Trip Reports

Introduction

Mostly VFR:

Spain, September 2003
Crete, September 2004
Spain, June 2005
Santorini, September 2005

Mostly IFR:

Prague, June 2006
Corfu, August 2006
Aero2007 - Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 2007
Crete, Croatia, September 2007
Zaragoza, Spain, November 2007
Tempelhof, Germany, August 2008
Granada & San Sebastian, Spain, September 2008
Zurich, Switzerland, April 2009
Canakkale, Turkey, September 2009
Valencia, Spain, October 2009
Dortmund, Germany, February 2010
Paris / Pontoise, France, March 2010
Aero2010 - Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 2010
Crete, Croatia, June 2010

Aviation Glossary

Miscellaneous Articles (from myself)

8 years with the Socata TB20
Using Satellite IR Images to Determine Cloud Tops
Cloud Tops Forecasting
Doing an FAA PPL/IR
Aircraft Transfer to N-reg
IFR Flying in Europe
Online Flight Plan Filing
Engine Management
Satellite Weather Data in the Cockpit
IO-540 Engine Rebuild (SB569)
Installing a 406MHz ELT in a TB20GT
TB20 Vibration Analysis
Portable Oxygen
Portable Oxygen - System Comparison
License Privileges, Aircraft Registers, Etc
Component Documentation Requirements
Shadin flowmeter problems
TB20GT Oil Pressure Indicator
Garmin 496 installation in a TB20
Bose-X headset adaptor for ICOM A22 transceiver
KFC225 autopilot failures
KI229 RMI failure
KLN94 failure
KLN94 GPS SDDR-31 CF Writer and database updates
JAA Audiogram for IR
Electronic Fuel Management (113kb PDF)
Extended Warranties
GPRS/3G Mobile Internet

Pictures

Gallery

Weather

NWS TAF/METAR
MWIS Synoptics
Metbrief
Avbrief

Avbrief fast PDA OPMET page (TAFs/METARs)
Actual Tephigrams (ascents): Univ of Wyoming Univ of Cologne
Forecast Tephigrams: Meteoblue RUC-NOAA NOAA
UKMO IR satellite image
Spanish Met IR image
NOAA weather (GFS)
Sembach/USAF (Europe) weather (incl. icing charts)
Westwind/MM5 (cloud tops etc)
Navlost
Dundee Satellite Station
ECWMF
Activitae/YAWS
US National Weather Source
Wetterzentrale.de
XC Weather
NOAA radar images etc (USA), compact site
Jeppesen weather page
French Meteo
Turkey weather
ProPilots
European weather map
METAR/TAF map
Thermodynamic diagrams in meteorology

Radar/Sferics

Meteox site (weather radar for most of Europe)

Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary Radar
Italy
Italy and others
Netherlands

Norway
Poland
Slovakia 1 2
Slovenia
Spain Spain URL (edit the time)
Switzerland

Misc radar links (some dead)
A small collection of sferics (stormscope) sites

OPERA European Weather Radar project (not useful)

Route Planning Resources

FlightPlanPro
EuroFPL Validation Site
EuroFPL
Homebriefing
AFPEx Flight Plan Filing (UK pilots only)
NATS UK Notams
48hr Notam Restriction Site (unofficial)
ASA Routefinder
CFMU Eurocontrol Flight Plan Validation Site (use IFPUV)
Eurocontrol RAIM prediction tool

Navlost

Forms/Documents

ICAO Flight Plan Form 85k editable PDF 117k DOC
2009 General Aviation Report 55k PDF 250k PDF Guidance Notes 90k .DOC
GAR form transmission matrix (Sussex, UK)
HO60 Fuel Drawback Form URL Local Copy Current Drawback Rates (2010)
GENDEC 13k PDF 54k DOC

PPR Request Form

Miscellaneous Documents

Foreign AIPs, approach charts, etc

Eurocontrol National AIP Collection
Eurocontrol EAD site
Flying in France
FrancoFlyers
French AIP etc (SIA) / Olivia
Review of some French airfields
Flying in Ireland
Spanish Aviation
Netherlands AIS
Belgium/Lux AIP
Greece - HellasGA AOPA.gr Airport Opening Times
Croatia
Norway
Austrian Flight Planning
Pilotfriend resources (US site)
Visiting UK military airfields
UK Highlands & Islands Airport Information

Morocco AIP (French)
Afghanistan CAA
European Terminal Charges - new for 2010

Overflight / Landing Permit Agents

White Rose
First Charter
Overflight
FSI

Air Law & Regulations

UK Air Navigation Order (cap393.pdf)
UK Terrorism Act 2000 Chapter 11 (Schedule 7 is relevant)
Summary of "Public Transport" regulations (UK CAA) (181k)
ICAO Documents (CAA Denmark, incomplete)
EASA Approved Equipment
EASA STC List
UK Airline Travellers Guide (Prohibited Substances etc) URL Local Copy
Eurocontrol IFR Enroute Charges
JAA ATPL Online Question Bank

Icing

NASA Pilots Guide to Icing
US AOPA - Aircraft Icing article
IFR Magazine - Known Icing

Miscellaneous Stuff

John Deakin
PPL/IR Europe RNAV Procedures Manual
Jeppesen Flitestar terrain data errors
GPS Vulnerability Report (Volpe Institute) (467k) URL Local Copy
GPS Risk Assessment Study (John Hopkins Univ) URL Local Copy
TB20 Takeoff Performance (500k PDF)
TB20 power settings #1 (251k)
TB20 power settings #2 (144k)
IO540-C fuel consumption
IO540-C sea level performance
EDM700 example chart (192k) another partly at FL140
EDM700 Windows data download software DOS v1.2 Original EzTrends
EDM700 download protocol URL local copy: sourcecode windows executable
GAMI injector graphs (EGT versus common fuel flow rate) before after
Mixture control procedure for climb, with EDM engine monitor (337k PPT)
Loads of aviation related formulae
Aviation Calculator
John Denker - How It Flies
David F. Rogers - Technical Flying Articles
Engineering Toolbox
Ground Effect
VHF/UHF frequency/channel table
More of the above
JAA Publications
http://aviation.hasle.com
ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Database
A. Pape's Colour Vision paper URL local copy
London City Univ Colour Vision Study URL local copy
CAA Colour Vision Recommendations local copy
Shock Cooling article (950k GIF) Another Copy
Historical Airport Weather Data METARs (edit the URL to suit) TAFs
A really bizzare website on aircraft reg numbers / the result of the efforts of millions of aircraft spotters
UK based foreign registered aircraft
Isle of Man aircraft registry
Socata TB series data local copy
CAP694 VFR/IFR Flight Planning Guide Local copy 6/2006 (PDF, 5MB)
CAA License/Rating Issue Stats
Aircraft VAT/import/export consultant
Thuraya WWW to SMS gateway
Thuraya Web Topup
UK 406MHz ELT/EPIRB registration
Autopilot Failure Modes Local Copy
Instrument Repairs RJ Pandect
Example of correct radio communication (non-UK airspace) 6MB MP3

FAA/US Stuff

U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations
Legal Interpretations & Chief Counsel's Opinions
N-reg aircraft document carriage requirements
FAA Part 61 FAQ (from 2004; no longer on FAA website) 2.9MB DOC 3.2MB PDF
FAA Accident Data Breakdown 2001 (PDF, 2.5MB)

U.S. weather reporting abbreviations etc
FAA Study on Cirrus Spin Recovery local copy
FAA Exam practice
FAA article on repairs local copy
FAA rules on owner-produced parts local copy
FAA rules on owner-installed parts
FAA Major Mods (Part 43)
FAA page on ICAO English language proficiency & license replacement local copy
FAA STC Database
AC20-138A IFR GPS Certification
US DAFIF database access removal
FAA International Flight Manual
FAA Doctor in the UK



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