Norway’s pioneers in electric aviation, Equator Aircraft, have joined the world’s first electric air race with a team including the group’s founder and CEO Tomas Brødreskift

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that the current exemption that allows General Aviation (GA) pilots to self-declare their medical fitness, that was due to expire on Wednesday 8 April 2020, has been extended to remain in place until 8 November 2020

The scholarship, appropriately for its title, offers training to Private Pilot’s Licence standard on the classic and vintage de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moths of the Cambridge Flying Group at Cambridge Airport

On March 31 the Government released further information on coronavirus guidance that ‘precludes recreational GA flying’

Entries can be drawn, painted or computer generated and must be posted to the LAA by 30 June 2020

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has made the decision to extend the deadline of the public engagement on the proposed criteria that the Civil Aviation Authority will use to determine whether to accept the Airspace Change Masterplan

FAI rent-a-jet AG, Germany’s leading Air Ambulance Specialist and Special Mission Operator has been working around the clock to help evacuate those in need following unprecedented demand from the spread of coronavirus

Before the coronavirus lockdown, Pilot Editor Philip Whiteman and Assistant Editor Eugenio Facci joined Andrew Latham, Chairman of the Guild of Aviation Artists and LAA CEO Steve Slater in selecting the UK prize winners of the 2020 FAI Young Artists Contest for children aged six to seventeen

Professional flight training specialist Leading Edge Aviation is among the organisations setting up ‘virtual classrooms’ to deliver Ground School training to students during the Covid-19 period of isolation

Light Aircraft Association CEO Steve Slater has released the below advice to all pilots in light of the ongoing Covid-19 situation

The club will be able to stay on the site but will be unable to fly, effectively forcing the club’s closure

Ultimate Aerobatics, in partnership with Total UK Aviation Fuels, is offering scholarships for two pilots

A number of members have contacted the LAA with concerns regarding the continuation of GA flying as COVID precautions are increasing

The aviation community is our extended ‘family’ and the team at VA Airline Training would like to support any pilots affected by redundancy where they can

Skyborne Airline Academy is setting out a series of measures to support pilots affected by the collapse of the airline Flybe

The deadline for free listing in Pilot magazine’s essential Where to Fly Guide is fast approaching! If you are a new organisation or have not yet responded to our request for updated information, now is the time to act

On 12 February the Aviation Minister, Paul Maynard, launched the Airfield Development Fund

Farnborough Airport’s giant airspace grab has come into effect, with the establishment of two class D Control Zones (CTRs) around the airport, along with seven Class D Control Areas (CTAs) and two Class E Control Areas (CTAs)

British Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that the UK will no longer be a member state of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) after December 31 when EU law will cease to apply to the UK

British Aerobatics will make the draw to win a flight in a Spitfire on March 11

The Light Aircraft Association (LAA) started the new year with a record fleet size of 2,827 aircraft on valid Permits to Fly

Toyota, the world’s largest car maker, recently invested £301m in California-based Joby Aviation, which is working on an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) air taxi

Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam recently announced its P2002 Sierra MkII light aircraft has obtained certification to the new German 600kg rules

Piper Aircraft have announced a 27% increase in aircraft deliveries for 2019

The Federal Aviation Administration has warned BlackBird, a company that describes itself as an ‘online marketplace’, that it is in breach of aviation regulations, and that the pilots listed in its database risk incurring sanctions

Hyundai and Uber unveiled in January the Hyundai S-A1 Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) electric VTOL aircraft concept

The first ever A380 to enter scheduled service, and also the first ever to be retired, has been turned into a new edition of rare Aviationtags

The appropriately named Canadian company Hempearth Group is building a ‘world first’ in the form of an aeroplane that would be made almost entirely from hemp

Rolls-Royce has unveiled at Gloucestershire Airport its electric project aeroplane, ACCEL which is intended to set a new speed world record of more than 300mph at some point in 2020

Cotswold Airport (Kemble) has just had another CAP 1616 green light to move onto consultation for its proposed GPS approaches