On Sunday 14 July 2019, the British Grand Prix will be held at Silverstone circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire and in support of this the Red Arrows will conduct a display before the race commences. A recently published Airspace Coordination Notice describes that under powers of Article 239 of the Air Navigation…

RAF Little Rissington is an active Air Cadet Organisation (ACO) winch launched gliding site. The ACO recognises that gliders flying cross-country do sometimes get low and that an airfield landing is preferable to landing in a field. They have requested that any glider getting close to their gliding operation calls…

A channel (ie frequency) reference card has been published for use by cross country pilots who wish to know which channel to use to contact a gliding airfield. The reference card can be found at Tim Newport Peace’s site http://www.newportpeace.co.uk/waypoints/stoppress.htm or as Section 28 of the Waypoint Page (there is a link…

The CAA has updated CAP1606 describing the changed 8.33 kHz channel spacing for sporting and recreational assignments. You can view the publication here.

RESTRICTION OF FLYING REGULATIONS FOR THE VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM BY A HEAD OF STATE 3 – 5 JUNE 2019. A Head of State is to visit the United Kingdom during the period from 3 to 5 June 2019 inclusive. The visit will include a visit to D-Day 75th…

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has informed Leeds Bradford Airport that it has decided to refuse its airspace change proposal (ACP). The CAA document explaining their decision is here: www.caa.co.uk/cap1805.

Please ensure that you comply with RA(T)s, as published in AICs on the AIP website and via NOTAMs. We have been given an early indication that a significant RA(T) will be used on the 19th and 20th July for the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford.   The…

Another reminder that the allocated gliding channels were updated earlier this year. The details are as described in this table. Please click on the image to expand.  

The Queens Birthday Flypast on 8 June 2019 is subject to a rolling RA(T), full details of which will be published as AIC M 052/2019 – AICs are published here. Although the restrictions are primarily to the east of London, the RA(T) is active in the very busy ‘Oxford gap’…

The BGA has published its response to the CAA call for evidence re electronic conspicuity. The CAA call for evidence closes on the 25th May 2019. You can view the BGA response and read more here.