BFI Security

With Immediate Effect the BFI (Fuel Compound) outer gates are to be kept padlocked when gate is not in use.  the Pump Cabinet can be left open until after the last refuelling of the day

Remembrance Day – 11th Nov

NO HAC AIRCRAFT ARE TO BE FLYING AT 1100 ON TUESDAY 11th NOVEMBER

Centenary Dinner – Save the Date

The Centenary Dinner will be held at Chiltern Forest Golf Club on Saturday 7th February 2026.  Details to follow idc.

Plogbook Update

Plogbook Implementation is going well.  The Ops Room set up is now complete with a dedicated Plogbook terminal for pilot use in the far right corner and the display screen now showing the Station Flypro, the Plogbook Schedule and the Plogbook Fleet (= Ac Status or Ops Board).  Please do not use either of these terminals to browse the internet – use the PC in the Planning Room for that.

I will maintain the AC Status whiteboard in Ops and the Ops Board on the website for the time being, but it is my intent to drop both as soon as we are comfortable with using Plogbook for Fleet data (probably end November.. The “old” EBS is now disabled and any historic url links you might have will now go to Plogbook.

We are still making minor refinements to Plogbook and will continue to do so, but I am confident that it is fit for purpose and therefore pilots should now use Plogbook to book ac out/in and record flight data and defects can now do so. 

PLEASE CONTINUE TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT DATA SHEETS  and ENTER THE HOBBS/TACHO START/STOP READINGS IN THE AUTHORISATION SHEET and RECORD DEFECTS IN THE AC DOCUMENTS FOLDER so I  can cross check that everything in Plogbook is aligned.  Please add “PB” to the bottom of the flight data Sheet sheet entry.

I have transferred account balances from HACaS to Plogbook so those with accounts can see their balance.  Please use the Flight reference number that Plogbook generates as your reference for BACS payments

If you are unable to log in to Plogbook to Book Out your ac (Go Flying!)  you can still fly!  Complete the Authorisation Sheet and e mail me the details of your flight and I can enter them retrospectively.

I have printed all the step-by-step Plogbook Guides and they are in a folder titled Plogbook User Guide by the Plogbook Terminal in the Ops Rm.  It includes a section called “Useful Tips” which you may find helpful (eg enter 0 as the HOBBS reading for RY as Plogbook will calculate the correct HOBBS duration from the TACHO reading).  If you have any useful tips to add, please write the on the sheet (and e mail them to me) so we can share what we learn.

Similarly, if you have any suggestions to improve Plogbook please e mail them to me and I will raise them with the Plogbook team.  I have had a number already for which I thank you.

We are still working to align the data in Plogbook covering pilot currency, hours, last flight etc as well as defect data.  None of this is critical to the use of Plogbook initially and we will continue to review licence expiry dates and currency as before for the time being as I will be maintaining our HACaS records in parallel with Plogbook until the end of the year.

Finally,  if you experience any issues with Plogbook feel free to call me anytime so I can help resolve your problem.