October 2009

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News

Historic News

G-News
What’s hot – and what’s not, from the CAA Register.

Hawker Hunter
Dave Unwin flies this iconic interceptor.

Six FREE Landings
The featured airfields this month are Newtownards, North Coates, Old Buckenham, Pembrey, Popham and Wick.

Fly a Boeing for £60 an hour
Flight simulation professional Roddy Maddocks reports on two new ventures that offer the commercial jet cockpit experience at an affordable price.

Van’s RV-12
Van’s latest kitplane has just been approved for build in the UK by the LAA. RV-6 builder Jerry Parr casts an experienced eye over what promises to be the ideal European Light Aircraft.

To Entebbe in the Bell Bird
Enjoying the relative ease of flying to Africa in a turbine conversion of the DC-3, geological survey pilot Robert Grant reflects on the historical events that marked out the landscape below.

Diary Dates

Crossword and caption competition

Helicopters And Sloping Ground
Helen Krasner describes how to overcome the difficulties of landing on slopes

Owning & Operating Index

Pilot Portrait – John Edgley
Thirty years after the first flight of the weird and wonderful Optica, designer John Edgley is back in the public eye with the formation of a new company aimed at returning it to production. He talks to Philip Whiteman about his plans for the future

Ask The Experts

Reviews

Clear Prop

Letters

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

Evektor EuroStar SLW
Jochen Ewald discovers that the SLW is much more than a microlight

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