Light Aircraft Association

We have now flown several times since we said we would "suck it and see" and the DI is always within a degree or two of the other indication we have on the Dynon. So, all well.

As Ian Melville says, its a pity the instructions were not more informative.

Thanks Dino. Today we finally managed to try what you suggested, although because of the long grass we turned the aircraft around under power - self castoring nosewheel. At first it seemed not to work. As we turned, the red circle turned green only between 4-5 and 7-9. But, when we took the instrume...

We're trying to set up the DI-magnetometer on our Aircrew Instrument but there isn’t anything in the instructions on how to do this. We've tried to copy Dynon’s method and the calibration ring slowly increases the green arc but we can never get it all the way around the circle. If anyone out there h...

I think you are right, they may well be thinking of homebuilt as being the same as self-built whilst we understand them to be different. I have raised the matter with the LAA and will update in due course.

I e-mailed "fluggastrechte@lba.de" asking if I might fly a Permit Aircraft in German airspace. They asked for a copy of the Permit to Fly and MTOW, which I provided them with. They came back saying, "Thank you for sending your Permit to Fly. Now we can tell you that you need an entry permission for ...

Thanks Tony. I had explored the sia link you mentioned and discovered I could find out from each individual VAC plate but I was hoping to discover a list I could consult to save time when thinking about entering/leaving France rather than having to take much longer to visit each VAC. Thanks again. A...

I would be grateful if someone could let me have a link to a list of customs airfields in France. I have spent ages trying to locate one, without success.