+VIDEO The Sun Flyer 2 electric aircraft from US company Bye Aerospace has successfully completed its first official flight test with a Siemens motor. Siemens … Read more
News
Boeing 747 lands in hotel garden
+VIDEO So you’ve opened the biggest hotel in Amsterdam with 600 beds and you’re looking for a big feature to fit in the big garden … Read more
Diamond Aircraft launches cost maintenance package
For years, operators of aircraft powered by turbine engines have taken advantage of packages which, for a set price based on hours flown, all maintenance … Read more
Muroya wins Red Bull opener, Murphy hits pylon
+VIDEO Japan’s Yoshihide Muroya, the 2017 world champion, won the opening round of the 2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Abu Dhabi at … Read more
Future safeguarded for Snowdonia Aerospace
The future of Snowdonia Aerospace Centre at Llanbedr Airfield is assured following its inclusion by the Snowdonia National Park Authority (SNPA) in the recently adopted … Read more
Reviews
Garmin’s latest 6.51 software update
Recently Garmin has added STC approval of version 6.51 to the GTN 650/750 series navigators for FAA certified light helicopters. This update follows last autumn’s … Read more
Kanardia Horis 80 AD-AHRS£1068
These are exciting times for avionics in GA, as there’s a veritable tidal wave of innovation. Not so long ago, if you wanted to put … Read more
Bose ProFlight Aviation Headset£910
When I heard that Bose had produced a headset specifically for quieter cockpits and, more specifically, airline pilot use, I’ll admit I was imagining a … Read more
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
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