May 2012 Issue of LIGHT AVIATION

Apr 2012 cover of LA
  • Editor’s Desk – Brian Hope introduces this month’s magazine.
  • Chairman’s Chat – Orphans are becoming a larger percentage of LAA fleet
  • News – UK/Ireland Permit agreement, Lycoming approves some of its engines for UL91
  • Letters – Anti-collision electronic devices, and concerns over new aircraft corrosion inhibiting.
  • Over the Hedge – A re-engined sport plane and Piper Cub seat slings.
  • Project News – A Pitts rebuild and our President gets re-united with an old friend.
  • Turbulent Times Jonathan Wilkins’ first season as a Tiger Club Turbulent Team display pilot.
  • Aircraft Tug – Moving aircraft? Let a DIY, battery powered aircraft tug take the strain.
  • YES Minister – LAA and YES attend at the 2012 Youth in Aviation Parliamentary Reception at Westminster. “
  • Engineering – Planning a Flight Test Programme, Part 1;
  • Air test – Stan Hodgkins flies Chris Harrison’s unique Van’s RV8A tri-gear.
  • Olympic AFPEx – John Dean explains how to file a Flight Plan with AFPEx for the R112 Olympic Restricted airspace.
  • RV to South Africa – Peter Gorman concludes his epic tale
  • Sun n Fun – Report from this year’s Floridian Convention
  • Safety Spot Some thoughts on bespoke Maintenance Schedules