The Skyway Code
Practical guidance for GA pilots, students and flight instructors on operational, safety and regulatory issues relevant to their flying. Condensing the ‘must know’ information into easy to navigate information and…
Be PROUD and keep learning
The Civil Aviation Authority has long recognised the importance of continuous training and skills development for private pilots, as a means to ever improve the safety standards of recreational flying.…
GAAC Issues Latest Aerodromes Update…
Will the autumn bring breakthroughs at Wellesbourne and Manston, and will Old Sarum, Fairoaks and others be saved from closure? Also worth noting is the Turboprops and Small Airfields conference…
GAAC Wishes Grant Shapps Well as UK Transport Secretary
The General Aviation Awareness Council (GAAC), which represents the interests of some 40 aviation organisations to Parliament, has welcomed last week’s appointment of Grant Shapps MP as UK Secretary of…
APPG Celebrates Airfield Planning Change
In a major win for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation (APPG-GA) the Government has announced changes to planning guidance meaning that long established airfields will no longer be…
Latest Aerodromes Update Issued By GAAC
Please click for the latest AERODROMES UPDATE from GAAC.
Lots of Changes in Latest Aerodromes Update
Please click HERE for the latest Aerodromes Update by John Walker. If you have any queries or can provide input please e-mail planning@gaac.org.uk Thank you
APPG Reviews 2018, Sets 2019 Goals
On 29th January Grant Shapps MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for General Aviation, gave briefed journalists at Westminster. He said 186 MPs and Lords now support the…
Heathrow’s 3rd Runway Plans Threaten Future of White Waltham
One of the UK’s most historic and iconic airfields, and one of its most popular, is facing an uncertain period as plans for Heathrow’s third runway evolve – and could…
First Aerodromes Update of 2019 Has Some Surprises
Please click for the latest UK Aerodromes Update, provided by John Walker of the GAAC Board (and that of AOPA). The main points, summarised by John Walker at the AOPA…