Aviation Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / March 2006

Interestingly, when I did my ATPLs at PPSC (ah, big sigh, RIP PPSC) I was
told that the rotational axis of a gyro wasd regarded as a degree of
freedom, hence a space gyro has three degrees of freedom.  I'm now reading a
copy of AP3456 the RAF manual, flying, and IT says that the ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4857962.stm
The 14:25 service from Liverpool will be landing six miles from the airport.

sorry if this is a pretty amateurish post, but i'm absolutely new to
anything radio-related;
i'm part of a group heading to greenland this summer for some climbing
and exploring in a previously unvisited mountain range.besides a

Hi all, am hoping you can help out. I have been asked by a friend to see if
I can lay my hands on or get as much tech info about the Shevtsov Ash-21
engine..
Basically he and a friend have managed to get hold of an engine, and want

Redhill based 1/8th share for sale, £6000.
Costs are: £75 pcm and a pound a minute on Hobbs.
owned by six commercial pilots and two non-flying stooges.  Current
utilisation c50 hours a YEAR.

There is a possibility of an airstrip in the Fort William area.
It would be useful to get some idea of interest in the proposal.
Please reply by e-mail to airstrip@fortwilliam.flyer.co.uk using the
following as a guide and use the same Subject name, to help avoid my

3 hours into my PPL, I learnt a valuable lesson today - don't fly when you
have a cold.
I thought the stuffy nose and sore throat that I've had for the last week
were sufficiently passed for today - I can only assume I was wrong, as I now

Why was the Avro Tudor besett with problems and not the success that
was hoped for?
Regards
Ajax

I have had my JAR Class 2 through that has a deviation because my
eyesight is so awful.  It says I have to carry spare specs and that I
can only fly UK registered planes. It says I have no territorial limits
but that I need permission to fly non-UK registered planes.  How does

The 2004 edition of Jeremy Pratt's book Principles of Flight, Flight
Performance and Planning, page fpp21 shows how to use a "whiz-wheel"
to calculate Density Altitude.  Runway elevation 700ft, QNH 1003 mb,
Temperature at runway +25 degrees C.  The answer given in the book using

I am having trouble finding a definitive answer to this question!
When can the Night Rating be used VFR in the UK?
As far as I'm aware you can't fly VFR at night in the UK unless you are
within a Control Zone. i.e. the most you can do is circuits, no cross

New Minijets site under http://perso.wanadoo.fr/philippe.bezard/index.html
In french for the moment.
Bests regards
Philippe