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New CAA Air Navigation Order goes live today....
http://www.caa.co.uk/News/Air-Navigatio ... 4294967430

Link to Jon's excellent article now online:

http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co. ... edical.pdf

Latest information from Holmbeck Farm. These are the details and serial numbers of the stolen engines: Rotax 912 100 hp serial number 6-776-335 Rotax 914 Turbo serial number 7-682-547 Rotax 912 UL 80 80-HP serial number 4400622 If you come across one of these engines, please contact LAA HQ, Thames V...

Sad to report, three more Rotax engines stolen, along with tools, headsets etc. This time from Holmbeck Farm airfield, Wing, Buckinghamshire. The thefts follow a similar scenario as those reported in Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire earlier this year. In this case three aircraft were targeted, tw...

After receiving several explanations which proved as clear as mud, indebted to Mark Charlwood, Manager of GA Operations at the CAA, for this clarification of ORS4 1183: All UK registered aircraft are regulated by the ANO 2009 until 25th August 2016 when the EASA Air Operations Regulations come into ...

After receiving several explanations which proved as clear as mud, indebted to Mark Charlwood, Manager of GA Operations at the CAA, for this clarification: All UK registered aircraft are regulated by the ANO 2009 until 25th August 2016 when the EASA Air Operations Regulations come into force. Under ...

It was coincidence I happened to be passing York on a run to the NE. Would love to have dropped stuff and had a chat at Deanland, trouble is I can't find time to be heading that way this weekend! Next time perhaps?

It was my pleasure Alan. Great Yorkshire hospitality, a nice grass airfield and an interesting collection of aircraft (and owners!). What's not to like!

Look forward to seeing you again I hope, at the fly-in on the 14th!!

Good idea. We'll get working on it!

A sneak peak of some of the new LAA 70 branded merchandise being got ready for us all to buy at the Rally! https://www.facebook.com/lightaircraftassociation/videos/652838871532090/ Now a quick bit of market research. Polo shirts, sweat shirts or fleeces? Preferred colours? White, Red, Claret, Black ...

The link to the CAA Medicals announcement was on the LAA website's 'news' pages from last week. It was only moved down to 'earlier news' this week as other stories came in. http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/2016/News/medicals2016.html We also made a comment at the time of the previous CAA an...

Thanks Bob. Good to see...

The Light Aircraft Association is delighted to have been informed that Welwyn and Hatfield Council have announced a review of the their housing plans that may lead to a reprieve for the airfield, which until its forced closure by the land owners in late 2014, was a key location for sport flying in t...

Just received from the Fishburn Airfield team: Yesterday afternoon (26 July) the application to site a wind turbine on the downwind leg directly in the flightpath for Fishburn Airfield was heard by Durham County Council Planning Committee. Everyone has been worried about the impact a successful appl...

A great initiative. Well done EAA! Brian and I are investigating to see whether we can do similar. Watch this space!