Aviation Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2003

Lucky me is spending his Christmas holidays in the US this year so as usual,
I thought that a spot of flying would be pleasant.
I have been flying in the US since 1994 when I first went out there.
Get the FAA certificate was straight forward. There it sits in my licences

I am planning a flight for this w/e:
LFBZ  
 FL56
PAP  

Finally.. after waiting since June for it, I have today taken delivery
(and flew it back home) my '71 Arrow !  Yippeeeeeeeeee
Sorry.. just a little over the moon right now :)
Leland

I am a complete newbie here, so please don't shoot me down.
Is there a legitimate way of communicating between Aircraft and Ground
(other than tower or controller) in a light aircraft. I am meaning
more social type communication, ie, will be landing in about 20

Hi all..
I am a 100hr PPL with brand new IMC rating :-)
I am looking to buy a second hand aircraft ..probably a Grumman Cheetah or
Tiger around the 15-20K mark..

My first post to this group although I've been reading it for a while.
So - hello everyone.
I'm a student PPL waiting to do my skills test. I've done 50 hours
training (inc the necessary IMC and X-country solo time), the Qual

I'm trying to find a legal founding to the commonly held belief that
in the UK on an instrument approach procedure, and IMC rated pilot
MUST add to the published operating minima, for example +200 feet for
a precision approach, or 500 absolute minima whichever is the higher.

Could someone quote the ISBN for the PPL Confuser book please?, I'm
having trouble finding it on Amazon.
Also, what other books, if any, would people recommend to prepare for
the exams (Air Law first).  I already have the Trevor Thom books 1 &

Would anyone know where I could purchase an old passenger seat from a
commercial airliner? Either a double or triple seat.
Preferably in the UK.
Thanks in advance

I have always fancied learning to fly but never done anything about it (or
been able to afford it!). Does anyone have any nice web links to info on
learning to fly? I am looking for info on where (I am located in north
manchester), how long it takes, how often do you need to have ...

so far nearest I have found is Bournemouth airport, plus one firm
which needs to keep the bottle for 12 hrs (they say the contents
settles!) so it's 2 trips...
Peter.

Do the low-flying rules apply to balloons?  Here near Bristol we see a lot
and alot of them are very low.  They seem to get away with flying much lower
than powere craft, so are they allowed to or do they just not care?
Rob

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I just need something confirmed.............Am I right in saying that
the Grumman AA5 aircraft has bonded skin rather than Rivets?
Thanks.

Can anyone please point me in the direction for an online TAF report source
for LFAF (Chambry France)?
No response from http://meteocentre.com/cgi-bin/get_metar_taf?STN=LFAF
Neither LFAF nor Chambry listed on http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml