LeSving wrote:
Come to think of it. We do this with marine engines every year.
It is often said that diesels, particularly marine diesels, die of neglect rather than over-work. Is the same perhaps true of piston aero engines?
In parts of Germany, air sports will now again be expressively allowed. Link.
That’s very clear
Here in the UK it has always been allowed but has been kept as “allowed by not being listed under prohibitions” because one could not sell GA flying to the general public 
UK CAA guidance now released
Engine health flights. The main way of maintaining engine health during COVID restrictions should be through winterisation or inhibition. Engine health flights are only permitted, where required by the engine manufacturer or equivalent LAA/BMAA procedures for Permit-to-Fly aircraft. Flights must follow those procedures and there must be a four-week gap between flights. Each flight must be no more than 30 minutes (or as recommended by the engine manufacturer in order to prevent internal engine corrosion). Aircraft should aim to remain within the airfield circuit. Unless safety of flight requirements dictate, the aircraft should not travel beyond a 10nm radius of its departure aerodrome and no dynamic manoeuvring activity should be flown. Each flight should be at the highest practical height to minimise to the noise impact on members of the public maintaining social distancing, and not below 1,000ft AGL except for take-off, approach and landing
Who on earth wrote the above?
“Aircraft should aim to remain within the airfield circuit.”
“Unless safety of flight requirements dictate, the aircraft should not travel beyond a 10nm radius of its departure aerodrome and no dynamic manoeuvring activity should be flown”
“Each flight should be at the highest practical height to minimise to the noise impact on members of the public maintaining social distancing, and not below 1,000ft AGL except for take-off, approach and landing”
The above three are pretty well mutually exclusive!
I wonder where the law is supporting this?
Peter wrote:
Who on earth wrote the above?
The Ministry of Silly Flights?
Welcome to the world of incompetent over-regulation !
We could have given you a few of our technocrats but it seems you already have enough
You have my sympathy.
The UK LAA version is here local copy
Each flight should be at the highest practical height to minimise to the noise impact on members of the public maintaining social distancing, and not below 1,000ft AGL except for take-off, approach and landing”
Apart from not making actual sense in a literal context. Why has noise abatement for the public become a consideration, why do we only not have to upset those who are social distancing and not everyone else, and how can we be in the circuit as high as possible, ten miles away not below 1000ft…..
I will be taking advantage of this.
[ post moved to existing thread – already posted further back ]
