Siemens is to sell its eAircraft unit to Rolls-Royce. The deal was announced today at the Paris Air Show and is expected to be completed … Read more
News
Four teams confirmed for Airbus supported E Race
Four teams have already entered for the world’s first ever electric aircraft air race, Air Race E, to be held next year. Air Race E … Read more
First flight for Ampaire’s hybrid-electric Cessna
Californian company Ampaire has made the first flight of its hybrid-electric Cessna 337, swapping out one of the aircraft’s two engines for an electric propulsion … Read more
UPDATE: LAA & BMAA talks ‘may lead to merger’
UPDATE: The talks between the Light Aircraft Association (LAA) and the British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA) could lead to a merger. That’s a possible outcome … Read more
Taildragger training opens up new fields for Jon
The Vintage Aircraft Club has announced that Jon Hartle, who received the VAC’s Liz Inwood Taildragger Scholarship for 2018, has completed his training with maximum … Read more
Reviews
Avidyne IFD440/540 avionicsIFD540 From $16,999 | IFD440 From $11,999
Avidyne’s IFD line of GPS/NAV/COMs offers the only real alternative to Garmin’s GTN line of navigators. Announced at Oshkosh 2011, the IFD540 suffered a somewhat … Read more
Dynon D3 Pocket Panel£954
Hard to believe, but in January 2020, Dynon Avionics will have been making innovative equipment for homebuilt aircraft for 20 years. Starting with a pitot … Read more
Hummingbird Electric Folding Bicycle£4,495
Cycling is fun, right? Well it is, but some hills make you question the wisdom of the plan. Enter the UK-designed and built Hummingbird Electric … Read more
DJI Osmo Pocket£329
DJI has just launched a small gyro stabilised video camera, the Osmo Pocket, and we thought it looked ideal for opportunistic inflight filming and stills … Read more
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
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