Sectionals

Look at any FAA Sectional and you’ll be amazed at the amount of detailed information you can glean, if only you could understand it all! In this new series of articles, I’ll cover some interesting aspect of the FAA sectionals. I’ll also cover some of the more weird CAA notations of VFR charts. Let’s start [...]

London Calling

“London Information. Algie, here. Put the kettle on, looks like I’ll be back in time for afternoon tea”

“Glad to hear you’re back Algie. I’m putting the kettle on now.”

CAA vs FAA Mayday

Those three words, the prefix to an emergency radio call, are often practised both in the USA and the UK. Despite the fact that the ICAO language is English this is based on a French phrase (”Me” “aidez” – contracted to M’aidez – help me) and even though Britain and the USA share a common [...]