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Please click for the latest Aerodromes Update. GAAC wishes all its supporters a successful 2021 as we start the slow recovery from recent, and ongoing, challenges. You can also view…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

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,…