It’s an airshow with a difference: Aerobility’s Armchair Airshow, designed to beat the Coronavirus travel restrictions. The Armchair Airshow is scheduled for 20 June and … Read more
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First flight for all-electric MagniX eCaravan
The largest all-electric commercial aircraft had its maiden flight yesterday. A Cessna Grand Caravan 208B with a 750hp (560kW) MagniX electric propulsion system made a … Read more
EASA: hours on microlights count for PPL
EASA has allowed fixed-wing microlights to be used to maintain an EASA PPL or LAPL, opening up microlight flying to pilots who want to retain … Read more
For sale: last airworthy Soviet MiG-17PF
Jon Blanchette, the owner of the world’s only airworthy MiG-17PF jet fighter, has put his one-of-a-kind aircraft up for sale. A former General Motors engineer … Read more
Tecnam unveils P2010 TDI with Continental CD-170
Italian manufacturer Tecnam has announced a new version of its state-of-the-art four-seater, the P2010, powered by Continental’s latest 170hp turbodiesel engine. It means the Tecnam … Read more
Prototype Beagle Pup G-AVDF takes to the skies
At Turweston Aerodrome on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, 19 May 2020, a small but significant light aircraft took to the skies for the first time in … Read more
Sandown success, #GBFA, FLYER Club, Mew Gull and Autoland… phew!
FLYER’s now weekly Facebook Livestream broadcast at 19:30 last night (Thursday 21 May) and this time we had a special guest: Dan Subhani, director and … Read more
Flylight Skyranger: £36k ready to fly!
Sywell-based FlyLight Airsports is the UK’s newest aircraft manufacturer and is now offering the Skyranger fixed-wing microlight as a complete ready to fly aircraft. And … Read more
FLYER launches #GetBritainFlyingAgain
To celebrate the fact that we can now fly again, and to help get General Aviation back on its feet, FLYER magazine is launching the … Read more
Flying club or school? How to get back to normal
You’re a flying club or school that’s been out of action for the duration of the Coronavirus lockdown and now thinking about restarting operations. Well, … Read more