It seems hard to believe there’s an airspace infringement hotspot in north Lincolnshire, one of the quietest areas of the UK, but with Doncaster Sheffield … Read more
News
AeroJones demos full flight sim for light sport aircraft
Professional pilots are trained to fly airliners using full motion flight simulators but for private pilots and light aircraft – surely not? Surely yes – … Read more
The e-Go returns! Production to start in 2020
The original prototype aircraft from e-Go Aeroplanes is flying again and the single-seat deregulated aircraft is going into production with first deliveries planned for 2020. … Read more
Bill aims to topple the ‘unbeatable’ world record
An ‘unbeatable’ round-the-world westwards speed record that’s stood for 58 years is the next target for 69-year-old former airline pilot Bill Harrelson, who’s already set … Read more
Hybrid flying motorcycle debuts at Tokyo Motor Show
A flying motorcycle – or jetski, depending on how you look at it – was shown at the recent Tokyo Motor Show with plans to … Read more
Reviews
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
SEHT SH40-60 headset£479
The last low-cost ANR headset from SEHT we tried was the SH30-75 in summer 2017. That unit was a firm favourite of ours, and struck … Read more
Bose ProFlight 2 Aviation Headset£910
Last year I had the opportunity to review the then new ProFlight headset from Bose (FLYER October 2018), an ‘in-ear’ unit pitched at the commercial … 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