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| **VIDEO REPORT** FLY! The London Air Show |
| 10/04/2006 11:39:23 |
 Pilot TV video report on FLY! 2006 (see below)
FLY! The London Air Show has ended with an overall reaction being that the show was a success and th... |
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Features
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| FLY! The London Air Show |
| 04/04/2005 20:01:31 |
| The London Air Show opens this Friday, 8 April and among the star exhibits will be a 2005 glass cockpit Piper Arrow. |
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| Display helicopters |
| 09/11/2004 14:16:38 |
| Showcopters in the U.S., Blue Eagles in the U.K. and the Sarangs in India - all top level helicopter display teams. |
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| Australia on Fire |
| 09/11/2004 13:35:40 Matthew Clifford |
| Smell and taste the fire as a fleet of choppers fight ‘a war without guns’. |
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| Rig pilot |
| 15/01/2001 00:00:00 Keith Carey |
| Professional rotary-wing flying with Bristows offers real hands-on flying and the chance to work all over the world |
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| Police Aviation |
| 15/09/2000 00:00:00 |
| ItÕs 1845 hours, quarter to seven in the evening for most people. Three figures dressed in dark blue flying suits, with matching flying jackets, make ... |
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| A touch of MAGIC |
| 15/03/2000 00:00:00 James Allan |
| The newest lightweight low-cost glass cockpits for small turbine aircraft are British, from Hampshire''s Meggitt Avionics. |
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| Cornwall''s Air Ambulance |
| 15/03/2000 00:00:00 Sarah-Jane Prew |
| The UK''s first air ambulance service, entirely supported by charity, has now flown its 10,000th mission. |
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Flight Tests
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| Flying the Mighty Buccaneer |
| 17/03/2003 15:23:41 Ian Pringle |
| Flying the Mighty Buccaneer From light singles to Hunter T7, now owning a mighty Blackburn Buccaneer based with Thunder City at Cape Town. By Ian Prin... |
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| Robinson R44 Raven II |
| 10/03/2003 11:52:15 Mike Green |
| Robinson R44 Raven II A stylish, fast and comfortable addition to the Robinson range. The purpose-built Lycoming adds 100 hp and the reliability of fu... |
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| Eurocopter EC 120 B Colibri |
| 15/05/2000 00:00:00 Derek Jones |
| Modern technology enables a capacious fuselage with excellent visibility and comfort for the passengers, plus notable load-carrying capability and eas... |
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| Rotorway Exec 162F |
| 15/01/2000 00:00:00 Pat Malone |
| The cheapest entry ticket by far to the world of helicopter flying is this sophisticated, sporty and stylish design you build from a kit. Flown by Pat... |
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Safety Features
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| Carb icing and the R22 |
| 15/11/2001 00:00:00 |
| ON THE MORNING of the accident, a Robinson R22 was booked to operate several training sorties from Sherburn-in-Elmet. Two dual training flights were ... |
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Book Reviews
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| TEST PILOTS |
| 19/09/2000 00:00:00 James Allan |
| ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN German by Aviatic Verlag, this engrossing book has been well translated into English. The principal characters are the pilots,... |
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| WORLD DIRECTORY OF LEISURE AVAITION |
| 18/06/2000 00:00:00 Phipip Whiteman |
| Airsports fans will be delighted with this publication; it covers a vast array of canopies, sails, trikes and two stroke motors. |
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| OPERATIONAL FLYING |
| 19/02/2000 00:00:00 James Allan |
| THE AUTHOR OF this manual has over 6,000 hours in his logbook, a UK ATPL for aeroplanes and helicopters, and an intriguingly cynical attitude towards ... |
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| LUNDY BY AIR - THE ISLANS''S AVIATION STORY |
| 19/02/2000 00:00:00 Nigel Everett |
| This little outcrop sticking out of the Bristol Channel, about half a mile wide and less than three miles long, seems to have been quite busy, aeronau... |
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Getting Started
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| What next? |
| 06/12/2005 11:44:07 Nick Bloom |
| Used aeroplane prices start at £6,000 for a single-seater, rising to £12,000 for a basic two-seater, and £30,000 for a four-seat aircraft. New aeropla... |
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| Licences & How Much |
| 06/12/2005 11:43:21 Nick Bloom |
| Getting licensed is very much like learning to drive a car. You have lessons and written exams. Finally you have a session with an examiner, and if yo... |
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| Different routes |
| 06/12/2005 11:42:06 Nick Bloom |
| Once you decide to take up flying, the next decision is what you want to fly. |
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