“90% scale…100% thrill” was the title of this May 2018 feature of the Supermarine Mk26B Spitfire kitplane. Trevor Bailey had flying a Spitfire on his … Read more
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The best GA photos from the FLYER archives
Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet
It took ten years of waiting while development and certification took place, but as the first deliveries of the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet, General Aviation’s … Read more
Swearingen SX-300
Featured in August 2015, Ian Seager flew the two-seat, high-performance kitplane, designed in the 1980s, that had a reputation for speed, complexity and colossal build … Read more
Rans Aircraft S-20 Raven
When we tested the Rans S-20 Raven in April 2015, we liked the this lightweight, side-by-side Rotax-powered taildragger, finding crisp handling, attractive performance and plenty … Read more
Tecnam P2010
Following his pre-certification test flight of Tecnam’s new four-seat tourer/trainer in 2013, Ian Seager joined the owner of the UK’s first P2010 to fly the … Read more
Diamond Aircraft DA62
Back in May 2015, FLYER was the first UK magazine to fly the new DA62 twin from Diamond Aircraft. The all-new €1.1m, composite, diesel twin … Read more
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