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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 18th FAI World Microlight Championships got off to a flying start after a big bang from a military canon opened the event, being held at Deenethorpe Airfield in Great Britain from 27 July to 3 ...

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 ...

A 90-year-old pilot who was seriously hurt when his microlight crashed in to a tree may have felt under pressure to fly, according to an accident report. He lost control of his microlight while ...

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 ...