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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News
Microlights for Hire - PFA Moves to Turweston - Finmere under Threat - On Track Charts Expand - Felthorpe's Fire - Extra Files for Bankuptcy Protection - First Flight BA609 Civil Tilt Rotor - FAA denies Driver's Licence Medicals - Escapade to Debut at Popham - Micco Aircraft Sold - Engine Patent For Sale - Keep Air Sports 'Dope' Free - First Flight Kitfox Series 7 - Husky with an Airbag - More New Piper Layoffs - CJ3 on the Move.
Diary Dates
A list of international fly-ins, competitions and trade shows - for those wanting to travel a little further, or seeking to combine a holiday with some aviation action.
G-News
Latest UK registration news.
Flight Test - American General Ag-5b Tiger
A popular training and touring aircraft, the AA-5 series forms a significant proportion of Cabair's single-engine fixed wing fleet. Dave Unwin flies the Tiger version from Cranfield.
0perations - Lookout
Scanning the sky for 'conflicts' is a core element of airmanship - so how good is your lookout
Out and About
The Today's Pilot team of Out & About correspondents report from the VAC Valentine Fly-In at Turweston and the 25th Semaine Internationale de Ballon Air Chaud at Chateau D'oex in Switzerland
Flight Safety - AAIB and CHIRP Reports
Straight Wing vs Swept Wing
Rod Dean takes to the air in two American classic jets of the 1950s, the straight-winged T-33 and the swept-winged F-86 Sabre.
Type Club - MiniMax
It's a microlight that looks like an aeroplane and costs less than a^'20 per hour to fly, so is it any wonder that the MiniMax has attracted such a devoted following Steve Bridgewater recently visited the Gloucestershire-based MiniMax Club to find out more.
Tomorrow's Pilot
With an on-sale date of April 1, the team takes a light-hearted look into the future.
Go Fly - Bahamas
It was a toss-up between the Bahamas and a flying safari in Botswana, but the prospect of those silken white beaches set in impossibly iridescent turquoise water was just too tempting to turn down.
Choosing a Flying School
Vic Flintham looks at key decisions linked to selection of a flying school and 'managing' the learning process.
Britain from the Air - Castles
Whether keeping cattle raiders at bay, controlling the local population or defending the coast against the French, Britain's castles fulfilled a number of roles.
Flight Test - Flying with Solar Energy
Jochen Ewald flies the innovative Icar 2 solar-powered electric motorglider.
Letters
Favourite aircraft, free emergency landings, the doctor flies in KWAK, and more.
TECHNICAL - Restoring A Cessna 152
Buying an aircraft can be fraught with difficulties. Over the next two issues Walkbury Aviation engineer Jerry Parr looks at sourcing, buying and restoring a Cessna 152 Aerobat.
Reviews
Single-seat liferaft, whizz wheel CG calculator, new VFR Flight Guides, Century of Flight watch, and a variety of books and CD-ROMs.
Microlight Special
With the 2003 Microlight Trade Fair taking place at Popham, Hants on May 3-4 Today's Pilot takes a look at the microlight world in this special pre-show section.
Chris Finnigan, Chief Executive of the British Microlight Aircraft Association, discusses the future of microlighting in the UK and the issues affecting it.
Flexing vs 3-Axis
The British microlight pilot is a lucky man or woman, with over 150 types available for them to fly - both 'flexwing' and 'three-axis'. But which should you opt for Stephen Morris and 'Big' John (BJ) Moore take a look at the options.
Lightweight engines
Sadly there is no bluffer's guide to microlights, but if there were, at least half of it would be about engines! Stephen Morris takes a look at some of the market leaders.
FLIGHT TEST - Jabiru Thruster
Mike Holmes flies the latest version of the Thruster, a former antipodean sheep-herding machine that is fast colonising the UK's microlight clubs.
Microlights for Hire - PFA Moves to Turweston - Finmere under Threat - On Track Charts Expand - Felthorpe's Fire - Extra Files for Bankuptcy Protection - First Flight BA609 Civil Tilt Rotor - FAA denies Driver's Licence Medicals - Escapade to Debut at Popham - Micco Aircraft Sold - Engine Patent For Sale - Keep Air Sports 'Dope' Free - First Flight Kitfox Series 7 - Husky with an Airbag - More New Piper Layoffs - CJ3 on the Move.
Diary Dates
A list of international fly-ins, competitions and trade shows - for those wanting to travel a little further, or seeking to combine a holiday with some aviation action.
G-News
Latest UK registration news.
Flight Test - American General Ag-5b Tiger
A popular training and touring aircraft, the AA-5 series forms a significant proportion of Cabair's single-engine fixed wing fleet. Dave Unwin flies the Tiger version from Cranfield.
0perations - Lookout
Scanning the sky for 'conflicts' is a core element of airmanship - so how good is your lookout
Out and About
The Today's Pilot team of Out & About correspondents report from the VAC Valentine Fly-In at Turweston and the 25th Semaine Internationale de Ballon Air Chaud at Chateau D'oex in Switzerland
Flight Safety - AAIB and CHIRP Reports
Straight Wing vs Swept Wing
Rod Dean takes to the air in two American classic jets of the 1950s, the straight-winged T-33 and the swept-winged F-86 Sabre.
Type Club - MiniMax
It's a microlight that looks like an aeroplane and costs less than a^'20 per hour to fly, so is it any wonder that the MiniMax has attracted such a devoted following Steve Bridgewater recently visited the Gloucestershire-based MiniMax Club to find out more.
Tomorrow's Pilot
With an on-sale date of April 1, the team takes a light-hearted look into the future.
Go Fly - Bahamas
It was a toss-up between the Bahamas and a flying safari in Botswana, but the prospect of those silken white beaches set in impossibly iridescent turquoise water was just too tempting to turn down.
Choosing a Flying School
Vic Flintham looks at key decisions linked to selection of a flying school and 'managing' the learning process.
Britain from the Air - Castles
Whether keeping cattle raiders at bay, controlling the local population or defending the coast against the French, Britain's castles fulfilled a number of roles.
Flight Test - Flying with Solar Energy
Jochen Ewald flies the innovative Icar 2 solar-powered electric motorglider.
Letters
Favourite aircraft, free emergency landings, the doctor flies in KWAK, and more.
TECHNICAL - Restoring A Cessna 152
Buying an aircraft can be fraught with difficulties. Over the next two issues Walkbury Aviation engineer Jerry Parr looks at sourcing, buying and restoring a Cessna 152 Aerobat.
Reviews
Single-seat liferaft, whizz wheel CG calculator, new VFR Flight Guides, Century of Flight watch, and a variety of books and CD-ROMs.
Microlight Special
With the 2003 Microlight Trade Fair taking place at Popham, Hants on May 3-4 Today's Pilot takes a look at the microlight world in this special pre-show section.
Chris Finnigan, Chief Executive of the British Microlight Aircraft Association, discusses the future of microlighting in the UK and the issues affecting it.
Flexing vs 3-Axis
The British microlight pilot is a lucky man or woman, with over 150 types available for them to fly - both 'flexwing' and 'three-axis'. But which should you opt for Stephen Morris and 'Big' John (BJ) Moore take a look at the options.
Lightweight engines
Sadly there is no bluffer's guide to microlights, but if there were, at least half of it would be about engines! Stephen Morris takes a look at some of the market leaders.
FLIGHT TEST - Jabiru Thruster
Mike Holmes flies the latest version of the Thruster, a former antipodean sheep-herding machine that is fast colonising the UK's microlight clubs.
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