The last Aerodromes Update of 2020 brings few surprises but continued trends as some airfields slip gradually towards becoming “Garden Villages” — lost forever to GA — and others manage to cling on with an invaluable mention in a Local Plan that they are earmarked to remain airfields. Meanwhile we all await the eventual resumption […]
No, not that EC! We mean Electronic Conspicuity… not EC/EU and Brexit, as negotiations continue to get a post-Brexit trade deal for the UK. The CAA, fresh from saying it was offering 50% rebates on EC devices to encourage more widespread adoption, has published a special edition of its Clued Up magazine on the subject.
Please see the updated DfT guidance on general aviation flying: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-general-aviation/coronavirus-covid-19-general-aviation Please read this to understand how observing the rules in your Tier is essential – in particular Tier 3, where flights should return to the same airfield they departed from.
For the latest edition of AERODROMES UPDATE please click to view the PDF. The list is maintained by AOPA and GAAC Board Member, John Walker. Note that Old Sarum Airfield is believed to have fully reopened before the latest UK National Lockdown. We therefore assume it will resume normal operations on 2nd December (or the
The General Aviation Awareness Council (GAAC), which represents the interests of numerous UK GA associations in particular where they relate to access to airfields and airspace, has welcomed two recent developments that fall under the auspices of the Department for Transport (DfT) — the release of the revised version of CAP 738 by the CAA,
The General Aviation Awareness Council (GAAC) has written to Robert Jenrick, UK Secretary of State for Housing, in relation to recent proposals by the Government for radical planning reforms in England. The proposals were published by MHCLG (the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government) in August under the title ‘Planning for the Future’. In
Proposed changes to planning laws could be the only hope for retaining a UK Network of Airfields, which at the current time has no legal protection. Some are safeguarded, and many more need to be, so that their existence has to be taken into account for local planning and development, but top-level, hard-law protection is
GAAC is pleased to present the latest AERODROMES UPDATE. Garden Villages are mentioned more than is desirable as the pressing need for housing, and no protected “Network of Airfields” yet, sees airfields increasingly being singled out as development sites. Popular training airfields such as Andrewsfield and Fairoaks feature persistently on the list but it’s good
Today the UK Government (Department for Transport) issued updated guidance to help the General Aviation (GA) sector prepare to reopen safely for business, taking into account the return to flight training on Saturday 4th July. This post has been edited to highlight the most salient points but you are advised to read the full guidance.
