Sherburn Airfield is steeped in aviation history and being based here we are lucky to be able to be part of celebrating such occasions as this. The Fairey Swordfish returned to Sherburn-in-Elmet this weekend. . Built in 1941 by Blackburn Aircraft at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Swordfish W5856 has undergone a lengthy rebuild over the few years and was finally saved for the nation and restored to full flying condition with the support of a £200,000 grant from the Peter Harrison Heritage

British Airways is recruiting new pilots for its expanding fleet of Embraer jet aircraft at London City Airport. An ambitious recruitment programme is launched this month to find both direct entry captains and first officers to join BA CityFlyer, the wholly owned British Airways’ subsidiary that operates from the Docklands airport to more than 30 business and leisure destinations across Europe. The new recruits will join over 200 existing pilots who currently fly the fleet of

The days are getting shorter signalling the end of summer and I think it is safe to say that for everyone here at Advanced Flight Training it has been a successful one. The University of Leeds students have all but finished with lots of PPL skills tests passed and very happy future pilots ready to take to the skies. It has been an incredible feeling having past Leeds students gain their IR, CPL and FI ratings to teach the new students their PPLs (see below). There is no bette

converted from rtf StartFragment From 25th August 2016, all UK registered aircraft with an EASA certificate of airworthiness are legally required to carry either an Emergency locator transmitter (ELT) or Personal locator beacon (PLB) for all flights regardless of type of operation or duration of flight. This requirement already exists in many other European countries under the provisions of Part NCO regulations. From 25 August 2016 EASA Air Operations Regulations came into ef