FLYER Magazine

12 May 2021

In the July 2021 issue of FLYER Since its launch in 2012, British homebuilders have been patiently waiting for the first Van’s Aircraft RV-14 fly in the UK. We’ve got the exclusive first UK flight test and can say, it’s definitely been worth the wait… As pilots that pushed back against recent Airspace Change Proposals for drone Temporary Danger areas in Scotland, Hamish Mitchell and fellow Prestwick Centre ATCO Derek Pake went in search of the drone operators to see if some co-operation might be in order. Read what happened in Flying with the Drones. In Accident Analysis, FLYER Safety editor Steve Ayres looks into accidents where everything on board is normal up to the point where the pilot starts to get that sinking feeling… In Flying Adventure, Fiona Macaskill and her husband Angus challenged themselves to set a Guinness World Record to land at as many airfields as they could in a 12-hour day, on a Pooleys Dawn to Dusk challenge. Top Gear puts the ForeFlight Sentry to the test.