General Aviation

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has appointed Rachel Gardner-Poole as the new head of its General Aviation Unit. Rachel, who is currently the Portfolio Director at the CAA has previously worked on counter-terrorism with the Home Office and as a scientific researcher in the defence sector which is where she [read more]

A pilot of a light aircraft has suffered a head injury after being forced to ditch his aircraft into the sea in Whitesands Bay near St Davids, Wales. It is understood that the Piper PA-28 Cherokee G-BAJR hit waves as it ditched into the sea near the shoreline and witnesses [read more]

Stratford-Upon-Avon Council has commenced Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) proceedings for Wellesbourne Airfield (EGBW). Developers are interested in building homes on the site however the Council has stepped and has written to Littler Investments Limited in order to begin negotiations with a view to purchasing and protecting Wellesbourne Airfield as a working [read more]

Delays in the runway reopening at Carlisle Airport are being blamed for the closure of Border Air’s Carlisle flying school. In a statement on their website Border Air said: “We received notification over the weekend that Carlisle Airport will not re-open on Monday 4th June 2018. We have been very [read more]

The UK Government has appointed a General Aviation Champion to help identify a network of UK aerodromes that are most important for non-scheduled flying to flourish. Former Police Detective and Conservative politician Byron Davies has been given the newly created role which was announced by Minister for Aviation, Baroness Sugg at Elstree airfield. [read more]

A plane crash near Builth Wells which killed two people was the result of an “inadvertent manoeuvre” according to the official accident report. Both men, Nick Jefferies and Scott Penlington, died at the scene of the crash at Cwmbach near Builth Wells in September 2016. The pair were flying in an Ev-97 [read more]

Aeros Flight Training have named the pilot involved in last weeks fatal accident in Worcestershire. John Smith (52) is described by Aeros as “highly experienced, very popular with both his colleagues and his students” and was “enthusiastic”. The flight training school went on to say that Mr Smith had joined them [read more]

With just 1 week to go until Christmas day, final checks are well underway for a special Xmas eve flight which will see SANTA 1 take flight once again. The annual flight departs the North Pole on the 24th December and completes a global journey taking in every village, town, city [read more]