In this week’s show:
The sale of the busiest General Aviation airport in the UK to Horizon Aero Group has collapsed. What do the two local councils which own the airport do now? We visit the airport – still functioning and busy – and look at what it could be.
News:
- Sale of Gloucestershire Airport collapses
- Consultation over the airspace above Manston Airport in Kent when it reopens
- Update on the new MD 564 ‘hotrod’ helicopter
- Entries open for TopNav 2026, the navigation competition that takes place in May
- Enthusiasts building a replica of a 1911 Helpman 1, an early aeroplane in the Netherlands
What Caught My Eye:
- Ian chases a bigger Bird Dog (that’s a Cessna btw)
- Dave marvels at two microlight pilots heading for Iceland
- Ed is enthralled by the latest aeroplane from Lego, the legendary DC-3
Plus events, SkyDemon tip, the weekend’s weather forecast and FLYER Club news
Links:
FLY2026 https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=139024
Top Nav https://rin.org.uk/page/TopNav
Lego DC-3 https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/douglas-dc-3-pan-am-airliner-11378
Welcome to the Flyer show videos send to – [email protected] – Via WeTransfer
Timeline:
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:00 Start
- 1:22 SkyDemon tip
- 3:21 Weekend weather
- 7:12 News
- 21:29 Club News
- 23:19 Main story – Gloucestershire Airport Sale Collapsed
- 47:04 What Caught My Eye
- 56:05 Events
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