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The UK Needs More GPS Approaches!

It would be nice to have more! For example if we had a way to get back into Redhill with lower minima, we could go out doing IFR training (yesterday was a case in point). We were planning to go to Southend to do two practice approaches. When I was flying at Sebastian in Florida […]

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BMFA Celebrates Centenary

The summer of 2022 saw the British Model Flying Association (Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers) celebrate its Centenary.  BMFA is one of the key UK aviation associations that support the work of the GAAC. There have been a number of events to celebrate the BMFA’s Centenary, including a record attempt which saw 3109 model aircraft airborne

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Redhill’s Pilot’s Hub to Close!

As we publish the latest Aerodromes Update there has been disappointing news from Redhill where the Pilot’s Hub cafe is to close, the airfield owners having given notice to the lessee of Hangar 9, Aerospace Resources Ltd. Often the cafe is the beating heart of an airfield and in this case there has been a

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GAAC Exhibits at Private Flyer 2022

The General Aviation Awareness Council exhibited at the Private Flyer event held at Booker Airfield (Wycombe Air Park), 13-14 May 2022. The event was held by Elite Events alongside the British Golf Show and included a fly-in with aircraft arriving from all over the UK, and a gathering of Classic Cars. For Aircraft on Display

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Drone Association Presents to APPG Airfields Working Group

GAAC Supporting Organisation and Board Member, ARPAS-UK (the not-for-profit trade association for the UK Drone Industry), recently gave a presentation to the Airfields Working Group of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for General Aviation. You can view the presentation HERE. Please note that GAAC will be exhibiting at both Private Flyer UK at Wycombe Air Park

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New Article on GAAC Website

A new article has been posted on the GAAC website: ‘Seven Reasons Why Local Airfields are an Important Asset to the Community’ – By Ben Lovegrove. Please see https://www.gaac.org.uk/7-reasons-airfields-are-important/

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Airfields Update…plus: “Biodiversity”

Please visit the GAAC website for the latest list of airfields under threat: https://www.gaac.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AERODROMES-UPDATE-Q1-22.pdf Please also see this new page on our website relating to Biodiversity at airfields following the success at Bodmin: https://www.gaac.org.uk/biodiversity/

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