Lead story:Czech Aircraft SportCruiser production version. At last EASA has approved this best selling (in America) LSA factory finished so you don't have to build your own.
Flight test:Piper Meridian G1000. This superb six-seat pressurised turboprop now has the same panel as the TBM850.
Flight test: KZII Traener. Lovely old open cockpit trainer from Denmark.
Buyer's guide: Nosewheel Maule, just as STOL, but the nosewheel makes it ideal for farmstrip-based groups.
Practical aviation: If you keep nothing else in mind, remember these 20 safety tips.
What's involved in… The flying farmer dream; Colin Goodwin meets a man with a rag-and-tube Piper in his barn.
Adventure flying: Twice coast-to-coast across America in a Cessna.
PLUS: The funny side of engineering accidents, ILAFFT, Pilot Notes, news from AOPA. This month's featured airfield is Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green, more GA friendly these days. FREE LANDING VOUCHERS THIS MONTH: Waterford, Panshanger, Fife, Seething, Redhill and Enniskillen