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Electricity Terms for PPL Theory

Definitions relating to electricity. Required knowledge for PPL training.

Simplified EASA Regulations

EASA Regulations (Updated on 5th April 2021) Everyone flying in Europe is familiar with the new EASA regulations. However, students, new pilots and pilots outside of Europe may find all these regulations confusing and the information they need, hard to find. The Basic Regulation is called Regulation (EC) No 216/2008. This regulation contains all the […]

Confined Areas

(Updated on 5th April 2021) What is a Confined Area? Helicopters are designed to let us land in car parks, mountain tops, ships and any number of other unusual locations. For the purposes of this post, any area that is not an airport is considered a confined area. You may be landing in a 40 […]

EASA Air Law For The PPL

(Updated on 28th March 2021) Under EASA regulations, the syllabus for the Air Law theory for PPL students has changed considerably. All of these changes have required Approved Training Organisations to rewrite their training material. To date, there are no books to teach the new EASA regulations in Ireland. For this reason, I have written […]