Making visitors welcome

I recently joined the local branch of Air Britain who I suppose most would class as plane spotters which is what they were in WW2.

They are men and women with a love of all things to do with aviation,
they visit service bases and unusual aviation sites, even flying abroad for their hobby.
At some airfields they are discouraged from visiting yet we need all the friends we can get.

I fly a Cessna Aerobat G-AZID out of Wolvermpton and specifically make a point of chatting to any visitors especially when they have children in tow for they are our future.

Aviation and airfields need all the friends they can get!

Fosset disappearance

PS, It might reduce the accident level on roads if people had to learn in Moggy 1000s

Looping forces

Having read the missives re looping aircraft, the stresses on a loop are not all that great, my C150 Aerobat shows 3.5G in a loop.
The a/c is stressed +6G, -3G therefore + 3.5G is well within design standards and a spin is a 1G manoevre.
When I was training for my ppl One of my instructors looped a C152 without a G meter fitted as it is quite a gentle manouvre.
About 5 years ago I was present when a Fiat G222 was rolled at an airshow but cannot remember where(either Farnbororough or Fairford)

cycle helmet

As a teenager (when Adam was a lad) I covered thousands of miles on a pushbike without a helmet , I am not sure they are really necessary.
It is a symptom of the nanny state.
The use of flashing red lights is actually illegal in the UK but the police don’t enforce laws which don’t generate income (such as speed cameras).

Riding on footpaths is also illegal but the Police don’t enforce that either.

The law requires a red light and a red reflector at the rear and a white light at the front and an audible means of attracting attention such as a bell or horn.
I frequently see children and adults who should know better riding without lights who do not seem to realise that they are invisible to motorists at night.

Bird Flu

I dont understand why DEFRA repeated the mistakes the of foot and mouth episode by putting these birds on trucks and hauling them from Norfolk to Staffordshire. It doesn’t make sense to me, why not burn them on site or at least somewhere in the restricted zone.

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PPL in RSA

A PPL from any ICAO country is recognised worldwide but to progress you may find employers insisting on a FAA or JAR.
A JAR PPl wishing to fly in NEW Zealand for example has to take an air law exam and a GFT. A British CPL would only be allowed PPL category if wishing to fly in NZ, this is partly because there is lots of mountain flying and different
procedures locally.
I flew whilst there on holiday in 2003, the air is crystal clear, on a grey day from 2000 feet the visability was about 50 miles.
The biggest civvy fleet is the good old US of A, it is more difficult to train there than it was with visas etc, but they have a can do attitude to aviation

James,
It took me 4 years as I could only fly every other Thursday due to work and family committments. It also meant resitting some exams and repeating some lessons but as has been sail in earlier posts does it matter as long as you are airborne.
I have had my license 6 years now and I have just bought a share in a C150.
I got a part time job to pay for some of the hours, it is really about committment, if you really want to do it you can.