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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,…

Today the UK Government (Department for Transport) issued updated guidance to help the General Aviation (GA) sector prepare to reopen safely for business, taking into account the return to flight…

The Department for Transport has confirmed as follows: "Following the Prime Minister’s announcement earlier this week about changes to lockdown measures, I can confirm that the reopening of GA businesses…

The Armchair Airshow 2020 will take place on Saturday 20th June at 2pm on the Aerobility YouTube channel. Please see this link for details: https://www.aerobility.com/armchair-airshow-2020To offer your support - e.g. airshow…

The CAA’s Head of General Aviation, Rachel Gardner-Poole, has written a letter to industry representatives in response to requests for financial assistance for the sector, as it attempts to recover…