Fly UK's 8th Anniversary Tour & Logojet

Today, the 4th of April, marks Fly UK's 8th anniversary! To celebrate we have released an anniversary tour around our major UK bases and a special Boeing 747-400 logojet. We also have an event taking place on Sunday the 8th April at 1800z.

CEO Chris Sutcliffe comments: "A big thank you to all our members past and present. I hope that like myself, you are all proud of what we have achieved at Fly UK over the last 8 years. The spirit of Fly UK and it's friendly community makes this a truly unique and enjoyable place to be."

If you are interested in finding out more about how Fly UK came into existence, and how through innovative development and forward thinking, has grown to become one of the UK's best-known organisations in virtual aviation, take a look at the History & Milestones page.


Fly UK's 8th Anniversary B747-400 Logojet

A special livery has been painted on our recently delivered Boeing 747-400 aircraft, registration G-FLEK. Repaints for our freeware aircraft and payware add-ons are now available to download in the fleet centre. Many thanks to our aircraft repainter UKV1145 - Steve Trueman for designing and painting this logojet.


Fly UK's 8th Anniversary B747-400 Tour



Fly the specially painted Boeing 747-400 logojet around some of Fly UK's major bases. The tour visits London Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford and Southampton. The tour is available to Class E + pilots from today until the 30th April 2012. All pilots who successfully complete the tour will receive the 8th anniversary B747-400 tour award. Remember you can fly tours online or offline and this is a great opportunity for pilots below Class A to fly the B747-400.

- Tour legs and information


Fly UK's 8th Anniversary Event - Sunday 8th April



Join us on Sunday the 8th April 2012 at 1800z. Fly with us on IVAO/VATSIM or the Fly UK FSD server. You have the choice of flying from Leeds Bradford to London Gatwick, or from London Gatwick to Leeds Bradford. These were the first routes operated by Fly UK. Remember as this is an event, rank restrictions do not apply! We hope you can join us to celebrate 8 successful years of Fly UK. You can find out more information and confirm your attendance using the links below.

- Event page - flying from Leeds Bradford to London Gatwick
- Event page - flying from London Gatwick to Leeds Bradford
- Event info for Flying Club members


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For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us:

CEO - Chris Sutcliffe
Email: chris.sutcliffe[at]flyuk.aero