Light Aircraft Association

Before you make the decision, do a reality check on your build facilities. You will progress much more rapidly if you can build at home. Time taken for a first-timer? Ask those who have done it, without prior experience. 1,000 hours? +/- 500 hr? RV Builders please comment. My main advice: go to the ...

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Hi Jonathan, I am not a lawyer, but I think this is worth a letter to the Leicester Trading Standards Office. Cheaper than talking them to the Small Claims Court, and probably more effective. However, if you get no satisfaction, I plan to be at Sywell with an elderly camparvan that could sleep me + ...

Personally, I would strongly advise against doing any back-to-back deal with a Flying School, which is likely to put you to serious inonveneince and frustration. We all know how UK weather works: on average, a good CAVOK day once a week. The rest are marginal to unflyable. The school will accept boo...

I made my own hand-pull towbar very cheaply. Recently Aldi had a special offer for a furniture moving trolley (wooden) about 18" x 3 ft with strong castors at each corner. I measured my tailwheel and then cut a slot at the centre of the board. I had a 4 ft piece of tube, flattened one end and drille...

Not that long ago, the UK CAA was asked to allow the LAA to issue a Permit to fly for a factory-built Jodel Mascaret, in lieu of a C of A. The CAA refused, giving as their reason that if they did, they would have to treat all owners of factory-built Mascarets alike. The owner of one other factory-bu...

Cookie, are you aware of the NfL II - 4/95 issued by the LBA? I rather hope that our German friends will leave this quietly in situ.

I know there will be many members who wish to express their gratitude for the enormous sacrifices of time and energy made by Laurie Shaw on behalf of the PFA and LAA. I was delighted to renew our acquaintance at this year's Sywell Rally, where we swapped memories of the Wroughton gate and traffic. I...

If the LAA needs to set a bar higher than that of the bare PPL, then I suggest that an objective level would be that specified by the BMAA for those wishing to embark on training to become an Assistant Flying Instructor: "The minimum flying experience needed before starting an AFI Course is 100 hour...

So if there is a reciprocal agreement in place with the French and any others recognising the validity of the UK NPPL, then my old UK Lifetime Licence will still be valid, n'est ce pas?

Graham Clark's comment in italics on Scout Association Rules. Scout Association Guidance using an external provider. a. The pilot must comply with the Air Navigation Order and Joint Aviation Requirements – Operations for licensing, medical and rating. The Scout Association is masquerading as a rule ...

Hi John, I agree that this is not an issue of Permits vs. C of A safety. But how can I enable younger pilots with no time, no aircraft,and no spare money in their pockets to offer flights to youngsters? Am I supposed to lend them my aircraft and pay for the fuel? I think not. Effectively, these para...

The LAA and other organisations complain that EASA has implemented unnecessary restrictions on many aspects of our hobby, yet our own Association seems to be emulating the same route. The LAA achieved the removal of restrictions on flying over settlements in LAA Permit aircraft, using the argument t...

Thanks to Ray Delves' guidance, I have at last managed to log in (if this appears) !
Thanks Ray.

Slightly tongue in cheek: a well sorted Potez 4E20 delivers 105 hp and is almost a 'plug and play ' substitute for an O-200. Fitted with mags in lieu of the old distributor, it is a new engine. I have one in my DR1051M1, which is very slightly smaller than the DR220, and serves me very well. I can h...