THE launch of a new microlight flying school is a boost to an airport's aim of becoming a major general aviation centre, bosses say. Microlight flying instructor Gordon Wilson has opened the school at ...

UK-based ProAirsport has developed a hybrid microlight/glider with electrically powered wheels used for taxiing and takeoff, and a jet turbine for climbing and cruising. During flight, the engine can ...

Next January, a squadron of disabled British servicemembers is scheduled to fly to the South Pole in up to five open-cockpit microlights to show what severely disabled people can achieve and inspire ...

A FORMER soldier from New Milton is leading a team of wounded former service personnel on an epic tour of the UK coastline by microlight. Captain Luke Sinnott lost both his legs to an improvised ...

RECORD-BREAKING paraplegic microlight pilot Dave Sykes has returned to his North Yorkshire airfield to receive a hero’s welcome from his friends and colleagues. Dave set off from York’s Rufforth ...

Engine failure forced a microlight aircraft into an emergency landing in a Co Down barley field yesterday. It came down close to Moate Road, between Newtownards and Comber. Emergency services who ...

A seriously injured pilot was airlifted to hospital after his microlight crash landed. A witness to the incident has told how he put the stricken man into the recovery position after rushing over to ...

On the 5th of September, pilots and student pilots of London Airsports Centre flew from Damyns Hall Aerodrome to the Isle of Wight to participate in a flight event. The event is known as Spamfield ...

Aussie woman Milly Formby is flying her microlight around the country to shine a light on the plight of the world’s endangered shorebirds. Here’s why. Zoologist Milly Formby is following shorebirds ...

A THRILLSEEKER with no flying experience bought a microlight during lockdown — then crashed it after taking off by mistake. The novice pilot took it for a spin on the ground but accidentally hit a ...