The Vintage Aircraft Club (VAC) has opened the application window for this year’s ‘Liz Inwood Taildragger Scholarship’. It’s the second year for the award which … Read more
News
Elixir shows complete new aircraft in Paris
French startup Elixir Aircraft has a complete aircraft on display at this year’s Paris Air Show, being staged at Le Bourget Airport north of Paris … Read more
North Weald Airfield faces 750 homes threat
Plans to develop a 750-home housing estate within 100 yards of the runway at North Weald Airfield are to be revealed at a public exhibition … Read more
First flight for Sonaca 200
Sonaca Aircraft has completed the first flight of the Sonaca 200 two-seater. It’s the start of a four-month flight test programme to achieve type certification … Read more
AeroMobil takes v4.0 flying car to Paris
+VIDEO AeroMobil is showing the latest version of its flying car at this week’s Paris Air Show and is taking pre-orders for the production of … Read more
Reviews
Lightspeed Zulu 3 ANR Headset£816
There’s no escaping the fact that your typical General Aviation aircraft is a noisy place to be. Back in 2002, NASA published a report into … Read more
Levil iLevil AW2£1,110
First of all, it’s worth mentioning that we started this test back in Summer 2016 when the team at Levil Technologies sent us their iLevil … Read more
Garmin VIRB Ultra 30£369.99
Somehow I’ve accumulated no fewer than four GoPro cameras of varying vintages, but frankly they rarely see the light of day. They’re too light to … Read more
Trig TY96 Radio£2,100
About a year ago I finally resigned myself to the fact that the radio in my Jodel was going to have to be replaced by … Read more
Gallery
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
TechPro Aviation Merlin
A Single-seat de-regulated aircraft that’s yours to fly-away, complete for the cost of a new mid-size family car? That’ll be the TechPro Aviation Merlin. A … Read more
Slingsby T67M260
Slingsby Aviation, based in Kirkbymoorside Yorkshire, bought the development rights to René Fournier’s RF-6B in 1981. Eight variants were produced, and the T67M260 flown here … Read more