GippsAero Airvan GA8 aircraft have been grounded after an accident where a wing was reported to have fallen off. The Australian aviation authority, CASA, reported … Read more
News
Ampaire’s electric EEL glows at Oshkosh
+VIDEO The hybrid-electric Cessna 337 twin being developed by Ampaire will go on display at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh with Letters of Intent being … Read more
eFlyer begins flight tests with production motor
Flight tests have started of the Bye Aerospace two-seat all-electric eFlyer fitted with the Siemens SP70D motor that will be used in production aircraft. Siemens … Read more
Enter Pooleys’ Dawn to Dusk competition
Entries for this year’s Pooley’s Dawn to Dusk competition close at the end of August and are welcome right up until that deadline. The objective … Read more
CubCrafters unleashes XCUB horsepower
No one would ever have said that CubCrafters’ XCUB lacks performance… but now it has even more, with a more powerful 215hp engine and new … Read more
Reviews
Garmin GFC 500 Digital AutopilotFrom $6,995
A few years ago I was stupid enough to go to one of those business networking breakfasts. Over stale croissants, and between pitches from executive … Read more
Aero-Sense Cleaning ProductsFrom £1.99
Spring means the return of heavy post-flight splatter of insects all over the aeroplane. Good news, we’ve found something that makes bugs easier to remove … Read more
Smooth Aviation Aero Wash & Wax Rinse£36
Smooth Aviation’s Aero Wash and Wax Rinse claims to be the first dedicated soap-spray aircraft wash. You can use the ‘wash’ on its own, but … Read more
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
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