April 2010

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News

Historic News

G-News
All the latest news from the CAA Register.

Flight Test
Flight Design MC
Dave Unwin tests Flight Design’s metal masterpiece.

Ask The Experts

Six FREE Landings
This month’s featured airfields are Ashcroft, Fishburn, Gigha Island, Longside, Panshanger and Popham.

US Sport Aviation Expo
Dave Unwin and Duncan Cubitt report from Sebring, Florida, on the sixth US Sport Aviation Expo.

Crossword and caption competition

Helicopter Simulators
Helen Krasner examines the world of rotary-wing simulators.

Reviews

Chased by a Messerschmitt!
Harald Wiegand makes the first post-restoration flight of a unique World War Two-era fighter replica. Hartmut Blinten and Armin Wronski took the photographs.

Clear Prop

Letters

EF.1a
The flying hybrid
A British automotive transmission specialist and an Austrian airframe builder collaborate to produce the ultimate ‘eco ELA’ – very much the wave of the future, reports Philip Whiteman.

Flight Test
Wrestling ‘the crocodile’
Test pilot Trevor Ralston reveals the Mi-24 Super Hind’s fascinating character and describes what it is like to fly in a South African setting.

The Road to Reno… Gold!
In 2008 Thom Richard raced at Reno for the first time. Last year he was back with a vengeance!

Flight Safety
Accidents from this month’s AAIB bulletin and incident reports from CHIRP.


Flight Test
Junka 912 – Ultralight Weightlifter!
Built from traditional materials, this new French ultralight offers outstanding load-carrying capabilities, flies very nicely – and looks like a real aeroplane. Jochen Ewald reports.

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