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Now Approved for S. African PPL Renewals and Type Ratings
(and the flight tests/ ground exams to convert to JAA/NPPL if required)
ALSO: Radio Test (FRTOL) Examiner for both VHF and HF

*NEW* (2008)
5% Discount for you on all Pooley's Products. It's really easy, just order whatever you want from "Pooleys Online" and quote the discount 'promotional' code 'irvlee' when "checking out", just before final payment, for -5%!
*NEW* (2008, 2009)
Visiting Lecturer, Brunel University
*NEW* (2009)
Pre-Preflight Checklist - Version 3.1
*NEW* (2009)
Pilot 2-Yearly Catch Up Menu (ASI Approved)
*Brand NEW* (2009)
Twitter: Try 'irvleeuk' on Twitter

AOPA Award 2007 for 'Special Contribution to Aviation Safety'.
PPL Masterclasses (click here for details and bookings) recognised as a 'qualifier' for the AOPA Wings Scheme
DVD: Irv Lee's "Rust Remover for Pilots" (Click for demo)
Member of the CAA's Air Infringement Working Group (AIWG)
Member of the UK's General Aviation Safety Council
Appointed Site Adminstrator/Webmaster for GASCo's "Fly on Track" Site
Member of the CAA's Air Infringement Working Group (AIWG)
Elected an Upper Freeman by the Guild Of Air Pilots and Navigators

This page last updated Nov 30^th 2009

Irv Lee
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Home Page for Irv (Irvin) Lee and Higherplane Aviation Training Ltd including:

Personal Profile and History, free FAQ and Advice links, and the products: PPL Masterclass Seminars, Pre Preflight Checklist, Aviation Training, Articles, 'De-Rusting for Pilots' DVD, AND now the items you need for some flying whilst on vacation in South Africa (SA-UK Air Law Differences Booklet and S.A. Planning Charts) – and many useful links.

Advice and Answers are free - try the Frequently Asked Questions page for example, whilst products can be purchased online through a secure site using the usual credit or debit cards.

Needs a 'JAR' or 'NPPL' Bienniel Training hour? Look for added value – it shouldn't be just another flight, time should be spent catching up on all those process and information changes that have happened in the previous 2 years. Have a look at this AirSpace Initiative approved menu to discuss if you see something you need to know, but didn't.

Keep current with a PPL Masterclass Seminar (You Can Choose the Date/Place)

Irv Lee's Rust Remover for Pilots!

Available now, there is a new DVD to remove that surface rust forming on your flying skills over Winter.

Click on the DVD above to read more and order online!

Click here for demo

New: DVD - Just what you've been waiting for...!

You know you don't fly often enough, you know how rusty you feel! For 10 years I've been derusting pilots after lay-offs and most of them show the same mistakes, forget the same things, etc. This DVD can be watched before you go flying, and you can see (and recognise) the rust! Pre-flight planning tips too. If owning and watching this DVD can save you just 15 minutes of de-rusting time once at today's rental prices, it will more than worth it. Suitable whether you are technically current, about to go for a check flight, or a student with a gap since the previous lesson.

Or maybe... if you need a present for a pilot, what better gift? The new flying season is arriving soon, and the winter rust needs to be polished off those skills

Order now online - click on the DVD image.

Quotes:

(The Loop): "... can see this being played in Clubrooms up and down the country"
(Pilot Magazine): "... packed with advice, refreshing relevant in-flight cockpit and air to air filming."
(Flight Training News): "... it's about time someone produced something like this, congratulations to Irv and his team."

Masterclass Seminars for the PPL Holder

Click on the Masterclass!

Book Online!

"PPL? It's a licence to learn...."
So what do you suppose that means...?
"You learn from your mistakes...."
Well, that's NOT the way it has to be any more...

New PPL or been flying for years? Well advanced Student? Learned in the US, SA, NZ or UK? It doesn't matter - you'd find it hard not to enjoy (and benefit from) a PPL Masterclass.

No prior knowledge is assumed - no tests, no nasty surprises, it's an enjoyable aviation experience.

New: Connection permitting, online demos of AFPEX (Flight Plan filing) and AIS Notam Checking

Seminars in a "PPL Masterclass" style

avoid many 'learn by mistakes' pitfalls

rectify embedded confusion

learn real-world tips and techniques

re-invigorate your flying

boost self confidence and safety

meet like-minded flying companions

Pre- Preflight Checklist:

More Details? Click on the yellow image above

If you are only here for the Pre- Preflight Checklist as reviewed in Flyer and Pilot Magazines, International Flight Training News, AOPA's Light Aviation, and GASCO's Flight Safety Bulletin? You can now order and pay online – >90% orders mailed first class within 24 hours.
Click on the yellow front page icon here on the left!

South Africa's Air Law Differences, Planning Air Charts and Flight Guide

"Three Products for the UK Pilot visiting South Africa"

What a UK Pilot needs for a preparation before a SA Vacation

Heading for South Africa on vacation? 3 Products to Enhance your visit
"South Africa on a PPL" is now available for online purchase, summarising the points any UK based pilot needs to understand before arriving in South Africa for a vacation which involves some fun flying down there.
Also South Africa's Complete Air Chart set in one book, with Flight Guide included - Com/Nav frequencies, major airfield layouts, etc.
and now, the "Pilot Destinations" guide to Game Parks and Lodges with airstrips, including a flight guide to use with them.

Buy online in the UK - over 90% of sales arrive within 2 days at UK addresses.Saves weeks of shipment time from S. Africa for the same cost. Invaluable if planning a 'flying' visit to S.A. Click on the banner on the left for more details.

Personal Profile:

Originally from Yorkshire, now resident in Romsey, Hampshire, UK. Educated Leeds Grammar School and Bristol University (B.Sc.(Hons) in Aeronautical Engineering). Recently 'retired' from 26 years in the I.T. world, now concentrating on Fixed Wing Flying Instruction and Flight Examinations/Tests in the U.K., writing articles for aviation magazines, and PPL Masterclass Seminars (see above!). Currently the flight instructor / examiner at Popham Airfield (EGHP) (link below). situated 6 miles SSW of Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, with occasional 'stand-in' tasks at Southampton (EGHI) or Bournemouth (EGHH). Resident South African instructor supporting S.A. PPLs in the UK.

Flying World:

Frequently Asked Questions?

Just need a little free mentoring on confusing topics?

Click on the Smilie above for Frequently Asked Questions, Frequently Given Answers

Training Offered:

Are you in need of:

Free Advice?

an hour long Instructor Flight for 2 year JAR revalidation or NPPL currency?

a flight test to avoid the 12 hour JAR revalidation route?

PPL Renewal Training or the flight test to re-qualify after a break?

IMC Training or refresher, or IMC (re)-test?

PPL Refresher?

Voluntary Introduction to Flying in the UK having gained your PPL abroad?

Voluntary Conversion to JAA PPL from your 'foreign' PPL? (Conversions are not mandatory)

Cross Channel Checkout? - Not a legal requirement, but v. useful

South African PPL Renewals or Type Ratings in the UK?

A Radio Test or training for VHF or HF?

Try this: Training by Irv Lee, and for rental prices, try Popham rentals.

Want to know more about the British Weather generally? Try my "Weather Watch articles".

General Aviation Abbreviations a problem? Try my "G.A. Abbreviations".

Curriculum Aeronautae:

Personal Licences / Ratings	PPL (A) Channel Islands Aero Club (Jersey) as a CCF cadet on an RAF Flying Scholarship. Night Rating (Southampton), Multi Rating (Bournemouth), IMC Rating (Bournemouth). BCPL 1992 (Bournemouth), AFI 1993 (Chichester Goodwood), QFI Upgrade 1995 (Compton Abbas). Full Commercial Licence (CPL) 1996 (UK), JAA PPL/IMC Flight Examiner 2003 (Bournemouth). Validations and Renewals: Flight Examiner for NPPL, JAR SEP and IMC, and S.A. CAA Approved for South African PPL renewals and type ratings. (Rare in the UK!) FRTOL Examiner 2004 (Based at Popham Hampshire) for VHF and HF
Syndicate Aircraft	Sold share in Rutan Long-Ez G-BLMN after 5 years of good fun flying. The amount of instruction work at Popham precluded proper usage of G-MN in recent years. Hobby flying now confined to rentals from Popham, or Bournemouth in Cessnas, Grummans, and Pipers.
Products	Too much to remember before you step out of the clubhouse door? What does that strange code on the Metform mean? Confused about JAR? Which documents to take on a cross-channel day trip? Never understood VFR and Special VFR visibility limits? Try the Pre- Preflight Checklist! DVD: a 'Get Fit, Stay Fit' flying programme for fixed wing PPL holders who aren't flying as often as they want to. Try the Rust Remover for Pilots
Publications	Booklets – available for online order – see links above: “S. Africa on a PPL” - Air Law Differences for the UK Pilot to pass SA Air Law for a flying vacaton there. “Pre-Preflight Checklist” - The G.A. Pilot's Aide Memoire Articles in Magazines, 1997 to “When I got Too Busy to Update the List”: "I Learned about Flying from That (Radiation Fog)" - Pilot Magazine Dec 1997 "Controlled Airspace" - Flyer Magazine Dec 1998 "JAR for the PPL" - Pilot Magazine Jan 1999 "Controlled Airspace 2 - Make it Work for You" - Flyer Magazine Feb 1999 "Fabulous Flights - Manhattan" - Flyer Magazine May 1999 "Learning to Fly" - Pilot Magazine's "Learning to Fly 1999" Guide "Instruction under JAR" - Flyer Magazine July 1999 "How to File a Flight Plan" - Flyer Magazine September 1999 "1st Time in the USA?" - Flyer Magazine October 1999 "Total Eclipse" - Flyer Magazine October 1999 "Fly Me To France" - Flyer Magazine November 1999 "Cross Those Winds" - Flyer Magazine December 1999 "Flying Days" - London Corporate Hospitality Handbook for 1999 "UK (G- Reg) Flying on an FAA Licence" - Flyer Magazine April 2000 "Weather Watch - Radiation Fog" - Flyer Magazine Spring 2000 "VFR Limits (for UK PPL Holders)" - Flyer Magazine Spring 2000 "Learning to Fly" - Pilot Magazine's "Learning to Fly 2000" Guide "Choosing a Flying School" - Flyer Learning to Fly Guide 2000 "PPL? What Next?" - Flyer Learning to Fly Guide 2000 "Weather Watch - Inversions" - Flyer Magazine May 2000 "Weather Watch - Atmospheric Stability" - Flyer Magazine June 2000 "Weather Watch - Thunderstorms" - Flyer Magazine July 2000 "Book Review: Pooley's Delage 2000 France" - Flyer Magazine July 2000 "Reviews: Flyer's Guide VFR France" - Flyer Magazine July 2000 "Weather Watch - Topography" - Flyer Magazine August 2000 "Weather Watch - Runway Meteorology" - Flyer Magazine September 2000 "Flying Doctors - Schengen Customs Portugal/France" - Flyer Magazine September 2000 "Weather Watch - Coastal Effects" - Flyer Magazine October 2000 "The IMC Rating (content)" - Flyer Magazine November 2000 "Weather Watch - The Colour of the Weather" - Flyer Magazine November 2000 "Weather Watch - Not All Quiet on the Western Fronts" (Low Pressure Systems) - Flyer Magazine December 2000 "Flying Doctors - To Become a Flying Instructor" - Flyer Magazine December 2000 "Flying Doctors - IMC Course Advice" - Flyer Magazine December 2000 "Flying Doctors - Priority on Finals" - Flyer Magazine January 2001 "Flying Doctors - IMC in Class D Airspace" - Flyer Magazine January 2001 "Flying Doctors - Foreign PPL to JAR PPL Conversion" - Flyer Magazine February 2001 "Weather Watch - The Dangers of Icing" - Flyer Magazine February 2001 "GPS -The New Navigation (Part 1 - Planning)" - Flyer Magazine March 2001 "Flying Doctors - Special VFR" - Flyer Magazine March 2001 "Weather Watch - Warm Fronts" - Flyer Magazine March 2001 "GPS -The New Navigation (Part 2 - Flying)" - Flyer Magazine April 2001 "Flying Doctors - Revalidating PPL Ratings Overseas" - Flyer Magazine April 2001 "Weather Watch -#12- Warm Sectors and Cold Fronts" - Flyer Magazine April 2001 "GPS -The New Navigation (Part 3 - Diversion and Signal Loss)" - Flyer Magazine May 2001 "Flying Doctors - Renewing the PPL SEP Rating After Expiry" - Flyer Magazine May 2001 "Flying Doctors - Busting Controlled Airspace - What Happens Next?" - Flyer Magazine May 2001 "Weather Watch -#13- Met Decodes" - Flyer Magazine May 2001 "Flying Doctors - Sign Here Please (Finding 'an Examiner' for JAR Rating revalidation sign-ups)" - Flyer Magazine June 2001 "Flying Doctors - (Retiring) From Concorde to GA - the legal side" - Flyer Magazine June 2001 "Weather Watch -#14- The MetForms (214, 215)" - Flyer Magazine June 2001 "GPS -The New Navigation (Part 4 - GPS and Airspace)" - Flyer Magazine July 2001 "Flying Doctors - Revalidation (Flight With Instructor)" - Flyer Magazine July 2001 "Weather Watch -#15- Carb Icing" - Flyer Magazine July 2001 "Flying Doctors - Landing Fees (clearing Special Branch en-route Jersey)" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2001 "Flying Doctors - Canada to UK (Licence Validity)" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2001 "Weather Watch -#16- Wind Up, Wind Down" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2001 "Flying Doctors - Cross Channel" - (despite authorship being credited to someone else!) - Flyer Magazine Summer Special 2001 "Weather Watch -#17- Met Readings" - Flyer Magazine Summer Special 2001 "Don't Lose Your Licence (S.E.P. Revalidation)" - Flyer Magazine September 2001 "Flying Doctors - Code Breaking (Flight Plans)" - Flyer Magazine September 2001 "Flying Doctors - P2, or Not P2? (Illegal Logging)" - Flyer Magazine September 2001 "Can-Can (AvComm AC-454 Headset Review)" - Flyer Magazine September 2001 "Weather Watch -#17- Respect for METARs" - Flyer Magazine September 2001 "Keep Your Ratings (Revalidation II)" - Flyer Magazine October 2001 "Flying Doctors - Medical Fees (NPPL Question)" - Flyer Magazine October 2001 "Flying Doctors - Interception Signals" - Flyer Magazine October 2001 "Weather Watch -#18- TAFs" - Flyer Magazine October 2001 "Proficiency Check (Revalidation III)" - Flyer Magazine November 2001 "Flying Doctors - VFR on Top" - Flyer Magazine November 2001 "Weather Watch -#19- Wind Shear" - Flyer Magazine November 2001 "Visual (10 mile) Navigation" - Flyer Magazine December 2001 "Flying Doctors - Overseas Revalidation" - Flyer Magazine December 2001 "Weather Watch -#20- Turbulence" - Flyer Magazine December 2001 "Flying Doctors - Royal Flight Freephone" - Flyer Magazine January 2002 "Flying Doctors - Help Me Land!" - Flyer Magazine January 2002 "Reviews - Disc-ance learning - Sportys Complete DVD Course for the Private Pilot" - Flyer Magazine January 2002 "Weather Watch -#21- Weather and Radio range" - Flyer Magazine January 2002 "Flying Doctors - Medical Expiry" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2002 "Flying Doctors - (French) VFR Traffic" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2002 "Weather Watch -#22- Isobars and Wind" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2002 "Flying Doctors - Tailwheelers" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2002 "Weather Watch -#23- Airfield Visibility" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2002 "Surviving Ditching" - Flyer Magazine April 2002 "Flying Doctors - Medical Validity" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2002 "Flying Doctors - Night Flying" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2002 "Weather Watch -#24- Air Masses" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2002 "Special VFR" - Flight Safety (General Aviation Safety Council Quarterly) Spring 2002 "Flying Doctors - UK or Stateside?" - Flyer Magazine May 2002 "Flying Doctors - Syllabus" - Flyer Magazine May 2002 "Flying Doctors - Pleasure Principle" - Flyer Magazine May 2002 "Weather Watch -#25- Florida Weather" - Flyer Magazine May 2002 "Flying Doctors - Hand Signals (Marshalling)" - Flyer Magazine June 2002 "Flying Doctors - X-Country Chat (Radio)" - Flyer Magazine June 2002 "Review - Pooleys Whirly Wheel CRP5/9 CD-ROMD" - Flyer Magazine June 2002 "Weather Watch -#26- Advection Fog" - Flyer Magazine June 2002 "Review - The ANO Explained" - Flyer Magazine July 2002 "Flying Doctors - Logging Time" - Flyer Magazine July 2002 "Flying Doctors - Through the ILS" - Flyer Magazine July 2002 "Weather Watch -#27- Mountain High" - Flyer Magazine July 2002 "Understanding the NPPL" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2002 "PFL - Practice and Preparation" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2002 "Flying Doctors - Instructing Aim" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2002 "Flying Doctors - Using Flaps" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2002 "Flying Doctors - 90 Day Rule (again)" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2002 "Weather Watch -#28- Going Into Thin Air (Standard Atmosphere, Density, etc)" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2002 "VORs - Easy as ABC" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2002 "Flying Doctors - Retraining Abroad" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2002 "Flying Doctors - 90 day Rule Catch" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2002 "Weather Watch -#28- Airborne Early Warning" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2002 "Flying Doctors - Keeping Current" - Flyer Magazine Sep 2002 "Flying Doctors - JAA PPL and NPPL" - Flyer Magazine Sep 2002 "Flying Doctors - S.A.PPL Type Ratings" - Flyer Magazine Sep 2002 "Weather Watch -#29- VOLMET" - Flyer Magazine Sep 2002 "Flying Doctors - Tailwheel Courses" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2002 "NPPL Conversions" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2002 "Weather Watch -#30- Climate" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2002 "Flying Doctors - NPPL Helicopters" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2002 "Flying Doctors - Logging In" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2002 "Weather Watch -#31- Jet Streams" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2002 "Flying Doctors - Passenger Briefing" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2002 "Weather Watch -#32- Lapse Rates" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2002 "Flying Doctors - Spinning" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2003 "Flying Doctors - Night Flight" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2003 "Weather Watch -#33- Lapse Rates (2)" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2003 "It Can Happen to You" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2003 "Landing at Military Bases" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2003 "Flying Doctors - Holding (VOR,etc)" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2003 "Flying Doctors - Colour Vision" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2003 "Flying Doctors - Windsocks" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2003 "Flying Doctors - Mobile Phones" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2003 "Weather Watch -#34- Cloud Watching" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2003 "Flying Doctors - Weight and Balance" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2003 "Weather Watch -#35- Sunset Met" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2003 "Choosing Your School" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2003 "Flying Doctors - Weight Worries" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2003 "Weather Watch -#36- Sunset Flying" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2003 "Weather Watch -#37- Blowing Down" - Flyer Magazine May 2003 "Flying Doctors - Crosswinds" - Flyer Magazine Jun 2003 "Flying Doctors - Closing Plans" - Flyer Magazine Jun 2003 "Weather Watch -#38- June Glory" - Flyer Magazine June 2003 "Flying Doctors - Flight Guides and SVFR (France)" - Flyer Magazine July 2003 "Flying Doctors - Training Loans" - Flyer Magazine July 2003 "Weather Watch -#39- By the seaside" - Flyer Magazine July 2003 "Flying Doctors - Radar Services" - Flyer Magazine August 2003 "Flying Doctors - Fit for Radio" - Flyer Magazine August 2003 "Weather Watch -#40- Reading Metforms" - Flyer Magazine August 2003 "Flying Doctors - Getting It Right" - Flyer Magazine Summer Issue 2003 "Flying Doctors - JAA Renewals" - Flyer Magazine Summer Issue 2003 "Weather Watch -#41- Summer Highs" - Flyer Magazine Summer Issue 2003 "Flying Doctors - -Licence Issues" - Flyer Magazine Sept 2003 "Flying Doctors - 90 Day Rule - Flyer Magazine Sept 2003 "Weather Watch -#42- Making Good Decisions" - Flyer Magazine Sept 2003 "Flying Doctors - 150 Upgrade" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2003 "Flying Doctors - Low Hours Insurance" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2003 "Weather Watch -#44- Autumnal Highs and Lows" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2003 "Flying Doctors - TMG to SEP Conversion" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2003 "Flying Doctors: How to Fly in South Africa (on a UK Licence)" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2003 "Weather Watch -#45- Icy Reception" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2003 "Review: PPL Training CDs" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2003 "Refresher - Steeper Turns" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2003 "Flying Doctors - Australian Commercial - Flyer Magazine Dec 2003 "Flying Doctors - CPL Home or Abroad" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2003 "Flying Doctors - Summer Riddle" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2003 "Weather Watch -#46- System Formation" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2003 "Flying Doctors - NPPL" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2004 "Flying Doctors - Coasting Out" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2004 "Weather Watch -#47- Warm Fronts Arriving" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2004 "Refresher - When Fields Look Good (Precautionary Landings)" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2004 "Flying Doctors - H M Customs - Flyer Magazine Feb 2004 "Flying Doctors - Home from Florida" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2004 "Flying Doctors - R/T Tips for the PPL" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2004 "Weather Watch -#48- Warm Sector Warnings" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2004 "Flying Doctors - Drawback deal" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2004 "Flying Doctors - IMC Question" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2004 "Weather Watch -#49- Cold Fronts" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2004 "Flying Doctors - Charity Flights" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2004 "Flying Doctors - Deciding Deadside" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2004 "Weather Watch -#50- Predicting the Winds" - Flyer Magazine Apr 2004 "Review: Whizz Wheel Ways - Nav Computer DVD" - Flyer Magazine May 2004 "Refresher - Keeping Nav On Track" - Flyer Magazine May 2004 "Flying Doctors - P1ck Our Brains (P1 question) - Flyer Magazine May 2004 "Flying Doctors - Going Further Abroad" - Flyer Magazine May 2004 "Flying Doctors - Upgrading NPPL to JAR" - Flyer Magazine May 2004 "Weather Watch -#51- Traps for Holiday Flyers" - Flyer Magazine May 2004 "Weather Watch -#52- METARs and Met Colours" - Flyer Magazine June 2004 "Flying Doctors - Inversions" - Flyer Magazine June 2004 "Flying Doctors - Getting Gusty" - Flyer Magazine June 2004 "Flying Doctors - Canadian AMEs" - Flyer Magazine June 2004 "Weather Watch -#53- A Great Atmosphere" - Flyer Magazine July 2004 "Flying Doctors - Slip, Slide" - Flyer Magazine July 2004 "Sub Feature - Privileges of a SA PPL in the UK" - Flyer Magazine July 2004 "Flying Doctors - Next Flying Steps" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2004 "Flying Doctors - Changing Countries" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2004 "Flying Doctors - Blood Doning" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2004 "Technique - Flap Retraction" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2004 "Weather Watch -#54- Under Pressure" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2004 "Flying Doctors - Visa Requirements" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2004 "Flying Doctors - SVFR at Lyneham" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2004 "Feature - EASA - Your Flying Future" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2004 "Weather Watch -#55- Cracking Q Codes" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2004 "Flying Doctors - Insight Into Safety" - Flyer Magazine Sept 2004 "Flying Doctors - Checking Out the US" - Flyer Magazine Sept 2004 "Feature - Flying Blanks" - Flyer Magazine Sept 2004 "Weather Watch -#56- Density and Pressure" - Flyer Magazine Sept 2004 "Flying Doctors - LFAT Flight Level" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2004 "Flying Doctors - Keeping Current" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2004 "Feature - All Must Pay Eurocontrol" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2004 "Weather Watch -#57- Rising Air Falling Pressure" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2004 "Flying Doctors - Rotor Avoidance" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2004 "Flying Doctors - Wizz Wheel Question" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2004 "Weather Watch -#58- Devil In the Detail" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2004 "Flying Doctors - Winter Wisdom" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2004 "Flying Doctors - TSA Rules" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2004 "Weather Watch -#59- High Ground Unexpected Cloud" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2004 "Flying Doctors - Overhearing French Transmissions" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2005 "Flying Doctors - NPPL v JAA PPL" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2005 "Flying Doctors - Flight Plan Filing Online" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2005 "Weather Watch -#60- Warm Wind Down the Mountain" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2005 "The Lesson: Steep Turns - theory" - SA Flyer (South Africa) Magazine Feb 2005 "Flying Doctors - Signing the Logbook" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2005 "Flying Doctors - Centreline Joins" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2005 "Weather Watch -#61- Unusual Conditions in the Valleys" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2005 "Flying Doctors – Transponder Use" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2005 "Weather Watch -#62 – Weather Masterclass (12 Articles)" - Flyer Magazine Supplement Mar 2005 "The Lesson: Steep Turns (2) - Practice" - SA Flyer (South Africa) Magazine Mar 2005 "Flying Doctors – Private Solo" - Flyer Magazine April 2005 "Weather Watch -#63- ?" - Flyer Magazine April 2005 "Tafs and Metars" - SA Flyer (South Africa) Magazine Apr 2005 "Flying Doctors – 10 Mins Short (NPPL Rating Validity)" - Flyer Magazine May 2005 "Weather Watch -#64- Quiz" - Flyer Magazine May 2005 "The Lesson: Intro to Circuits" - SA Flyer (South Africa) Magazine May 2005 "Flying Doctors - SVFR" - Flyer Magazine June 2005 "Weather Watch -#65- Thunderstorms" - Flyer Magazine June 2005 "The Lesson: Circuits (2)" - SA Flyer (South Africa) Magazine June 2005 "Weather Watch -#66- Wiggling Fronts of Summer" - Flyer Magazine July 2005 "The Lesson: Approach and Landings" - SA Flyer (South Africa) Magazine July 2005 "Flying Doctors – Controlled Airspace Chat?" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2005 "Flying Doctors – VORs and TACANs" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2005 "Weather Watch -#67- Weather Quiz (2)" - Flyer Magazine Summer 2005 "Flying Doctors – Licence to Drag" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2005 "Flying Doctors – FAA I/R Use in UK" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2005 "Feature – Camflight's GPS Masterclass" - Flyer Magazine Avionics Supplement Aug 2005 "Weather Watch -#68- Avoid the Big Freeze this Summer" - Flyer Magazine Aug 2005 "Flying Doctors – Asked to Fly in Cloud?" - Flyer Magazine Sep 2005 "Flying Doctors – Crosswind Take-Offs" - Flyer Magazine Sep 2005 “Flying Doctors –Finding an Aviation Doctor" - Flyer Magazine Sep 2005 "Weather Watch -#69- Quiz 3" - Flyer Magazine Sep 2005 “GASCo Quiz - NOTAMs etc”- Flight Safety Magazine Autumn 2005 "Flying Doctors – Flight Plan Closing" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2005 “Flying Doctors –S.A.Validation (for vacations there)”- Flyer Magazine Oct 2005 "Weather Watch -#70- Quiz 3 (Hazy Days)" - Flyer Magazine Oct 2005 "Weather Watch -#71- Quiz 4 (Freezing Weather)" - Flyer Magazine Nov 2005 “Flying Doctors –Microlight Conversion”- Flyer Magazine Nov 2005 "Weather Watch -#72- Quiz 5 (Fronts)" - Flyer Magazine Dec 2005 “Flying Doctors –NATS Website Access”- Flyer Magazine Dec 2005 “Flying Doctors –Deadside Confusion”- Flyer Magazine Dec 2005 "Choosing a Flying School" - Flyer Magazine's "Learning to Fly 2004-2005" Guide "The American Option" - Flyer Magazine's "Learning to Fly 2004-2005" Guide “GASCo Quiz - Metform 215s”- Flight Safety Magazine Winter 2006 "Weather Watch -#73- Making Use of the Radar Head (Rainfall Radar)" - Flyer Magazine Jan 2006 “Flying Doctors –FAA Licence, UK Aircraft”- Flyer Magazine Jan 2006 "Weather Watch -#74- A New Look for Metform 215" - Flyer Magazine Feb 2006 “Flying Doctors –It's not a "Racing" Circuit (Circuit Discipline)”- Flyer Magazine Feb 2006 "Weather Watch -#75- Planning Around the Blues (Winter Flying)" - Flyer Magazine Mar 2006 “Flying Doctors –Life of an SEP Rating”- Flyer Magazine Mar 2006 “GASCo Quiz - MoGas and Airfields”- Flight Safety Magazine Spring 2006 ... And more every month since - to be updated when I have time! Flyer - AirBP Cloud Poster 2000 - Photo Edit and Text Re-write of 1994 BP Production Flyer - AirBP Cloud Poster 2005 - Photo Edit and Text Re-write of 2000 BP Production IBM Flying Club Newsletters too numerous to mention.
Flying Clubs / Associations	Member and Flight Instructor / Examiner, Spitfire Flying Club, Popham Airfield, Hampshire Member, Army Flying Association, (aka Royal Artillery Flying Club), Middle Wallop, Hampshire AOPA Instructor Member IBM Flying Club Founder Member. Secretary (2 years), Chairman (4 years) between 1991-96 Ex-serving member Bristol University Air Squadron.
Community Support	Civilian Instructor with 1391 (Romsey) Squadron of the Air Training Corps, giving ground school to teenagers interested in aviation. Awarded Test Valley Community Service Award, 2002 for voluntary service to this ATC Squadron
Favourite Flying Pastimes	Flying away-days to French coastal airfields. The most memorable was 10:13 UTC on 11th August 1999: Total Eclipse of the Sun, viewed in full, mid Channel at 8000 feet from a PA28!

Incidents?

Some people ask me if I have been involved in any 'flying incidents' over the years - here's a log in case it helps anyone avoid the same:

Year	Description	Cause / Result?
1971- 1999	Nothing much!	A great 20th Century
2000	Very little climb performance during climb out on touch and go in C150	One Magneto had failed, Low level circuit to land
2001	Full power not achieved on take off run in C172	Lower than usual RPM noticed, take off aborted. Outer plastic sheath of throttle cable had became detached from internal fixing point, allowing slight 'buckling' of cable and full power was not achieved despite 'full throttle'.
2001	Engine Failure After Take off	Landed on runway ahead. Carburettor Jet found to be blocked.
2001	Suspected Engine Fire	Wasn't a fire. Drop of oil had weeped out of a seal onto the exhaust, giving smell and slight fumes. As we were at 3000' only 1 mile west of Popham airfield, choosing where to land wasn't a problem.
2002	Engine Failure	Almost certainly Carb Icing, but awaiting confirmation. As close as possible to a 'normal' landing in a field, pub found, lunch eaten. Suspicion of Carb Heat system not giving full heat, due to symptoms of failure. Awaiting inspection.

I.T. World:

Until mid-2001 employed by IBM (UK) in Hursley near Winchester, Hampshire, most recently as an I.T. specialist on Lotus Notes, and previously elsewhere in IBM at Havant, Portsmouth, Winchester, and also at Evry (Essonnes) France. Tasks at various times over many years ranged from project leading application developments, through creation and delivery of software education, to designing and coding semi-automated auditing software in all sorts of computer languages.

Contact Details:

Just send a note to 'mail' the web address here (without the 'www.') and it will get to me (example: mail -at- higherplane-flyer-co-uk without any spaces and the '-' replaced by dots). Apologies for this cryptic address, but I have been getting 1000s of unwanted contacts per day. You can also look at the business card below to get the address

Favourite Links:

My Business Card	Contact Details
PPL Masterclasses	Very Popular Day-long Seminars for PPL holders in the UK
DVD: Rust Remover for Pilots	A 'get-fit, stay-fit' programme for the fixed wing pilot on DVD. Airborne sequences, not classroom lectures.
Pre- Preflight Checklists	Tips for pre-flight preparation before you even leave the clubhouse
"South Africa on a PPL"	SA Air Law Differences Booklet for UK pilots on SA Vacations
Weather Watch Articles	Aviation Weather, written for the G.A. pilot in the UK
Avimap	All the S.A. Charts and S.A. Flight Guide - preparation for a flying vacation in South Africa. If visiting Cape Town or Stellenbosch, you could stay at the excellent quality 2 bedroomed appartment I use when down there.
"FAQ,FGA"	Answers to the Questions most often posed by UK G.A. pilots
Popham (EGHP)	Popham Airfield Home Page
Flyer Magazine	Magazine, Breaking UK Aviation News, Links, Info, Forum
Flyer Fora	Fora (Forums?) for G.A. Questions, Discussion
"Special Flight"	Fancy a bit of extra fun at Popham? You need something different to keep 'fresh' - why not treat yourself to a Pitts Special flight? Contact my friend Paul via Special Flight!
On-Track	Help all our GA futures by contributing to this GA Airspace problem project!
Pooleys	Pooley's (UK Pilot Shop)- Order Online and quote 'irvlee' as your discount code when checking out, for an automatic 5% discount

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