What
is Gremline?
Gremline
is an independent online magazine dedicated to the dissemination of
information on flight safety to the General Aviation community. Many public
bodies across the world publish incident reports and accident statistics, but
for the most part they are restricted by remit to report only the facts that
emerge from incident and accident investigations. Gremline suffers from no
such restriction, and is therefore able to comment on possible causes and to
draw general lessons from specific reports. The web site is published free to
users by Hill House Publications, subject to copyright conditions. Help keep
this site free by supporting our affiliates and advertisers. By visiting this
site you agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions published alongside our
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Public Information
As part of
our commitment to flight safety, Gremline maintains an information resource
and clearing house for information in the public interest. The site currently
contains a listing of Emergency Diversion Airfields in the UK and a
comprehensive range of useful organisations and links, with brief reviews of
relevant web sites. We are keen to extend coverage of airfields that waive
charges for emergency diversions to countries other than the UK. More
material will be added to this web site as part of long term development. We
also welcome suggestions from our users for expanding the information
resource, or material that should be published in the interests of general
flight safety. Information Exchange and Forum sections have been reserved for
correspondence with the editors on subjects of public concern and on issues
arising from the content of this site. Potential contributors should read our
Copyright Statement – Third Party Material.
The Flight Safety Digest
Gremline is updated at monthly intervals, with
interim updates on matters of pressing concern. The Flight Safety Digest
comprises independent editorial comment on flight safety matters and
authoritative technical articles. Gremline and The Flight Safety Digest
should be of interest to:
Recreational Flyers
Flying Schools
Flying Clubs
Gliding Clubs
Private Charter Companies
Flight Safety Organisations
Aircraft Accident Investigators
Airfields and Ground Service Providers
General Aviation Organisations and Voluntary Bodies
Equipment Manufacturers
Shopping With Gremline
Help us keep Gremline free by giving consideration
to our Associates and Affiliates.
· Our
Bookshop offers a wide range of
aviation titles in association with Amazon in the UK, USA & Canada.
· Throughout this site you
will find banners that link to the web sites of our Affiliates. Purchases can
be made directly from these top brands and retailers.
All purchases are made directly from the
retailers. The publishers of Gremline do not have access to the payment or
personal details of customers. This ensures totally secure online shopping.
Who
We Are
The
Gremline editorial and management team consists of John Stewart-Smith
(Managing and Technical Editor) and Barrie Foster (Production Editor). We
gratefully acknowledge the expert assistance provided by members of the
aviation community, both in the contribution of specialist material and in
the validation of technical articles.
John Stewart-Smith can demonstrate impressive flying experience,
initially as a Royal Air Force pilot and subsequently as a civilian pilot
flying military aircraft, where responsibilities also included selecting,
test flying and negotiating contracts for the supply of new aircraft systems.
John has a long track record as a flight
safety specialist. He joined the RAF Air Staff as a senior officer and
Fighter Command Flight Safety Officer. He instructed at the King Faisal Air
Academy of the Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force and later established a Flight
Safety organisation that covered military and civil aviation throughout the
United Arab Emirates. He went on to function as Flight Safety Officer for the
Royal Naval FRADU unit alongside his role as a civilian pilot flying military
aircraft on weapons trials. Until 2001 he was a member of the General
Aviation Safety Council and was editor of their journal ‘The Flight
Safety Bulletin‘. John was a founding independent member of the GA
Confidential Human Incident Reporting Programme [CHIRP] and still serves on
the board. Gremline is the result of his conviction that flight safety should
be seen as a current and immediate concern.
John was a finalist in the 1998 Royal
Aeronautical Society world-wide Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards when
The Airbus Industrie nominated him for the Best Safety Submission of the year
for his article on Wingtip Vortices. The RAeS also awarded him a Certificate
for his 'outstanding contribution to the understanding of
aerospace‘.
Barrie Foster attended the RAF School of Photography,
Wellesbourne Mountford, before serving with Bomber Command 1 Group and
Signals Command in the UK and the 2nd Tactical Air Force in Germany. After
leaving the service he worked for a number of marketing agencies offering
photographic, copywriting, design, production editorial and strategic
planning services before starting his own tourism and leisure development and
marketing practice in 1985. Alongside mainstream strategic consultancy
commissions, Barrie continues to work in the creative areas of marketing and
communications, in both traditional and new media.
Barrie completed training in periodical
journalism under the auspices of the National Council for the Training of
Journalists in the early 1980s. He has contributed to publications and web
sites as a writer and associate editor on subjects as varied as outdoor
activities and the archaeology of the Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
Where
We’re Going
Gremline
results from the opportunity offered by the World Wide Web to research and
disseminate information as it becomes available, without the delays that are
inherent in more conventional media. Our editorial policy is to present
pertinent information clearly, without frills or annoying plug-ins, in an
easily navigable and fast loading format. Most accident reports available
from statutory agencies are, quite rightly, restricted to the publication of
facts. Gremline looks to draw out the lessons that can be learned from the
causal factors of incidents and accidents. Our intention is to continue to
develop Gremline as a valuable information resource, especially through
co-operation with government agencies and sports governing bodies. In this we
will do our utmost to respond to the demands and needs of the General
Aviation community.
Standard Publishers’
Waiver
Editorial
comment and articles are published in good faith but the publishers accept no
responsibility or liability for errors or inaccuracies, however caused.
Hill
House Publications
Hill House Publications currently publishes the
Gremline Flight Safety Digest and History Unlimited, a classic selection of
books, films, blues and jazz in association with Amazon (
click here to view). We also offer online publishing
and editorial services in a number of specialist areas:
Aviation & Flight Safety
Tourism & Leisure
Natural History & Wildlife
Historical & Cultural
To discuss our editorial services, use any of the
methods on our
Contact page.
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Publications, unless otherwise stated.
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