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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Apr 2022, 17:39
Replies: 26
Views: 11,984
Posted By xrayalpha

We at Strathaven Airfield are just under 5,000m...

We at Strathaven Airfield are just under 5,000m from the eastern boundary of Europe's largest onshore windfarm - the Whitelee/Browncastle complex. Each turbine higher than the Blackpool Tower.

And...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Feb 2022, 19:26
Replies: 7
Views: 689
Posted By xrayalpha

Is there any reason why you don't want this...

Is there any reason why you don't want this publicised?

For example, we put "club notices" on our facebook page rather than a noticeboard. Keeps the place tidier!

But it appears you wouldn't...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2022, 18:30
Replies: 12
Views: 2,606
Posted By xrayalpha

OK, explanation I got back was - as some guessed...

OK, explanation I got back was - as some guessed - due to fractional ownership: (country, airfield and aircraft details amended for privacy)

Since 1st January 2021 the UK CAA have said that they...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Feb 2022, 13:28
Replies: 12
Views: 2,606
Posted By xrayalpha

Hi all, Thanks for the replies - it caught...

Hi all,

Thanks for the replies - it caught my attention since I own an unlicenced airfield and I had never heard of it either.

I will now get back to the author of the minutes (of a meeting I...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Feb 2022, 17:22
Replies: 12
Views: 2,606
Posted By xrayalpha

Syndicate aircraft banned from unlicensed airfield?

Had the minutes of a meeting at which there were CAA folk present.

The minutes state:

"Post Brexit has complicated matters for fractional ownership aircraft, with foreign and GB
registrations,...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Nov 2021, 17:58
Replies: 31
Views: 7,294
Posted By xrayalpha

Ironically, my airfield received a grant from the...

Ironically, my airfield received a grant from the Airfield Advisory Fund to investigating building "hangar homes".

So Grant no completely against building houses on airfields!
Forum: Private Flying
21st Oct 2021, 08:51
Replies: 22
Views: 2,899
Posted By xrayalpha

Ban? What ban? You can fly in (most)...

Ban? What ban?

You can fly in (most) uncontrolled airspace up to 400ft above ground level. So with Pythagorus's 3,4,5 law, you could scoot from Strathaven to Scone 300ft above the ground and 400ft...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
29th Mar 2021, 10:49
Replies: 8
Views: 1,108
Posted By xrayalpha

Apologies for more, I can see I am going to get a...

Apologies for more, I can see I am going to get a few people asking as lockdown ends!

So, if he has the hours for his LAPL as laid out below from CAA web site, he just has to do an hour with an...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
28th Mar 2021, 18:50
Replies: 8
Views: 1,108
Posted By xrayalpha

Yes, that what I advised - and meant when I said...

Yes, that what I advised - and meant when I said test! Ooops! Although isn't it a test for the NPPL rating if it has lapsed?

But he (or/and wife) wonders about keeping away from others for a while...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
28th Mar 2021, 18:26
Replies: 8
Views: 1,108
Posted By xrayalpha

NPPL rating revalidation

Hi,

Have a club member with an NPPL Microlight and NPPL SSEA, and a LAPL.

NPPL Microlight rating expires at the end of March 2021, so he was signed up by me for another two years since he had...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Oct 2020, 11:43
Replies: 5
Views: 1,185
Posted By xrayalpha

Specs for airfield signs

Hi,

Having decided to use Aerops for contact free landing fee payment etc, I want to make up a sign which also includes the Black C on a Yellow Square.

Does anyone know of the specifications...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
24th Oct 2020, 14:53
Replies: 10
Views: 2,412
Posted By xrayalpha

OK, so Wales now back in lockdown. South...

OK, so Wales now back in lockdown.

South Lanarkshire, where we are in Scotland, looks likely to go into lockdown in the next week.

Are Welsh flying schools now closed?

Technically, during...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
9th Oct 2020, 21:24
Replies: 10
Views: 2,412
Posted By xrayalpha

Hi all, This wasn't meant to be a "how busy...

Hi all,

This wasn't meant to be a "how busy are you" thread. More a "how have people worked out how to keep flying and instructing legally" one.

So, in Scotland, with the latest "requests" ...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
7th Oct 2020, 20:59
Replies: 10
Views: 2,412
Posted By xrayalpha

OK - so "lockdown" now in central Scotland. Not...

OK - so "lockdown" now in central Scotland. Not meant to travel from one health board area to another - note "meant". It is a request rather than a regulation.

First flight tomorrow now cancelled...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
28th Sep 2020, 19:33
Replies: 10
Views: 2,412
Posted By xrayalpha

And now the BBC says the North-East is in almost...

And now the BBC says the North-East is in almost full lockdown, with people from two households banned from meeting indoors, such as pubs and restaurants. (But workplaces are exempt)

Of course, no...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
28th Sep 2020, 08:52
Replies: 10
Views: 2,412
Posted By xrayalpha

Do the "lockdowns" affect flying schools

Hi,

We all know how the Covid lockdown shut flying schools for at least three months, and then ended in a rather scrappy way across the UK.

On the principle of preparing for the worst, have any...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Jul 2020, 08:34
Replies: 16
Views: 5,722
Posted By xrayalpha

Some sensible advice here, but.... The C42...

Some sensible advice here, but....

The C42 is also available as a light aircraft!

While it is difficult for a flying school to train on a C42 that is kit-built, as all "light aircraft" C42s...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
25th Jun 2020, 17:12
Replies: 77
Views: 12,613
Posted By xrayalpha

Today's talk is that, since three ATOs are now...

Today's talk is that, since three ATOs are now operating in England, Tayside and ACS at Perth are now going to start training on Monday.

Neither ACS or Tayside have phones that get answered, so...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2020, 15:36
Replies: 223
Views: 60,762
Posted By xrayalpha

Family member was an air gunner in Bomber...

Family member was an air gunner in Bomber Command.

Operational life expectancy at one stage was measured in days, perhaps weeks - but not even months!

Fatalities: almost as many as American...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Jun 2020, 07:00
Replies: 36
Views: 9,959
Posted By xrayalpha

One despairs. Spend millions of quid on an...

One despairs.

Spend millions of quid on an airport, and then can't afford to hire a bowser for e few months.

Of course, they can afford to hire a bowser - and send at least two people, maybe...
Forum: Private Flying
21st May 2020, 20:17
Replies: 30
Views: 4,916
Posted By xrayalpha

WWW, I have an old crate with a dodgy...

WWW,

I have an old crate with a dodgy engine, think I'll move it to the English/Welsh border and hope the donkey lasts until I reach Welsh airspace,

I'll be safe then, 'cos I won't be allowed...
Forum: Private Flying
21st May 2020, 20:12
Replies: 10
Views: 2,493
Posted By xrayalpha

No such thing as a bad question....! Pilling...

No such thing as a bad question....!

Pilling Sands has long been a favourite, and - indeed - there were special exemptions made in the NW to allow people to use the beach near the nuclear power...
Forum: Private Flying
10th May 2020, 20:41
Replies: 24
Views: 5,450
Posted By xrayalpha

Should, would, could..... None mean MUST ...

Should, would, could.....

None mean MUST

I live on an airfield and so can go flying any time I want - no "is my journey necessary".

In fact, if I was in England, then I might be prepared to...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Apr 2020, 11:12
Replies: 14
Views: 1,999
Posted By xrayalpha

Rule 1: Don't buy anything without a Rotax 912 or...

Rule 1: Don't buy anything without a Rotax 912 or 912S in it.

First, it will save you bags on fuel. Second, you will always be able to resell it.

Two-strokes are unsellable - no-one wants them....
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
5th Mar 2020, 12:39
Replies: 13
Views: 2,513
Posted By xrayalpha

OK, as the government moves to the second phase...

OK, as the government moves to the second phase of their plan, we have decided:

Sign on door and bit on website outlining our CV precautions.

All visitors to wash hands immediately on arrival...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
29th Feb 2020, 15:04
Replies: 13
Views: 2,513
Posted By xrayalpha

CoVid-19 - what precautions can we take?

With all the news on the latest coronavirus, I am concerned about the fear - and the impact on our business.

Note, my concern is the fear, not the actual virus. But to conquer the fear, we perhaps...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Dec 2019, 14:28
Replies: 5
Views: 1,408
Posted By xrayalpha

We had a hangar fire eight or nine years ago...

We had a hangar fire eight or nine years ago which led to 26 aircraft being written off. So people dealt with every aircraft insurer and their agents in the UK - and all of them paid up, in a pretty...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Dec 2019, 15:38
Replies: 7
Views: 2,186
Posted By xrayalpha

For those interested, we're off to Google Calendar

For those interested, we're off to Google Calendar
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Dec 2019, 11:20
Replies: 7
Views: 2,186
Posted By xrayalpha

By FREE, I mean no cash. I am well aware...

By FREE, I mean no cash.

I am well aware that gmail and pprune aren't free, in that I am exchanging some of my data for access.
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Dec 2019, 08:29
Replies: 7
Views: 2,186
Posted By xrayalpha

Goboko to charge from next week!

Hi all,

An email this morning - just before the Xmas shutdown - to say goboko is going to charge from 28th December!!!

There have been threads before on alternatives, but anyone got an...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Dec 2019, 21:25
Replies: 11
Views: 1,500
Posted By xrayalpha

Because other students may be reading this: ...

Because other students may be reading this:

In Scotland, you don't want a two-stroke because:

They guzzle the fuel and so you will find your range a bit limited - especially two-up! Fuel just...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Dec 2019, 13:19
Replies: 11
Views: 1,500
Posted By xrayalpha

Hi Stalled Haggis, and welcome to pprune! ...

Hi Stalled Haggis, and welcome to pprune!

You raise a few questions which are not uncommon.

There are only three schools in Scotland which teach NPPL (M) on three-axis aircraft. Perth uses the...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2019, 21:01
Replies: 26
Views: 5,719
Posted By xrayalpha

You don't need a transponder for Class D - pop in...

You don't need a transponder for Class D - pop in and out of Glasgow's every week and Edinburgh's once a month.
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Oct 2019, 16:12
Replies: 52
Views: 19,567
Posted By xrayalpha

Mike, Most three-axis microlights are "light...

Mike,

Most three-axis microlights are "light aircraft" that have been squeezed into the microlight category.

The Eurostar, with at one time no paint and the electric fuel pump removed, the...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Sep 2019, 17:22
Replies: 11
Views: 3,199
Posted By xrayalpha

If it is good enough for the military.... From...

If it is good enough for the military.... From Purple Aviation at Eshott's webpage:ELC Scheme - Approved provider Are you an active or recently retired member of the Armed Forces? If so you may be...
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