Podcasts about light aircraft association

Spring is here and many pilots are returning to GA flying after the winter months. We speak with Lucy Wootton, Chief Inspector at the Light Aircraft Association who explains how to prepare for getting back into the air.We also talk to Jo Aston, the CAA's Met Technical Officer who shares her experience as a specialist aviation meteorologist.Updates and resources mentioned in this episode:We have published GA Pilot Licensing & Training Simplification Phase 1 Consultation Response Document as a follow up to our initial consultation we ran last year. This sets out the responses we received and our next steps. Findings from the pilot medical declaration review and our next steps Our full catalogue of Safety Sense Leaflets including SSL : Radiotelephony Astral Aviation Consulting workshops on Radiotelephony and SkyWatchingPre-flight checklist animation and Lucy Wootton video - check out our full catalogue of safety animations: Safety Animations | Civil Aviation Authority (caa.co.uk)Podcast on take off decision making (CAA Safety Files, Episode 2)Access the latest updates with our SkyWise notification serviceIf you have any feedback or suggestions for areas that you'd like us to cover in this podcast, please get in touch at gapodcast@caa.co.uk.

The Light Aircraft Association and the British Microlight Aircraft Association are proposing a merger. What will it mean for pilots? Will microlight owners be treated as poor relations in the new organisation? Will flexwing operators lose support and expertise? Steve Slater, CEO of the Light Aircraft Association, answers some of the most challenging questions around the merger.At Charlton Park where you land and park your aircraft right in front of a 17th century manor house, visiting pilots are sometimes greeted by the landowner himself, Lord Suffolk. We went to see him and talk about the history of his estate and the airfield.Support the show (http://patreon.com/2kft)

To get a broader appreciation of what the Light Aircraft Association does I was pointed in the direction of Brian Hope, editor of the LAA's magazine 'Light Aviation'. We discuss everything about the LAA from its history, through the development of aeroplane kits right up to the forthcoming LAA rally at Sywell.

Today I’m off down to Turweston Aerodrome to meet Andy Draper of the Light Aircraft Association. Andy is the design engineer with the LAA and having joined from kitplane company, Europa, he now looks after the modification work for LAA aircraft but also oversees the ongoing airworthiness of all the approved types. I was interested in finding out what the process was for building your own aircraft so who better to ask than Andy. If you recognize Andy’s photo on the web site that’s because he was involved in the TV show ‘A Plane Is Born’ some years ago, helping Mark Evans build his Europa kit plane.