Subscribe to our newsletter. This comes following new evidence on the dangers of airborne spread of the virus. Passengers should be disinfected, and. The BMAA advises all its members who fly from farmland, or from sites adjacent to farmland, to consider carefully the likely effect on the livelihoods of farmers affected by foot and mouth disease and to seek their opinion and permission before flying or going onto the land.
Farmers provide many of our flying sites and deserve our support and consideration.
If in any doubt at all, keep clear of the land and don't fly. They may require the aircraft to be disinfected before it is removed . It is also asking them not to use any sites which may have, or have had, livestock. This includes farmland, moorland and mountains. It is also telling pilots not to fly cross-country, pointing out that the disease can be transferred easily in a number of ways.