How safe is the flying we private pilots do? That was the question that a new independent review commissioned and funded by the Department for Transport … Read more
News
Pure Flight winter tests all-electric ΦNIX
Czech company Pure Flight has been winter testing its all-electric two-seat aircraft ΦNIX in Scandinavia. The aircraft has successfully flown from Sveg in central Sweden … Read more
World’s first Air Traffic Control tower opened 100 years ago
The world’s first air traffic control tower opened 100 years ago today – at Croydon Airport, then London’s main airport. The UK Air Ministry commissioned … Read more
Take Flight faces eviction from Wellesbourne
Flying school Take Flight Aviation has lost its fight to stay at Wellesbourne Airfield and is facing eviction at the end of February. Mike Roberts, … Read more
Piston engine aircraft lead 2019 GAMA chart
Deliveries of piston engine aircraft experienced the largest growth during 2019 among all segments of Business and General Aviation, according to figures released by the … Read more
Reviews
Garmin Autoland
The thought of ‘what am I going to do if the pilot dies?’ probably goes through the mind of almost every non-pilot passenger who comes … Read more
Our Favourite Books
It’s winter with short days, muddy strips and sometimes challenging weather nibbling away at our opportunities to fly. Never mind, read instead! Chatting away in … Read more
David Clark Pro-X2 Headset£762
Supra-aural. It means ‘on-ear’ and is significant here, as pretty well all GA headsets fit circum-aural, or around the ear, giving the opportunity to seal … Read more
ForeFlight’s graphical notamEuropean subscriptions £95.98 to £287.98
For a while now the big players in the US app market, ForeFlight and Garmin, have been trying to carve themselves a slice of the … Read more
Worx Hydroshot Cordless Pressure Washer£130
The idea of using a pressure washer to clean your pride and joy might raise some eyebrows. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find a … 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