When Captain Arvind Sharma became the first person in India to get a microlight pilot’s licence several years ago, few people had heard of the planes and even fewer had flown them. However, since then ...

The detached wing of the microlight at the cliff's edge. Picture: MIKE SMITH Horror at a usually tranquil spot. Picture: MIKE SMITH Coastguards and other members of the emergency services prepare to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...