Welcome to Squawk 7000's weekly round-up of aviation news from Ireland, brought to you in partnership with Flying In Ireland.com and www.Pilot.ie, for the week starting October 23rd.    The headlines this week; 1.  "2023 Kinsale Aviation Festival Takes Place with 'Irish Airlines – Past, Present and Future' Theme" 2.  "Aviation Industry Awards Return After Hiatus, Shortlist Announced" 3.  "AirNav Ireland Launches as Independent Air Traffic Management Provider" 4.  "UK Civil Aviation Authority and IAA Collaborate on Aviation Safety Enforcement" 5 ..read more

GASCI hold regular events on safety - among the topics was flying in Winter - here's Gerry Humphrey's presentation that gets us ready for snow and ice. Ironically, we are publishing this on the warmest Sunday in October 2023. The General Aviation Safety Council of Ireland is a volunteer body composed of representatives from General Aviation in Ireland set up in 2012. They meet regularly, aiming to promote General Aviation Safety in Ireland.   A large part of the GASCI function is to promote safety awareness among all those involved in the Irish GA community. This goal includes pilots ..read more

Welcome to Squawk 7000's weekly round-up of aviation news from Ireland, brought to you in partnership with Flying In Ireland.com and Pilot.ie for the week starting October 2nd, 2023.   Remember to subscribe and keep us your top choice for Ireland's aviation podcast, delivering news to your device every Monday morning.  Ryanair commits to resuming 600 weekly flights to and from Ukraine within eight weeks of airspace reopening, connecting major Ukrainian cities to over 20 EU capitals. The DAA pledges to provide on-the-ground assistance and training to Ukrainian airports once the conf ..read more

Welcome to Squawk 7000's weekly round-up of aviation news from Ireland, brought to you in partnership with Flying In Ireland.com and www.Pilot.ie, for the week starting September 25th. Remember to subscribe and keep us your top choice for Ireland's aviation podcast, delivering news to your device every Monday morning. And remember, you can ask your smart speaker to play our latest episode any time. The headlines this week; The IBGAA Conference 2023 at Adare Manor: Keynote by Irish Minister; Focus on Sustainability and Air Charter Evaluation ICBE Aviation Skillnet Invites Students to the "Futu ..read more

Welcome to Squawk 7000's weekly round-up of aviation news from Ireland, brought to you in partnership with FlyingInIreland.com and Pilot.ie for the week starting September 18th. Remember to subscribe and keep us your top choice for Ireland's aviation podcast, delivering news to your device every Monday morning. Remember to ask your smart device, Alexa or Google, to Play Squawk 7000.   The headlines this week;   Multiple aviation events, including the Breakfast Fly-in at Birr, face postponement due to unfavourable weather conditions, affecting general aviation activities.   ..read more

Welcome to Squawk 7000's weekly round-up of aviation news from Ireland, back with you for Season Five and brought to you in partnership with Flying In Ireland.com for the week starting September 11. It's good to be back with you after a challenging summer for light aviation, with almost nine weekends in a row when the weather was challenging. Remember to subscribe and keep us your top choice for Ireland's aviation podcast, delivering news to your device every Monday morning.    In the headlines this week,  Major Aviation Contract Signed: Department of Transport Partners wi ..read more

In this end-of-season episode, I chat with Mark Dwyer of Funfly Aerosports and FlyinginIreland.com and his partner Jenny Jacobs of Pilot.ie about their lives in aviation. I met them both at the FunFly AGM this weekend, and as the school's aircraft flew overheads, the Irish Parachute Club's two aircraft were busy too. Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition, he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying, Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis micr ..read more

In 2023 David Kelly's aircraft will be 82. It's a Luscombe - a tail dragged, and he started looking for it before finishing his PPL. On this episode of Long Final, David shares some entries from his logbook and tells us the story of his "affair" with a classic aircraft that left the factory in 1941 when Charles Lindbergh was only 39, and Orville Wright was still alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

The summer flying season continued this weekend with the Ballyboy Breakfast Fly-in this Sunday, May 28th. Over 40 aircraft made the trip, and funds were raised for St.Vincent de Paul. A special thanks to Bernard Cullen and the folk at Ballyboy - we spoke with Cathal O'Connell, Michael Duffy, Chairman of the Irish Historic Flight Foundation, and John Matthews. Cub Owner Stephen Ryan from Funfly. Simon Corcoran, Nathan Gray and Darragh McGuinness from Sligo Aero Club. https://www.ballyboyairfield.com/ Ballyboy Airfield is situated 2nm northeast of Athboy Co. Meath, Ireland, only 45 minutes fro ..read more

In 2021 I recorded an interview with author and pilot Michael Traynor. Michael is the author of two large, hardback volumes totalling around 600 pages, including almost 800 images, called Petticoat Pilots from 1909 to 1939. Michael tells the stories of twelve trail-blazing women. He spent eight years researching the lives of these women. With an introduction by no less than the president, Michael D. Higgins, it's a remarkable piece of work.  Michael joined me from his home, and before we talked about his latest book, I was curious about his own flying career. More information on th ..read more