General aviation news archive for February 2019

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has welcomed the conviction of a pilot, following an aircraft crash in 2017 in which the pilot and passengers were injured

Britain’s top women pilots are planning to soar to success after being selected to represent Team GB in the Women’s World Gliding Championships (WWGC) in Australia next year

Planning rules must further change if airfields are to survive and thrive. That is the view of the Cross-Party group on aviation

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation (APPG-GA), welcomes the release of the General Aviation’s strategy, but calls on the CAA to be more ambitious

On 29 January the Civil Aviation Authority published CAP1754 – General Aviation Strategy 2018-23 on its Skywise web page

The future of Snowdonia Aerospace Centre at Llanbedr Airfield has been safeguarded following its allocation by the Snowdonia National Park Authority (SNPA) in the recently adopted Eryri Local Development Plan covering the period to 2031

On 12 February the CAA published without fanfare General Exemption E 4843, which allows holders of ‘legacy’ national licences to continue to fly UK registered TMGs (touring motor gliders), helicopters and aeroplanes certified by EASA or operating on an EASA Permit to Fly

Lynx Avionics have announced that the business has been acquired by DAC and has moved to a new larger production facility. With the restructuring and relocation, the business intends to enter a new phase of development and expansion

A formation of World War Two aircraft will return to Normandy this year - for what may be the final time. An emotional flypast will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings

Pilatus has delivered the first PC-24 Super Versatile Jet equipped with a medevac interior to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia

Commercial flight school, FTA Global, is upgrading its Multi-Crew Cooperation Course (MCC) to include Jet Orientation (JOC) and Airline Readiness Training

On 13 December Boeing delivered the 787th 787 Dreamliner to come off the production line, marking a special milestone for the fastest-selling twin-aisle jet in history