An Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) has been issued for Rotax 915/915 engines by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the UK CAA. The AD … Read more
News
Best day to go flying this weekend?
If you’re planning on flying this weekend FLYER weatherman, Sunday is looking the better day according to Dr Weather (aka Simon Keeling). Saturday morning looks … Read more
Local authority to buy Durham Tees Airport
Local authority buys airport to stop houses being built on it. Wow! Is this a turning of the tide of rapacious property developers and weak-willed … Read more
Bremont winds back time with Supersonic watch
+VIDEO Watch company Bremont has launched a limited edition timepiece, the Bremont Supersonic, which includes parts from an original Concorde airliner. The British company has … Read more
Fairoaks plan to become a world-leading GA centre
+VIDEO A plan to develop Fairoaks Airport into a world-leading General Aviation airport has been drawn up by Unity Land, a group of professional advisers … Read more
Reviews
Foreflight Europe£95.99-£287.99 per year
How lucky are we? It isn’t too long ago that planning and self-briefing for a local flight took three-and-a-half weeks, but thanks to some brilliant … Read more
Grypmat Trio Pack£117
Where do you put your tools when you’re working on your aircraft in the hangar? It’s great to be able to take them right to … Read more
OSEI Crystal Mic£199 (plus cost of headphones)
From time to time, we see FLYER Forum chat about using the type of ANR headphones you’d typically find plugged into an iPod or a … Read more
Yaesu FTA-250L transceiver209.95
The past eighteen months have been big in the radio market, with dealers working hard to grab a decent portion of the business generated by … Read more
MiraCheck CoPilot AppFree to $4.99pm
There’s little doubt that the consistent use of checklists makes our flying safer, but in single-pilot cockpits, many still struggle with them. First, a bit … Read more
Gallery
LoPresti Fury
The LoPresti Fury is one sweet-handling, fast, aerobatic tourer. It’s also drop-dead gorgeous. When it was unveiled in the late-eighties, hundreds of people wanted to … Read more
Beech Bonanza
The longest continuously produced aircraft in history, the Beechcraft Bonanza, with its V-tail, was a GA revelation when it first appeared in 1946, and it … Read more
Grumman Widgeon
When Grumman originally built the Widgeon seaplane, it was powered by six-cylinder in-line Ranger engines. But many of the 276 produced, like this one, owned … Read more
Turbine Maule M-7-420AC
When Maule Aircraft added a 420shp Allison turbine to their M7 taildragger, they created an awesome piece of General Aviation kit. Expect a rate of … Read more