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News
SkyDemon wins two Queen’s Awards
Flightplanning and navigation software company SkyDemon has won not one but two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. Somerset-based SkyDemon is one of only eight winners of … Read more
ForeFlight to launch VFR navigation app in Europe
The ForeFlight Mobile flightplanning and navigation app is launching in Europe and will use Jeppesen’s European VFR data. Jeppesen VFR data will be available within … Read more
Wanted! Five brave new world pioneers for Magnus
Hungarian company Magnus Aircraft is looking for five brand ambassadors to test fly its eFusion all-electric aircraft for the next 18 months. The company wants … Read more
EASA certification for Sonaca 200 ‘imminent’
EASA certification of the Sonaca 200 two-seat training aircraft is imminent with “just a few open issues” to sort out, according not only to Sonaca … Read more
Reviews
FlyVisuals custom placards
The devil, as they say, is in the detail, so when it came time to sort the task of placarding the cockpit of the RV … Read more
Garmin GFC 500 & G5$6,995 / $2,195
Garmin has announced FAA certification of its GFC 500 autopilot for most Cessna 172 and 182 models, including the Reims-built F172 and F182. This is … Read more
Garmin inReach Explorer+£449
Keeping tabs on your aviating loved ones, once they depart from an area of radar coverage, is a problem, even in the age of such … Read more
Yaesu FTA-750L Spirit radio£380
There are lots of good reasons for buying a handheld transceiver – there’s the obvious case of main radio or electrical system failure and I … Read more
Garmin VIRB 360£650
Back in the summer of 2016, we reviewed Kodak’s 360º camera. We came to the conclusion that, if you managed to fight your way through … 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