Ravenair acquires LFS & Keenair facilities
Following on from the announcement last month that one of the UK longest established flying schools – Liverpool Flying School (LFS) – had closed, fellow Liverpool John Lennon Airport resident Ravenair has confirmed that it is in the process of acquiring the business’ hangar and office facilities. Ravenair Ops Director Wayne Barrett told FTN that the company is in the advanced stages of purchasing LFS’ sister company Keenair, which for...
Disabled woman’s life “transformed” after learning to fly from home
A 56-year-old disabled woman from London is learning to fly on her computer with Aerobility’s Virtual Aviation Experience (VAE). Yvonne, whose disabilities have a profound impact on her mobility, speech, and emotional well-being says her life has been “enriched” after completing Aerobility’s free VAE course. Yvonne has been disabled since 2021 after she experienced a stroke which severely affected the right side of her body, making...
A million flight training aircraft movements per year?
Each year the UK CAA publishes figures for the UK’s 60 busiest airports. This includes General Aviation (GA) airports as well as commercial airports, and alongside schedule service transport, charter and GA aircraft movements, the CAA also reports on flying club and flight training activity. FTN has analysed flight training activity at those airports showing more than 1,000 flight training movements per year. There is a significant...
Airbus commences automatic taxiing R&D project
Airbus’ R&D division, Airbus UpNext, commenced testing last month on a new project to develop automatic taxiing and enhanced pilot assistance. According to Airbus, the three-year research project, called Optimate, will combine a wide range of technologies including advanced automation, computer vision, data fusion and machine learning (AI) to improve aircraft navigation systems and the human-machine interface. A key objective for...
CATS Aviation running FREE HPL Webinar
Theoretical knowledge (TK) training specialist company CATS Aviation is running a free Human Performance & Limitations (HPL) webinar on Saturday 22 June 2024, designed for PPL students. The Luton-based TK company is running the webinar from 10:00-13:15 and PPL students are encouraged to sign up to learn more about HPL, which forms one of the nine subject categories that students will be examined on during their training course. To...
