Revised Over
20kg Scheme Inspectors
- 2010/11
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Over 20kg Test Flying and Proficiency Testing– Tony Hooper -
Chief Examiner and CAA Liaison Officer
As a result of a long discussion at the LMA Committee meeting on 7th March 2009 at Wigan it has been decided that the whole aspect of arranging Over 20kg test flying and the facilitation of Proficiency testing should be streamlined to make it more “user friendly” to members.
In order to facilitate this a complete list of witnesses together with telephone numbers has been compiled and we are publicising it in the Journal and on the LMA website.
All test flying of Over 80kg models require a Senior Inspector and a secondary witness who is an LMA member approved by the Senior Inspector for the test flights. The Senior Inspector requested for witness flying cannot be the Senior Inspector who was responsible for “signing off” the Final Inspection. In exceptional circumstances , either due to illness or some other reasonable grounds , and with the approval of the Chief Examiner or the Chairman ,an Inspector can be appointed as a Senior Inspector on a temporary basis to facilitate the witnessing on a specific day.
All models Over 80kg are required to undergo a test flight period of 12 flights totalling 2 hours – this flight test period also applies to jets Over 20kg
The test flying of models between 20kg and 80kg can be witnessed by anyone from the approved list of Senior Inspectors, Inspectors, and Proficiency Test Examiners which is set out below.
It is now also possible for anyone on this list to carry out Proficiency testing and they have been issued with the required paperwork.
It may be opportune at this stage to remind everyone that following changes negotiated with the CAA last year it is now possible for additional pilots to qualify for public flying on an aircraft which is already in possession of a Full Exemption. A test log form giving authorisation to do this, and for recording the test flights, can be obtained from the Chief Examiner. On completion of the test flying the test log form should be returned to the Chief Examiner who will then arrange for the CAA to issue a revised Full Exemption containing the name's) of the all pilots who have qualified on that aircraft
Several members have now been successfully approved for changing their Over 20kg models from 35Mhz to 2.4Ghz. This procedure is carried out as follows:-
The appointments list is as follows:-
| Chief Examiner |
Location |
Phone Number |
| Tony Hooper | Midlands | 07976 691992 |
| Senior Inspectors |
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| Steve Holland |
West Country | 07836 383238 |
| Sid King |
Gloucestershire & S/Mid | 01453 542810 |
| Dave Johnson |
North West | 01925 811763 |
| Glenn Masters | Midlands | 07791 837914 |
| John Rickett | North Lincolnshire | 01472 388301 |
| Keith Mitchell |
North & Scotland | 01670 814671 |
| Tony Nijhuis |
South East | 01424 754337 |
| Richard Rawle |
Home Counties | 01923 720511 |
| John Townsend |
Northumberland | 0191 2688256 |
| Ian Turney-White | East Coast | 01482 899543 |
| John Greenfield | Hertfordshire | 01923 857009 |
| Inspectors |
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| Andy Aitken | North west | 01524 63609 |
| Lance Bell | Somerset | 01934 838779 |
| Phil Clark | County Durham | 0191 3883815 |
| Mike Eccles | Merseyside | 01704 543211 |
| Dave Hoare | Berkshire | 01189 320305 |
| Greg Hayfield | Kent | 01843 836174 |
| Mark Hinton (Jet's only) | Norfolk | 01842 762922 |
| Andy Johnson | Merseyside | 077688 55723 |
| Ivan Jordan | East Anglia | 01553 631325 |
| Dave Lucas (I.M.A.A aerobatic only) | Herefordshire | 01432 851538 |
| Ken Bones | Hertfordshire | 07770 6728378 |
| Dave Wilshire | Hertfordshire | 01923 270405 |
| Peter McKenna | Scotland | 01698 422881 |
| Roy Salter | Norfolk | 01263 821994 |
| Dolf Schelvis | Holland | -------------------- |
| Ian Redshaw | North Midlands | 01889 591798 |
| Ian Pottinger | Midlands Area | 01283 213121 |
| Don Billingham | South West | 01305 760037 |
| Mike Booth | South Wilts | 01672 516195 |
| Rick Stevens | South East | 01825 762800 |
| Ian Robb |
Northern Ireland |
07899913832 |
Peter
Carson |
Northern Ireland |
07711 737396 |
| Pat Cuss | Wiltshire | 01373 823661 |
Proficiency
Examiners |
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| Dave Swarbrick | North West | 07710 009215 |
| Chris Bland | South Midlands | 01203 674639 |
| Andy Wynn | North Wales | 01978 852175 |
| Colin Auton | Northumberland | 01207 549495 |
| James Ladell | East Anglia | 01359 221424 |
| Dave Hayfield | South East | 01843 841691 |
| Colin Strauss | South East | 01245 421217 |
| Eddy Barker | South Midlands | 01793 871177 |
| Andrew Crosby | Northumberland | 0191 3783622 |
| Arthur Eunson | Scotland | 01875 852467 |
| Frank Fletcher | NW Midlands | 01939 233712 |
| Gregg Veasey | Home Counties | 01322 664277 |
| Pat Marsden | East Anglia | 01379 640688 |
| Ted Allison | Northumberland | 01669 621333 |
| Trevor Wood | West Midlands | 01902 788268 |
| John Cross | Lincolnshire | 01406 422096 |
| Garry Armstrong | Northumberland | 0191 2672707 |
| Robin Woodhead | East Midlands | 0115 9209078 |
| Dave Bailey | North Wales | 01490 413597 |
| Dave Parry | North West | 01744 754806 |
| Ian Jones | North East | 01624 612349 |
| Dave Tappin | North Yorkshire | 01423 887313 |
| Glen Fletcher | Scotland | 0141 5780022 |
| Derek Martin | East Midlands | 01773 714693 |
| Bob Hart | South East | 01892 852137 |
| Ian Pottinger | Midlands | 01283 213121 |
| Richard Scarborough | Lincolnshire | 01529 302897 |
| Phil Parmiter | South West | 01308 458389 |
| Dick Spreadbury | South Midlands | 01793 764902 |
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