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PPL IR Europe
United Kingdom
Приєднався 24 лют 2023
PPL/IR Europe is a not-for-profit organisation open to any pilot who is interested in operating light aircraft under IFR in Europe.
PPL/IR Europe provides private pilots with a way of exchanging knowledge and experience about instrument flying. In contrast to professional pilots, who are supported by the organisation they work for, private pilots are left to their own devices, and PPL/IR Europe seeks to remedy that situation.
We have over 600 members, most of whom are private pilots with instrument qualifications, with some members working towards, or considering this pilot qualification and a number of commercial and airline pilots.
Most of our members hold EASA Part-FCL, UK Part-FCL or FAA licences and mainly reside in the UK and Europe but we also have members further afield in New Zealand and the United States.
Join today via the link below.
PPL/IR Europe provides private pilots with a way of exchanging knowledge and experience about instrument flying. In contrast to professional pilots, who are supported by the organisation they work for, private pilots are left to their own devices, and PPL/IR Europe seeks to remedy that situation.
We have over 600 members, most of whom are private pilots with instrument qualifications, with some members working towards, or considering this pilot qualification and a number of commercial and airline pilots.
Most of our members hold EASA Part-FCL, UK Part-FCL or FAA licences and mainly reside in the UK and Europe but we also have members further afield in New Zealand and the United States.
Join today via the link below.
Thunderstorms
Of all the weather phenomena most feared by GA pilots, fog, icing, strong winds and so on, the one that seems to scare people most is thunderstorms. This video focuses on the practicalities of forecasting them, evaluating them, avoiding them and surviving them to help you think about when and whether to fly if there is a risk or forecast of thunderstorms.
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Відео
Icing
Переглядів 7632 місяці тому
People die as a result of airframe or air-intake icing on a regular basis. In this video, PPL/IR Europe's Flight Operation and Competence WG lead, Timothy Nathan discusses what it's like dealing with ice day-to-day, how to reduce the chances of flying through ice and what actions to take should you encounter ice. Watching this video may, one day, save your life and the life of your passengers.
2024 Annual Conference
Переглядів 1513 місяці тому
Montage of the Annual Conference held in Hamburg, Germany on 29th June 2024
Fuel Planning and Management
Переглядів 2335 місяців тому
Pre-flight fuel planning and inflight fuel management & decision-making are critical aspects of any airborne aviation operation. In this video, PPL/IR Europe's Operations & Competency Working Group lead, Timothy Nathan, discusses (fuel tank) calibration & (fuel) consumption, flight planning and inflight monitoring, management and decision-making.
Track Pointer and Flight Path Marker
Переглядів 4699 місяців тому
In this video, PPL/IR Europe's Flight Operations and Competence lead, Timothy Nathan, talks about two of the most fantastic but less well-understood little aids provided with newer Electronic Flight Displays (EFDs) - also known as 'glass cockpits' - the 'Track Pointer' and 'Flight Path Marker'. Once you see these little gems you won't want to return to 'steam'!
Visiting the UK - Permissions
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In the UK we do everything...a bit different. This series of short videos produced by PPL/IR Europe's Flight Operations & Competence Working Group and narrated by Timothy Nathan explains what pilots really need to know when visiting the UK by light aircraft. This is the last video of the series and focuses on the paperwork and procedures, for example: Immigration, customs, PPR, fuel availabilit...
Visiting the UK - IFR
Переглядів 46811 місяців тому
In the UK we do everything...a bit different. This series of short videos produced by PPL/IR Europe's Flight Operations & Competence Working Group and narrated by Timothy Nathan explains what pilots really need to know when visiting the UK by light aircraft. This third video focuses on flying IFR in the UK outside controlled airspace, including the infamous being "Dumped at Detling". Note: If y...
Visiting the UK - Services
Переглядів 42411 місяців тому
In the UK we do everything...a bit different. This series of short videos produced by PPL/IR Europe's Operations & Competence Working Group and narrated by Timothy Nathan explains what pilots really need to know when visiting the UK by light aircraft. This second video talks about 'air traffic services'. Note: If you haven't seen the first video in this series the link is below: ua-cam.com/vide...
Visiting the UK - Airspace
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In the UK we do everything...a bit different. This series of short videos produced by PPL/IR Europe's Operations & Competence Working Group and narrated by Timothy Nathan explains what pilots really need to know when visiting the UK by light aircraft. This first video talks about 'airspace'.
Lost Comms
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Are you comfortable in the event of losing comms? Some pilots are but many are not. PPL/IR Europe's Operations & Competence Working Group have produced this video in which Timothy Nathan explains how to safely manage a lost comms event. The TDODAR video mentioned in this video can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/EaYzJGSpY7A/v-deo.html
Slots
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In this video PPL/IR Europe's Flight Operations and Competence Working Group address the topic of 'slots'. This covers airport slots, apron slots, Prior Permission/Notice Required (PPR/PNR) and airways slots (Calculated Take Off Time / CTOT)
Getting In and Out
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In this video, PPL/IR Europe demystifies the procedures associated with departing from different airfields from those inside controlled airspace connected to the airways system to small farm strips where 'getting in and out' of controlled airspace can sometimes be a challenge!
Situational Awareness - An Evidence-Based Approach
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In this, the latest in the series of videos published by PPL/IR Europe, Paul Sherry introduces the evidence-based approach to Situation Awareness developed by Dr Mica Endsley (former Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force)
IR or BIR?
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Have you ever wondered what proportion of the time a flight could legally be conducted with a BIR and how many days the weather would necessitate a full IR? In this video, PPL/IR Europe present the data analysed in 2021 to answer this question.
Briefing approaches
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This video describe when and how to brief for the approach and focusses, as always on the single pilot IFR operation across UK and Europe.
Use of Windy.com for European IFR Pilots
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Use of Windy.com for European IFR Pilots
Workload Management for the IFR Single Pilot
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Workload Management for the IFR Single Pilot
Let's Get Real - European IFR in Practice
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Let's Get Real - European IFR in Practice
Great video
Not that we are aware of, but it is a good idea and I'll propose it at the next Flight Operations and Competence WG meeting.
Great, as always! New equipment? Audio and video quality improved a lot. 👍
Yes, after a recommendation from a PPL/IR Europe member we invested in a new camera and a physical background as opposed to using the built-in feature.
Very informative as always, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Love these videos. Please keep them coming.
Well, we enjoy makin' 'em and it is great that you enjoy watchin' 'em...and of course some continued development to boot.
Superb, thanks! I don't suppose you know if there is similar for flying elsewhere in Europe - particularly France & Germany?
It was my first PPLIR conference and definitely not the last one! Looking forward to the next one and to see you all again.
Thanks for the reply, glad you enjoyed the event - see you next time!
Great content as always! It was a pleasure to meet you in Hamburg 🙂
Thanks for the feedback, nice to see you at the PPL/IR Europe Annual Conference in Hamburg (EDDH)
As ever a great summary. Well worth listening to it two or three times. Thanks for all youe work in producing these videos.
@@johnshannon2866Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated.
It’s generous of Timothy to credit me as I suspect for many this is common sense and they may do it instinctively anyway. If you have a track pointer, you can easily see drift at all times being just the difference between track and heading. Knowing you need 3x that for the outbound leg in the hold you just need difference between heading and course to be 3x drift. Since, when we are flying on instruments, our IQ is divided by three, it’s easier (at least for me) just to visualise this rather than doing the sums, by adding the 1x drift I can see between heading and track to the 2x I can see between track and course, and there’s your 1/3rd to 2/3rds ratio.
Another nice video for consolidating real-world knowledge. The Henry Hunter technique is going to take a few repeat viewings before I get it though... 🤔
for the henry hunter holds - great tip. How fast were you flying that hold. Manual calculation for 120knots says wca=15 so triple would be 45 degree. I am assuming the wind is 20knots from 005 from the glass display for my calculation. You are showing triple as being 24 so wca = 8. Are you flying at 240knots
The W/V in the video is 045/20, which gives a 120-knot WCA of around 8°. The Henry Hunter Technique is visual and very elegant and that is always a plus because it avoids any mental gymnastics when figuring out the hold.
@@pplireurope ok thank you. I was taking the glass display of wind for the direction relative to the heading bug and was getting 293+73 for that = 005
When around 11:33 you say "while still remaining outside of controlled airspace" you mean an airspace for which you need a clearance, it doesn't apply to E airspace, correct?
Yes, what is meant is that if you have planned to enter airspace where a clearance is required to be have been received and read back then you should remain outside that piece of airspace until you have received the required positive clearance. Whilst controlled, entry into Class E airspace does not require an ATC Clearance.
What happens if a delayed CTOT means that I'll miss my arrival airport slot? Should I get a new airport slot (which may be impossible on a short timescale) and amend the flight plan or just hope that nobody will complain at my destination?
Under these circumstances a new airport slot is necessary.
An IAP approach slot that comes to mind is EDAZ Schönhagen, south of Berlin's main airport EDDB. The slot is there not due to capacity of EDAZ, but due to workload of the EDDB approach controller. Apparantely they can only handle 1 approach to EDAZ every 30 minutes. I had an issue once flying there where the EDDB approach controller wanted to "drop me" out of CAS while approaching EDAZ due to some misunderstanding on their side regarding my approach slot. I had to remain assertive, "negative, I have an approach slot and wish to stay IFR and fly my approach". After some grunting they finally approved my approach.
Very useful video, Timothy. I used to fly GA IFR in the UK but am now based in Germany. Have to say I miss the UK system as it provides the pilot with much more freedom. Germany forbidding IFR outside controlled airspace is conducent to dangerous situations in my opinion. Also the risk of being reported for illegal IMC flying is not to be dismissed. Every German is a policeman at heart, many love telling others off and pointing out their mistakes, particularly in aviation! So I would try to avoid it or at the very least not make it obviously evident to third parties... BTW: The Bremen dct to DWxxx is very common. I've flown to Bremen a lot and have NEVER flown the normal "STAR", it's always been a dct to one of the transition waypoints.
Glad you found the video useful, we enjoy making them. If my memory serves me, at the PPL/IR Europe annual conference this year, Foreflight presented a number of excellent training sessions, this feedback was given and they have passed it back to the development team.
Another really useful video - thanks so much for this down-to-earth series. Does anyone have an 'in' with Foreflight, and could get them to look into adding a 'freeze' facility? This summer I had slots - changing multiple times - going to Spain and back from the UK, and they almost caused a divorce because of the resultant rush...
Thanks Timothy, a really useful reminder for the different scenarios. After doing most flying from a connected airport (EGGP) it's very confusing when leaving from a smaller, unconnected airfield. It's always a lottery getting to speak to London Information!
thanks
Welcome
Thanks, very helpful video.
Glad it was helpful!