It’s an issue that needs greater visibility, so I hope this kind of reporting is a step towards reform.

Hi,

for a couple of days, now, shop.jeppesen.com (directly linked from jeppesen.com) has been down. The first days it showed a banner that it was "down due to technical issues", but since yesterday it just shows a banner saying "Jeppesen. A Boeing Company".

Is anyone else here able to reach the shop?

Is there any information about why, and how long this is going to last?

I'm quite seriously confused and bewildered that the market leader for aeronautical charts could just "close shop" like that. The only thing I could imagine that would take so long is an attack where data could have been modified, including backups, requiring manual validation of all data.

Just had a lesson today and I was asked to plan a trip that crosses CA airspace. Found this as a nice reference for figuring out what's involved in going to CA

I finished editing the video of our aerodrome festival on August 12 and 13 this year. Enjoy and comment!

I missed 2/60 questions for a 97%:

• IR.V.B.K1: Elements related to ATC routes, including departure procedures (DPs) and associated climb gradients; arrival procedures (STARs) and associated constraints.
• IR.I.C.K3a: Calculating: a. Time, climb and descent rates, course, distance, heading, true airspeed, and groundspeed

I took an online home-study ground school course with Aviation Training Center (www.aviationtrainingcenter.org). I had bought a lifetime membership when I was doing my PPL originally with them under another company name, so I was grandfathered in before their annual subscription pricing hit. I completed the course in about 3 weeks in my spare time (I have a wife, 2 young children & a 60+ hr/wk non-aviation career).

After I completed the home-study course, I went the Sheppard Air study resource route and bought their IRA study kit. I spent around 30 hours going through that. People say it's just rote memorization. You could use it that way, but to be honest, I found

For anyone in the region, there are two days of exhibition, sightseeing flights for the public, aerobatic displays and information about the local clubs, food&drink, RC model planes and more.

Location is the public airfield Porta Westfalica EDVY near Hannover.

We all know the marshaller signals. Go left, go right, stop, death threat, etc.

There is, however, one that appears in official docs, but never in discussions or at the airport (at least I've never had a marshaller show this to me) – the "dispatch aircraft" symbol:

Does anyone know when this is used, if at all? The definition ("Perform a standard salute with right hand and/or wand to dispatch the aircraft. Maintain eye contact with flight crew until aircraft has begun to taxi.") suggests that it's supposed to be used after you obtain taxi clearance but before you start to move.

That said, the marshaller has never been present when I was getting ready to taxi. I always just called tower or delivery to get startup and taxi clearances, switched on the taxi lights and went on my merry way. So, what's the reason for this hand signal's exi

On Reddit I frequently heard stories from either newly-passed or newly-failed private pilots outlining the entire process and seeking advice. So I started wondering - how difficult is it to pass the PPL check in the US? I heard that there is a long oral questions part where the examiner quizzes you on the theoretical parts before you even start to brief the flight, much less get in the cockpit. Are there no written exams there, just these questions? Or is it both? If both, why is this part so long (heard it can go on for over an hour)? Do you need to know what every FAR regulates? I frequently see Americans referencing FARs alongside their numbers as if they had an index in their head lol

Here in EASA land one of my friends told me that the check is "hard to fail if you paid attention" and, while stressful, yeah, the examiner did not try to trip me up with questions nor did he ask me to perform maneuvers I haven't practiced well. It felt like just another solo XC flight, a couple touc

Complete Walkaround has quickly become one of my favorite YouTube channels. in each short form episode, you will get a breakdown of the performance, costs, and quirks of a plane that you may just be interested in.

as an owner of a Comanche 250, I can attest that the breakdown of costs and performance are fairly accurate (region dependent for fixed costs), and a great starting point for potential owners.

According to EU regulation 1178/2011, the only condition is that you have at least 12 takeoffs and landing and 12 hours (of which 6 as PIC) and one hour total flight time ("block time") of "refresher training" within the last 12 months before the end of the validity of the single-engine piston and/or touring motor glider class ratings.

As far as I can tell, the one hour of refresher training doesn't even have to be one contiguous flight, but can be spread out over multiple flights.

Only a proficiency check (i. e. checkride with official examiner, which is required if you don't have the prerequisite flight time) needs to be performed within the last 3 months before expiry.

My first video on peertube, but actually an old film I previously published on YouTube.

Enjoy.

How hard is it to fly in Switzerland with FAA certificates? Anyone have experience with "Validation of a foreign license" which is good for 1 year or "Conversion of a BASA FAA licence to EASA Part-FCL PPL Licence"

I live relatively close to one of the hubs for A400M operations (Wunstorf), but currently have no flights planned in any of the restricted areas.

I expect operations at Hannover EDDV to be affected, since Wunstorf is inside the Hannover control zone.

Do any of you live inside the northeastern area which starts at ground level? Did you have to reschedule or reroute any flights?

I see your VOR, and I raise you another one.