General aviation news

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]

A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has suggested that Police helicopters in the UK need urgent reform. National Police Air Service (NPAS) has operated air support, including helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and drones, for the 43 police forces across the England & Wales since [read more]

Two men have suffered life-threatening injuries and burns in a light aircraft crash in near Coventry. The aircraft came down in a field near the village of Wolvey around 4pm this afternoon. The West Midlands ambulance service said that the injured men were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, [read more]

If you were out and about in Cardiff this afternoon you were in for a big surprise as a seaplane touched down in Cardiff Bay. The Cessna 182R Amphibian arrived at Cardiff Airport this morning ahead of its operations in Cardiff Bay later that afternoon. The aircraft, G-ESSL, operated around [read more]