The news that owners of fabric covered @piperaircraft have worried about for a while has come true: an Airworthiness Directive requiring replacement rudder posts to be fitted on many models.

Don’t miss tonight’s Livestream, when we’ll be chatting with @grantshapps about the future of UK GA. In Fantasy Hangar, we’ll be picking not one but TWO aircraft each - one fast, one slow, both from the classifieds! See you tonight at 7.30pm.

British Airways and Skyborne Airline Academy have today opened the window for applications to the sponsored 2025 Speedbird Pilot Academy.

LEGO needs our votes! One of the ideas team – a pilot – at the plastic bricks toy maker has come up with the Old Flying Club & Hangar, but he needs our support to convince management to go ahead. You know what to do…

Belgium’s JMB Aircraft is renowned for its blazingly fast 200kt VL-3 but is now offering an aeroplane at the other end of the performance scale: the Stampe-Vertongen SV-4b produced as a modern microlight by Ultralight Concept.

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There are drones to be aware of, then there are drones to give very wide berth. Don’t even think about getting in the rearview mirror (or rear-facing camera) of the @pipistrelEU Nuuva 300.

Cirrus has vetoed the use of GAMI G100UL unleaded fuel in any of its piston engine SR aircraft.

We’ll be doing our best to avoid party politics and look forward to hearing his thoughts on what can be done to make the UK a better place for aviators. See you at 7.30pm on Thursday 13 February!

RT @TomCruise: Hang on...

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Have you been flying recently? Share your photos in the replies for a chance to feature in our PDF edition! 📸: Louise Rotherham-Smith: “@Shobdonairfield on a sunny but cold 🥶 day”

Remember to join us on tonight’s Livestream for an update on what’s going on at Old Sarum! In Fantasy Hangar, we’ll be picking the STOL aircraft we’d take to Breighton for the Real Aeroplane Club’s Real STOLFest on 17-18 May. See you at 7.30pm!

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It’s taken a while for the news to come out but three French companies working together have successfully ground tested the first liquid hydrogen fuel gas turbine engine for light aviation.

A brand new electric motor that will power many of the world’s electric aircraft has received certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).