February 6, 2017
British glider pilots win individual and team golds at 34th FAI World Championships
More than 100 pilots from 27 countries took part in the two-week competition, held in rural Australia
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February 6, 2017
Historic Aircraft Association launches strategic review
‘The HAA has an honourable history, but it has regrettably become seen as a somewhat moribund and less effective organisation than desired, lacking the widespread influence or recognition within the historic aircraft community’
February 6, 2017
Applications open for 2017 flying scholarships from Honourable Company of Air Pilots
The programme covers flight instructor certificates, gliding and PPL
February 6, 2017
IWM Duxford to host fly-in aviation Safety and Bonus Days in 2017
Pilots will have the opportunity to land at Britain’s best-preserved World War II airfield for days of meeting aviation experts, seeing vintage aircraft and exploring the famous museum’s exhibitions
February 1, 2017
Book review: A View from the Hover – My Life in Aviation, by John Farley
£29.95. Second edition Flyer Books/Seager Publishing, hardback, 436 pages, colour and B & W illustration throughout
February 1, 2017
Book review: Gun Button to Fire, by Tom Neil
£20. Amberley Publishing, hardback, 270 pages, mixed contemporary colour and historical B&W illustration
January 31, 2017
Review: Pooley’s Flight Guide United Kingdom and Pilot’s Diary
£46.99 for the flight guide (loose-leaf, with binder); £8.99 for the diary (bound in blue leatherette)
January 31, 2017
Review: IC-A220T 8.33kHz airband panel mount VHF Radio
£1,795
January 31, 2017
Book review: My Dream and My Aeroplanes, by René Fournier
Available by post from René himself at 2 rue de la Halbuterie, 37270 Athée-sur-Cher, France. €38 + €14 P&P to UK and Europe; €38 + €18 P&P to the rest of the world. Paperback, 439…
January 30, 2017
Make sure your school or club appears in Pilot magazine’s Where to Fly Guide 2017
It will go on sale with the April issue of Pilot as a special ‘bumper’ package – and you do not want to be missed out!
January 30, 2017
Airfield Profile: Thruxton
Reasonable prices, a good restaurant and choice of runways, but do call Boscombe Down and remember the airfield’s closed on race days. Nick Bloom visits Thruxton
