New European General Aviation Forum
Trip Reports
Mostly VFR:
Spain, September 2003
Crete, September 2004
Spain, June 2005
Santorini, September 2005
Mostly IFR:
Prague, June 2006
Corfu, August 2006
Aero 2007 - 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
Aero 2010 - Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 2010
Crete, Croatia, June 2010
Sardinia, Italy, August 2010
Newcastle, UK, January 2011
Locarno, Switzerland, March 2011
Kithira, Greece, September 2011
Aero 2012 - Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 2012
Barcelona, Spain, July 2012
Samothraki, Greece, September 2012
Aviation Glossary
Miscellaneous Articles (from myself)
EASA moves against the FAA licensed community in
Europe
10 years with the Socata TB20GT
Avidyne TAS605 Installation in a Socata TB20GT
KLN94 FAA Approval for GPS Approaches
Installing a Sandel SN3500 EHSI in a TB20GT
Operational Tips
A Flight in the TBM850
Using Satellite IR Images to Determine Cloud Tops
Cloud Tops Forecasting
Doing an FAA PPL/IR
Doing a JAA PPL/IR
Aircraft Transfer to N-reg / EASA issues with
N-reg aircraft
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
KI525 HSI/KN72 failure
GTX330 Temperature Probe Errors
KLN94 GPS SDDR-31 CF Writer and database
updates
JAA Audiogram for IR
Electronic Fuel Management (113kb PDF)
Extended Warranties
GPRS/3G Mobile Internet
Mobile Data Options for Aviation
Pictures
Weather
NWS TAF/METAR
AviationWeather
MWIS Synoptics
Metbrief MSLP
Avbrief
Avbrief PDA OPMET page (TAFs/METARs)
Actual Tephigrams (ascents): Univ
of Wyoming Univ
of Cologne
Forecast Tephigrams: Meteoblue RUC-NOAA
NOAA
IR satellite image
- EUMETSAT, UKMO, hourly update
IR satellite
image - EUMETSAT, from sat24.com, 15-minute update
Portugal Met IR/Vis image
Spanish Met IR
image
NOAA weather (GFS)
Westwind/MM5 (cloud tops etc)
Navlost
Dundee Satellite Station
ECWMF
Activitae/YAWS
US National Weather Source
NOAA Europe FL100+ SigWX
(item f)
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
Radar/Sferics
Meteox site (weather radar for most of Europe)
Croatia
Czech Republic another
Hungary Radar
Italy
Italy and others
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
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)
IPPC (Norway
CAA) NRB Notams
ASA Routefinder
CFMU
Eurocontrol Flight Plan Validation Site (use IFPUV)
UK SRD
Eurocontrol RAIM prediction tool
Navlost
Airport Data
Business Aviation Handbook
ACUKWIK
European Airfields
Italian
Touring Guide (2005)
Forms/Documents
ICAO Flight Plan Form 85k
editable PDF 117k DOC
2010 General Aviation Report (GAR) 120k PDF
500k editable PDF 250k
PDF Guidance Notes
GAR form transmission matrix (Sussex, UK)
HO60 Fuel Drawback Form URL
Local Copy Current
Drawback Rates (2011)
GENDEC 13k PDF 54k
DOC
PPR Request Form
Miscellaneous Documents
Foreign AIPs, approach charts, etc
National AIPs (Eurocontrol)
National AIPs (Eurocontrol PDF)
National AIP Links (archived
from old Eurocontrol site)
Eurocontrol
EAD site
Flying in France
FrancoFlyers
French AIP etc
(SIA) / Olivia
Review of some
French airfields
French IGN charts online
Flying in
Ireland
Spanish Aviation
Netherlands AIS
Belgium/Lux
AIP
Greece - HellasGA AOPA.gr
Airport Opening Times
AIP
Greek AIP
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 / Flight Support
General Aviation Support Egypt
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
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 Another
Site
PPL/IR Europe
RNAV Procedures Manual
Jeppesen Flitestar terrain data errors
The Scandal of EASA RNAV Approvals
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 Landing Performance (23k 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 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
Rules of thumb
Aviation Calculator
Aviation formulae
Atmospheric Calculations
John Denker - How It Flies
David
F. Rogers - Technical Flying Articles
Windmilling Prop
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
London City Univ Colour Vision Study
CAA Colour Vision Recommendations
local copy
Shock Cooling article (950k GIF)
Historical Airport Weather Data METARs
(edit the URL to suit)
Ogimet TAFs/METARs (incl
historical)
Ogimet 3D cloud profiles
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
French
(F-reg) Aircraft Data
Flying from USA to Europe
Socata TB series data
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
Singles v. Twins
(local copy)
Instrument Repairs UK: SkySmart
RJ Pandect
USA: Castleberry Instruments
FAA/US Stuff
U.S.
Federal Aviation Regulations
U.S.
AIP
Legal
Interpretations & Chief Counsel's Opinions
N-reg aircraft document carriage requirements,
and Proof of VAT Paid
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
FAA Exam practice
FAA
article on repairs local copy
FAA rules on owner-produced
parts local copy
FAA rules on owner-installed parts
FAA Common
Purpose Test Article local copy
Commercial Parts Concession
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 Safety Briefings
FAA
bilateral treaties with other countries
FAA
DAR List local copy 3/2013
FAA Doctor in the UK
Funny Stuff
Example of correct
radio communication (6MB MP3)
La Guardia Approach Plate
Harrison Ford Approach Plate
Page updated 18th May 2013
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