Light Aircraft Association

Jonathan, I think the issue is that from the early description of Aware, most of us thought the airspace boundaries shown on the screen were part of the overlay which would be updated in the AIRAC cycle. It was on that understanding that I wrote about it. In fact airspace boundaries are part of the ...

Dear all, please can I ask for some help for the LAA concerning record attempts. You may know that the FAI ratifies aviation related world records and delegates the supervision to national aero clubs, in our case the RAeC. Their charges for record attempts are quite high - between £225 and £450 for ...

I too was dissappointed to discover that the Aware airspace depiction does not change unless you buy a new chart. In supporting Aware when it came out I wrote in our magazine that the airspace will always be up to date and only underlying changes to geography (ie coastal erosion in Norfolk) would be...

Dear All The government's Red Tape Challenge project is designed to allow us to identify aviation regulations or requirements that are stifling enterprise and activity in recreational aviation and in GA generally. You have until 30th July to suggest areas that need attention. Please go to: The Red T...

Dear all, Can I wade in on the issue of congested area overflight as I had the lead for the LAA throughout and if there is a problem it is down to me and nobody else. If there are double standards I own both of them. I can well recall the meeting with the CAA heads of departments at which I made our...

Steve, please send me details of the issues and I can arrange for all the UK sports aviation organisations to maken substantive applications to the planning authority. We did this recently for a gliding site. We do need objective and complete details of the issues though John Brady Vice-Chairman con...

You may have seen the news item in the April Magazine about the end of the exemption allowing free access to the Stansted TMZ for aircraft with Mode A/C. The LAA wrote to the CAA over a year ago making a case to extend the exemption on safety grounds but in February this year they turned it down; th...

Come on chaps - more responses to the planning authority please.

John

The Highland Gliding Club at Easterton in Moray is applying to have its temporary planning permission to accept powered aircraft made permanant. This note from the gliding club chairman explains - please give them your support. The original permission was only temporary despite having asked for it t...

1. Having different TA's around the UK is stupid - it is quite difficult to sort out where you should be when flying at say 4000ft from a 3000 ft TA area into a 6000ft TA area. Can make a big difference when pressure is high or low. Apparently there are hundreds of different TAs throughout Europe. 2...

Paul, one of our members is a professional technical translator but he would need to be paid. if you are interested let me know.

John

John, I think you will find that is the fee for changing to or issuing an EASA licence at your request. If you already have a UK or JAR licence it will be "deemed" to be an EASA licence on the changeover date and when it is next up for renewal you will get an actual EASA licence instead. True you wi...

As one of the very few GA people involved with the CAA on FAS (Future Airspace Strategy) I would be interested in your views on the usefulness of Mode S transponders in making us "interoperable" and improving safety. The strategy document refers to a wish to make Mode S mandatory everywhere. I have ...

Although this seems to have generated a lot of angst, nothing much has changed really. The 2004 rules of the PFA says in para 10a: Rules and Regulations The Committee shall have the power to make and vary such Regulations as it may think fit, provided that these do not conflict with the Rules. Chang...

This is a copy of a message sent to all LAA CAN subscribers. EGHD (Plymouth Airport) is under threat of closure because the city council gave 150 year lease to a property development company. Within the lease was a clause that would allow the developers a "change of use" planning permission, should ...