general aviation

Flying for fun, whether in your own aircraft or a hired one can be expensive. Cutting the cost of general aviation can only be a good thing right? That is exactly what flight-sharing service Wingly is trying to do so Aviation Wales went to meet them at their Paris headquarters. [read more]

When thinking about flying in Wales it is all to easy to think of jumping on an airliner from Cardiff Airport for a week on the beach on the Costa Del Sol but is that really all that’s available? With a healthy, and growing General Aviation (GA) in Wales the [read more]

South Wales aviator and self-styled “Flying Vet” Maurice Kirk was reported missing in Africa after he failed to arrive in Gambella, Ethiopia but has since been found alive according to his son Charles Kirk. Mr Kirk (72), who claims he was a former drinking buddy of the late Oliver Reed, [read more]

9am on a Saturday morning would normally see me sipping a coffee, maybe checking some emails and catching up with the worlds overnight events but today is different, today it finds me handing my passport over to the Military Police. The reason? I’ve been invited to spend some time with [read more]

Cardiff Airport and AEROS flying school are hosting a “Fly-In” event on the 9th August 2015 to raise money for Wales Air Ambulance. The event is open to all private light aircraft with a maximum weight of 2 tonnes and the event is being offered with a reduced landing rate [read more]