The CAA has appointed Rachel Gardner-Poole as the new Head of its General Aviation Unit. She will take up the post later this year following … Read more
News
Foster + Partners design for Enstone car museum
Designs produced by leading architects Foster + Partners for the Mullin Automotive Park to be built on one end of Enstone Airfield have been submitted … Read more
Electric and hybrid aircraft for Great Air Race
+VIDEO So you’re launching The Great Air Race 2019 to mark the centenary of the original London to Darwin event? How do you make such … Read more
Video update from Silver Spitfire project
+VIDEO The team behind the Silver Spitfire project has issued an update on video, together with the main project sponsor, a watch company. The Boultbee … Read more
Aerobility seeks sponsors for homebuilt project
Aerobility is looking for sponsors for its build-an-aeroplane project. The charity, which gives disabled people the opportunity to fly, is building its own aircraft, a … Read more
Reviews
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
OSEI Crystal Mic£199 (plus cost of headphones)
From time to time, we see FLYER Forum chat about using the type of ANR headphones you’d typically find plugged into an iPod or a … Read more
Yaesu FTA-250L transceiver209.95
The past eighteen months have been big in the radio market, with dealers working hard to grab a decent portion of the business generated by … 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