sat in the confines of an aeroplane for a few hours to get there...

Hang on,,,let's just get this right . I'm based at Deanland . so I'll be doing Deanland - Duxford - Abbeville all in a day . Plus the return sector. .........IN A VP-1,,, :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: And besides, the batteries in my handheld would never stand the strain... :lol: :lol: :...

Brian , the content of your last posting is actually very much appreciated mate . I know that as one of the few representatives of the 'hierarchy' [sorry] that venture onto this forum, you probably take a disproportionate amount of body blows , but at least it is comforting to know that there are ot...

I reckon that old Brian is confusing two separate issues here . His first paragraph is taken up completely with the fight against bringing in 8.33Khz bandwidth spacing. Yes, it was an unwinnable fight , but we're not talking about that are we. We are talking about the most painless way of complying ...

Nigel , we have got political clout . You can't tell me that an Association that is trying to bring in IFR privileges for PtF type aeroplanes, and now has a guy inside the CAA to forward that cause, can't put up a strong enough case for continuing the use of handheld radios amongst its 8,300 strong ...

Brian,,,I say old boy, bit of a heavy handed one that wasn't it ! "There's a process of approval of radios that meet the laid down requirement" - I'm sure many of us have probably noted that the greatest aviating nation in the world , the Yanks , approve Icoms and several other manufacturers hand-he...