Flyer Magazine

CAA updates Instructor hour - The FLYER Show - 17th September 2026

New guidance from the CAA sets out what instructors should cover during the one-hour refresher flight for SEP revalidation by experience. They make it clear that the hour

It’s not all doom and gloom at UK airfields - The FLYER Show - 10th September 2026

Airfield, airport and air strips: They’re the life-blood of General Aviation. We take a look at what’s going well, what’s not and what’s in between. It’s a subject we’ll

Don’t let that LAPL expire - The FLYER Show - 3rd September 2026

The Light Aircraft Pilot’s Licence (LAPL) has been a popular choice for many pilots but as the CAA has sought to streamline licensing (for all the right reasons), so the

Tecnam takes aim at Cirrus and Diamond - The FLYER Show - 30th July 2026

We had so much material from this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (OK, ‘Oshkosh’ for short) that we decided to cover the left-out bits in the show. There’s some really good

What’s new at Oshkosh 2026? - The FLYER Show - 16th July 2026

EAA Airventure Oshkosh starts next week and there’s lots to see. The FLYER works through the highlights that we know about: aircraft launches, product updates, new propul

Big GA News from Garmin, CubCrafters, Cirrus & Dynon - The FLYER Show - 9th July 2026

Blimey, this has to be one of the biggest news weeks we’ve ever seen (and Dave’s on holiday!) Big news from Garmin with a new integrated and configurable avionics ecosyst

CAA answers our cardio questions - The Flyer Show 2 July 2026

Perfect aeroplanes for summer evenings - The FLYER Show - 25th June 2026

It ain’t half hot, Mum! With weather like this week’s, what we need is a nice, simple aircraft for a cool bimble in the evening air. The team chose three aircraft that ar

80 fabulous years of the deHavilland Chipmunk - The FLYER Show - 18th June 2026

“Why do people get all misty-eyed about an old oily piston single with only two seats?” But this isn’t any old piston single, this is the de Havilland Chipmunk! Yes, on t

GA and Drones plus dumb CAA advice - The FLYER Show - 11th June 2026

We call it YADS (Yet Another Drone Story), but last week the CAA launched YAC (Yet Another Consultation), publishing three hefty documents capable of curing insomnia even

Replica Warbirds - The FLYER Show - 4th June 2026

Few of us can afford a genuine warbird but there’s a world of replica aircraft out there, many built from kits, some from plans and others – the really dedicated – from s

Transatlantic flight, done! - The FLYER Show - 28th May 2026

For some, including Ian, it’s a bucket list item. For others, ferry pilots, it’s a job. Whatever, it’s not a flight to be taken lightly because of weather, distance, weat

AFFORDABLE WARBIRDS - The FLYER Show - 21st May 2026

So what’s a warbird? Any aircraft with a military purpose at some point in its life, is what we’ve gone for. But not the £MultiMillion exotica like Spitfires and Hurrican

Special Top Gun Edition - The FLYER Show - 14th May 2026

The world’s greatest ever movie, Top Gun, was first shown in May 1986 so it’s now 40 years old and still as appealing as ever! We celebrate the date with our favourite sc

Waco Whacked! Sonex Saved! - The FLYER Show - 7th May 2026

“To make a small fortune in aviation, start with a large one!” It’s as hard as ever to stay in business in General Aviation (GA) with manufacturers struggling to make mon

Mighty Microlights! (And the Cheap ‘n Cheerful) - The FLYER Show - 30th April 2026

Ahead of the Popham Microlight Trade Fair we take a look at the UK’s booming 600kg Light Sport Microlight category: what aircraft are approved, what’s on the way and our

All that's hot from AERO 2026 - The FLYER Show - 23 April 2026

This week's show comes to you live - the team will be bringing you all of the hot news from AERO 2026!

It’s time for AERO Friedrichshafen! - The FLYER Show - 16th April 2026

Yes, the FLYER team is off to Europe’s top General Aviation show staged at Friedrichshafen Messe which just happened to be adjacent to the local airport, on the shore of

Three fantastic NASA aircraft - The FLYER Show - 9th April 2026

NASA has created many experimental aircraft over the years and operated many others. In the week Artemis II flew to the Moon and around it for the first time in 53 years,

What is the cost in 2026 for Private Pilot’s Licence? - The FLYER Show - 2nd April 2026

£10k? £15k? £20k? We run through some of the figures, some of the options and remember our first solo flights - which vary from a flex-wing microlight to a glider to a Pi