+VIDEO Pioneering air taxi company Volocopter has revealed the design for its newest air taxi model, the VoloCity. It’s the fourth-generation air taxi by the German … Read more
News
Graham Slater to become UK Albatross agent
Albatross Flying Systems, the new India-based owner of P&M microlights, has named Graham Slater and his business, GS Aviation, as the UK and Ireland distributor … Read more
Deliveries start for Tecnam’s mini-airliner
The first Tecnam P2012 Traveller aircraft are about to be delivered to launch customer Cape Air, of Massachusetts, US, following the aircraft receiving its full … Read more
ROBOpilot takes control
+VIDEO That’s it – pilots are redundant. The US Air Force Research Laboratory and a company called Dzyne have successfully completed a two-hour flight of … Read more
ZeroAvia flies hydrogen fuel cell Piper Matrix
+VIDEO A Silicon Valley startup called ZeroAvia has developed a flying prototype of a Piper Matrix powered by an electric motor fed from a hydrogen … Read more
Reviews
Garmin updates Pilot app – better for Europe
When compared to flying the USA, flying VFR in the UK brings a number of details that are uniquely British in nature, or if not … Read more
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
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