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CAA has today, 25th June 2020, published the outcome of their consultation on the Airspace Classification Review. CAP1935 Outcome of the consultation on the Airspace Classification Review 2019/20. This document outlines the content of the responses received and how the CAA plan to take these forward once the new procedure to review and amend airspace … Continue reading CAP1935 Outcome of the consultation on the Airspace Classification Review 2019/20
The CAA has today, 20th April 2020, granted an extension to the permission allowing City Airport (Manchester Barton) to use the ADS-B ground receiver technology implemented as part of the Airspace4All GA Airfield ATS ADS-B Traffic Display Trial. Barton's current permission (which was due to expire on 30th April 2020) has been extended for 12 … Continue reading 1 year extension to ADS-B Traffic Display Trial at Barton
The CAA has published a new AIC providing updated information regarding ADS-B Out for the UK GA fleet. In August 2017 the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that ADS-B using 1090 MHz is its preferred national system to improve electronic conspicuity for general aviation. Ideally this will be achieved through transponders, although other devices can be integrated … Continue reading Enabling ADS-B Out in the UK General Aviation Fleet
Overview The CAA would like you to help identify volumes of controlled airspace in which the classification could be amended to better reflect the needs of all airspace users on an equitable basis. How do I respond? Please complete the survey here: https://consultations.caa.co.uk/corporate-communications/airspace-classification-review-2019-2020/ The CAA consultation closes on 03 March 2020. Those wishing to contribute to … Continue reading Airspace classification review 2019–2020
Airspace4All GA Airfield ATS ADS-B Traffic Display Trial at Barton to continue until 30 April 2020 The trial use of ADS-B to provide general aviation ATS units with real-time traffic awareness in the vicinity of Barton Aerodrome has been extended, after the initial trial period proved successful. Barton and Airspace4All, which has been overseeing the … Continue reading Airspace4All GA Airfield ATS ADS-B Traffic Display Trial at Barton to continue until 30 April 2020
A Coroner's report was sent to the CAA on 17th May 2019 following the inquest into the mid-air collision between a Cessna 152 and a Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter near Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire on 17th November 2017. The full report sent to the CAA can be read here: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Jaspal-Singh-Bahra-2019-0160.pdf Below is an extract from … Continue reading Coroner’s Report to CAA on Mid-Air Collision near Waddesdon Manor on 17th Nov 2017
Steve Cooper is a FISO at City Airport (Manchester Barton) and is also our primary contact at Barton for the Airspace4All GA Airfield ATS ADS-B Traffic Display Trial. Steve gave a presentation at the CAA ‘Share The Air' Conference at Royal Aeronautical Society, London on 27th June 2019 providing an update on the trial. Click on the image … Continue reading Barton/Airspace4All GA Airfield ATS ADS-B Trial Presentation at CAA Share The Air Conference
Airspace4All, along with 13 others, responded to the CAA September 2018 consultation on 'Change proposals for Class E airspace ATS procedures'. CAA has published the outcomes of the consultation in CAP1800: CAA Change proposals for Class E airspace ATS procedures: Consultation report
The requirements for pilots flying visual flight rules (VFR) in class D airspace are set to change later this year. In the UK pilots have been able to use an exemption to the Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) allowing certain aircraft operating below 3,000 feet to fly 'clear of cloud' when in class … Continue reading CAA Class D airspace consultation – VMC changes on the way