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The EHPU Safety Network pan Europe incident reporting system is being replace by FIDA the Flight Sport Incident Data Base.
As a result the incident report form on our website has been taken offline while the necessary work is undertaken to ensure no new incident reports are lost during the transition.
We hope to have this back online by the weekend or early next week, and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Unfortunately we have become aware that the status of the option to publish a report on our website has been lost during the move from the old database to the new one. As a result each of the BHPA incident report in the FIDA database will now need to be reviewed, and where appropriate marked for publication on our website.
Given the number of reports involved, this work is likely to take some time to complete. We have therefore taken the decision to freeze the number of reports available on our website until such time as this work is complete, and we can safely resume adding new reports.
Posted: 28 January 2026
By: Paul Dancey
John McIntyre, designer of Airglow, will outline its design and construction. Since Airglow first flew in 1990 the technology of human-powered flight has changed surprisingly little.
If you're interested in how CFRP tubes are made, or the design of joints for cantilever wings, book now. John will also cover Japan's DMG Mori/Birdman House aircraft, considered to represent the current state of the art, which flew 69km non-stop in 2023.
Airglow is now in the care of Barney Townsend at LSBU.
Royal Aeronautical Society HQ, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ. February 9th at 6pm. Entrance is free but booking is essential (see above).
Posted: 5 January 2026
By: J. Schofield
last updated: 21 April 2026
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