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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

Following Jon's retirement as club CEO Max has taken on the role and, although the aim is "Business as usual", is finding it to be a rather steep “Learning Curve”, so please bear with him as he gets to grips with his new duties.

The CFI Monthly Challenge set by our CFI, Ken Greer, continues as a series of short VFR flights designed to keep your navigational skills sharp and your flying enjoyable. Each month there will be a new challenge for you to tackle. You can find the CFI Challenge under the Training menu

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

CEO.

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 sessions for those whose "time constraints" do not limit them to evening (UK) flying. Help is available if required for preparing for the flights, and for any “events” while on route. There is also the chance (with advice if required) to plan and lead a lunchtime session. Similar help isalso 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 practice joining and flying an accurate circuit after approaching the airfield from any direction. The more A/C flying improves the chance of having to deal with othertraffic. These sessions are informal using JoinFS and Teamspeak. NOT online

October's Event

Recent annual CFI challenges have centered around "Fixed wing" operations. This month's annual CFI's challenge has been for those who "prefer the fan on top"!

CEO

November's Event

As usual the November event will be the annual display by 2-4-CIX.

Ever wondered about "formation flying"? - It really enhances the skills of accurate flying, contact any of our display pilots for further information.

Activities Updates

Hover the mouse over the day to see the details.

Mondays: The Monday group have continued their tour of Africa, ending the month arriving at Benin.

Tuesdays: During October the Tuesday evening group has continued heading south, calling in at the club base at Gloucestershire before heading on down to Newquay, and ending the month at St Just in the Scilly Isles.

Wednesdays (lunchtime): The lunchtime group headed generally southwards during October visiting Cambridge and Oxford, intending to reach Old Sarum (Salisbury) to finish the month.

Wednesdays (evening): The evening group continued their "Valley Flying" in New Zealand, ending the month at Wellington.

Wednesday (TIGERs): The Tiger Display team continued their training in the Swiss Alps over the past month. The members have been exploring their repertoire to select aerobatic figures for next year's display. Although closer to a finalized program, the team is still actively polishing the show's overall concept and timing.

Thursdays:The "off-line" (using JoinFS and TeamSpeak) training sessions for giving confidence in using the comms radio, improving the flying of circuits, and practicing overhead joins continues to be available at Lasham on a Thursday evening.

Fridays: The Friday Rotary Club is currently flying rescue missions in the north of the Czech Republic. We takeoff from the Liberec Airport and fly to the scenes of wrecks, medical emergencies, and lost persons. After we pick up the victims, we fly them to the local hospital and land on their elevated landing pad which is exciting. We are flying with scenery in MSFS 2020 & 2024.

All are welcome to join us at 1900Z on Fridays with their helicopter for these exciting flights

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 EGHL, 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.

September 2026

Keeping track of time in Iceland

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.