Light Aircraft Association

Anyone care to share their experience with choosing and fitting electronic ignition, preferably to an O200 (Jodel 1050).

The hangar space at Santa Pod has now been taken

A space has become available in our 4-plane hangar at Santa Pod (Podington airfield), Northamptonshire, to suit an LAA type. Currently it houses a Jodel 1050, a Tiger Moth and a Pioneer 300. The hangar has a concrete floor and full-width doors at both ends. We have a 3KW inverter powered from a larg...

A space has become available in our 4-plane hangar to suit an LAA type. Currently it houses a Jodel 1050, a Tiger Moth and a Pioneer 300. The hangar has doors at both ends so not much pulling and hauling necessary. We have a 3KW inverter powered from a large battery pack charged from solar panels, b...

I operate a Jodel 1050 from a grass strip. I can get in within 450 m about 99 times out of a hundred without braking, including with a full load. In a Jodel, if you can get in you'll always get out. If I land longer than usual I just trundle slowly across a path onto a 250 metre "overshoot area" :) ...

Wednesday July 19 at 8:00 is the date and time of the next Sywell Strut meeting at the Aviator Hotel on Sywell Aerodrome. This month there will be a presentation by Keith Vinning, the principal of PilotAware, covering the current status and future developments planned, plus a presentation on the col...

Wind turbines are becoming ever more common in the UK. It might be expected that the wakes generated by a wind turbine have similar characteristics to aircraft wakes (for a nice picture, see: http://www.nrel.gov/news/features/images/20120920_wind_pix00000a_large.jpg ). This means they pose a potenti...

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If you have the time, inclination and an aeroplane handy, or you just fancy helping out on the ground, this Saturday the Milton Keynes Aviation Society has organized one of their very special YA events at Sywell. The target this year is to fly 130 children, so your help, particularly as a pilot, wou...

I'm looking to get my DI overhauled or service-exchanged. Please get in touch if you can recommend a good source.

AJ

The DI in my Jodel has become unreliable by "wandering" intermittently. So I'm looking for recommendations for where best to get it overhauled, at a reasonable price, or exchanged for a refurbished unit.

Alan Jackson

We have up to 80 kids turning up for the event tomorrow and could still do a few more pilots to be sure we can fly them all. It's going to be glorious weather so come and lend a hand if you can. If you have never done a YA event, come along and see for yourself how much fun it can be and how rewardi...

We have some 65 youngsters lined up for this event, which is being run primarily for Scouts to get their Navigation badge. They will plan (the same) short cross country and direct their pilot round it. :o Anyone who has visited Sywell will know what a smashing venue it is. Please contact me if you w...