Postponed Carlisle fly-in. New dates!
All go for the revised date. 17 aircraft and counting! With the bleak forecast for Saturday 35th July we are going to postpone the Flyin at Carlisle. The airport is keen to have us and have offered Saturday the 22nd August with the Sunday 23rd being held in reserve. This...
Electronic Conspicuity Mandate Consultation
Webinar for GA Community - Electronic Conspicuity Mandate ConsultationThe CAA is holding a webinar for the General Aviation community in relation to the CAA's consultation on a Proposed Electronic Conspicuity Mandate in the UK on Tuesday 11 August from 18:00 – 19:00....
CAA consultation its proposed approach to an Electronic Conspicuity Mandate
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is consulting on its proposed approach to an Electronic Conspicuity Mandate for certain aircraft operating below Flight Level 100 in UK sovereign airspace, and how any future requirement should be designed and implemented....
Tailplane Torque-tube clamps – updated LAA MTD - July 2026:
Image is an extract from the Tailplane Torque-tube clamps – updated LAA MTD - July 2026: Members may have noticed that the UK LAA recently updated their initial December 2025 Mandatory Technical Directive regarding the optional tailplane torque-tube clamps (yo...
The latest edition of The Europa Flyer has been published
Issue 113 of the Europa Flyer has been published. It is located here This edition is available online only.
Rod Palmer RIP
A tribute to Rod Palmer By David Cripps Rod completed his aircraft engineering apprenticeship at Vickers Armstrong, Weybridge and then went on to work for BOAC (Heathrow) and British Airways (Gatwick). In 1984 he left BA, and Rod and his wife Gill purchased Plumpto...
CAA Mandatory Permit Directive
Those of us subscribed to Flyrotax may have noticed a recent Rotax Alert Service Bulletin (ASB_A-2026-001R00) regarding inspection of affected gearboxes for omission of some fasteners which affect the security of a bearing and possible subsequent loss of lubrication in reduc...
Carlisle Fly-in update
Details on the Carlisle event and registration can be found here Drew Brown Event Safety Organiser Mike Gregory Europa Club Safety Officer
Rotax bulletin
https://legacy.rotaxowner.com/si_tb_info/alertbulletins/ASB_A-2026-001.pdf
Southern islands Fly-in
Updated notes (17/06/2026) for Southern Islands Fly-In Friday 10th- Sunday 12thJuly 2026 Isle of Wight & Alderney The current aim of the weekend is to encourage Europas to explore two of the southern islands of the U.K., namely the Isle of Wight and Al...
Thunder and lightning
Four Europas made it to the Polish Antidotum Airshow. Sadly due to a thunderstorm that rampaged through the airfield the event held on the Friday was abandoned. All participants nevertheless had an excellant trip.
Arctic Ocean
All seven aircraft safely home from the trip to the Arctic Ocean Full story in will be revealed in a Europa Flyer article Image credit Carl Parkinson
Aerodesign.uk Takes Over the MGL Avionics Dealership
John Wighton and the team at Aerodesign.uk are delighted to confirm that they are taking over the UK dealership for MGL Avionics, supporting existing and new customers across the sport aircraft, permit aircraft, microlight, gyroplane, kit aircraft, experimental aircr...
