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Flight Simulation in Light Aircraft

Welcome to CIX VFR CLUB!

The CIX VFR Club is a group of Flight Simulation enthusiasts, who enjoy flying extremely realistic simulated light aircraft around the United Kingdom and across the world, over a computer generated landscape made up of real photographs and within an Internet community environment. We currently have around 800 members, of whom 80 are currently active, in at least eleven countries, which reflects the world-wide appeal of aviation simulation. Our TeamSpeak forum now resides within the Digital Theme Park Community.

Latest News

Effective from 15th November 2025 VATSIM have updated their Code of Regulations and Code of Conduct. Included in the CoR is the introduction of a new pilot suspension with required training programme under the Pilot Training Programme. CoC changes include new minimum voice capability requirements for both pilots and controllers, with exemptions for users with qualifying disabilities.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has smoothed out many of its early glitches thanks to recent updates. Alongside X-Plane 12, pilots now have multiple modern sims to choose from. Of course, MSFS 2020 and X-Plane 11 still have dedicated fans, so whether you're exploring new features or sticking with a classic, we'd love to hear what you're enjoying most!

If you are flying in the USA, Canada, Caribbean or Mexico make sure you are aware of VATSIM's trialing of real world Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) in those VATSIM divisions. See VATSIM's official announcement.

The file size limit for the Screenshot Competition has been increased. We look forward to seeing your entries!

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Club Nights

The Club runs informal group flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, alternate Thursdays and Fridays at present. These are mostly tours of interesting places with spectacular scenery, with the occasional tricky landing thrown in. Whilst flying, members enjoy informal chat and banter on our Teamspeak channel, which makes these events very sociable. New members are always very welcome on these tours and beginners are given all the help they need to get going. The current tours are listed on the simple calendar on the right.

On Wednesdays, as well as the evening tour, we operate lunchtime "on demand" workshop flights for new members and new pilots when there is a request for them, to ease them into the world of on-line flying with other pilots and Air traffic Control (ATC). It's the ATC that often gets new pilots all nervous, just the same as in the real world and these sessions are designed to help overcome nerves. Similar help is also available on our other weekly flight nights, but the workshop flights concentrate specifically on getting new pilots airborne and comfortable in the on-line world.

Max has set up practical training on Thursday evenings, all aspects of circuit joins and procedures. Alternate weeks are with "Club ATC" and "No ATC" (unmanned airfield).The aim is to help you understand (new comers) and practice joining a circuit. If we have more A/C flying you will also get the chance to deal with other traffic. They are informal using JoinFS. NOT online.

November's Event

November's event was the annual CIX Air Display. Preceding the event many club members flew into Coventry, with the Tuesday group flying down from Tatenhill, ably assisted by ATC provided by Ben King, Ben Walker, Paul Walker and Mike Pike. A huge thank you to all the ATC and contributors, and especially Ben King for once again putting together the display, which was a 1 hour extravaganza involving the BBMF, the CIX Tigers Display team and many other Club members showing off their aerobatic skills in a wide range of aircraft old and new, all accompanied by Colin's insightful commentary. We also got a taster of what our member's get up to on some of our group flight evenings. If you missed it, you can watch it here - it is well worth a watch.

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December's Event

It's December so it must be time for the Christmas Caper. You've signed up as a pilot for Trekker Air, a specialist regional airline that operates in the challenging Nepalese landscape, offering a lifeline service to hard to reach communities and adventurous travellers. You have the month of December to complete a circuit of the airline's route network, starting and ending at Kathmandu VNKT. Thanks to Malcolm Grant for this exciting Christmas Caper challenge.

Activities Updates

Hover the mouse over the day to see the details.

Mondays: During November the Monday group continued their African adventures, exploring the north west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, briefly dipping a toe into the neighbouring Central African Republic.

Tuesdays: During November the Tuesday group made their way from Aberdeen down the spine of the UK, arriving at Coventry on the evening of the CIX Air Display. After the Air Display the group headed west, ending the month in Cardiff. As usual, Tuesdays attracted a good turnout with ATC usually present at departure, destination and en-route.

Wednesdays: The Wednesday group continued their exploration of Chile meandering south from Puerto Cisnes, through Southern Chile, admiring the mountains and hugging the valley floors, finishing the month in the Laguna San Rafael National Park on Chile's Pacific coast.

Thursdays:The Thursday sessions at Gloucester are the place to be if you want to brush on your circuit flying, or practice some overhead joins with other club members on JoinFS and Teamspeak, with Neville and Frank providing teamspeak ATC and friendly advice, all overseen by Max, our CFI.

Fridays: During December the Friday Rotary Club tracked up the west coast of the US, from northern California, into Washington State and across the Salish Sea in British Columbia, Canada, ending the month at Victoria, on Vancouver Island.

Saturdays:Nothing scheduled.

Sundays:Nothing scheduled

Training

In case you hadn't heard, Max has setup a training session to enable members to practice and learn the various ways of entering the circuit. Alternate weeks are with and without ATC at EGBJ, on JoinFS. Assistance will be given, where needed. The detail flown also provides the opportunity to cope with other traffic. So that you don't get bored (ha!) and can experience other traffic, each detail also includes 1 T&G. This is informal training. Come and join us. See Max's post 'Circuits etc.'\Pilot training.. on the forum.

We normally offer two flight training courses: - a basic "get you flying" course and a comprehensive General Flying Course, which is modelled closely on the real world Private Pilots Licence course. However, one-to-one training availability is currently limited, so we are running "new pilot help flights" on Wednesday lunchtime These flights are relaxed, fun and informative. Join in on TeamSpeak. Other informal training on specific topics can also be arranged. Just post a request on the forum.

We can also run Radio Telephony courses, again modelled on real world practice.

Click on the Training menu tab on the Menu Bar for full details. We are looking for Assistant Flying Instructors

Scenes from Our Flights

Some of the spectacular views available when flying light aircraft, whether real world, or in a simulation. They reinforce our enthusiasm for this hobby.

November 2025

Icy climb through the clouds.

Airfield Updates

Neville Munro's Airfield datasheets

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All About the Club

If you would like to know more about what we do, please browse this site at your leisure. A summary of what we do and why can be found on this page.