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Updated: 15:33 p.m, October 6th, 2008
 
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BRITISH MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION AND LIGHT AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION
The Councils of the British Microlight Aircraft Association ( BMAA ) and the Light Aircraft Association ( LAA ) have agreed to initiate joint discussions leading to amalgamation. Keith Negal, BMAA Chairman and Roger Hopkinson, LAA Chairman said “During mid-April our respective Councils voted unanimously to work towards the amalgamation of our two successful associations. Our aim is to put this proposal to our members later this year and, withtheir support, enter 2009 as a single association of nearly 12,000 members. There is much work to be done but, particularly at this time of great change in the regulation and structure of European light aviation, the advantages of pooling our strength, experience and resources for the benefit of all our members can no longer be ignored”. 17th April 2008
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Shoreham to get first GPS approach
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The UK's first GPS will be introduced at Shoreham Airport on 20 November this year. The CAA has approved RNAV Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) non-precision approach at the airport. Details of the approach are included in the UK Air Pilot update which is published on 9 October. Please note that the new charts/prodecures are different to those used in the trials last year.

The approval of this first GPS approach may well lead to a flood of other airports looking to get GPS approaches for their runways.
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a reminder to pilots and aircraft operators to ensure that their emergency locator transmitters (ELT) are operating on the new location frequency of 406MHz by February 2009
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From 1 February 2009 ELTs tuned only to the analogue frequencies of 121.5/243MHz will no longer be picked up by the international satellite system that guides search and rescue teams.  Transmissions will only be recognised from digital beacons transmitting on 406MHz.  The new frequency will transmit an encoded message that includes a unique identifier and may include location data if the unit is connected to a global positioning system (GNSS). Full Story
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Cabair continue their concerted recruitment drive to bring in new flight instructors to work in their seven PPL schools located around the London Orbital. More
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New rules emanating from Europe could mean the end of the UK IMC Rating.We would like to hear from you on this subject. This survey will only take a few minutes of your time but it will help us enormouslyy Please Click Here

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