Oil prices are rising quickly and the £3 litre of 100LL avgas is a definite possibility. In some parts of Europe, it’s already close. We take a look at current UK, Europe and USA prices, talk to the suppliers for their view and ask where’s it going?

Plus, in this week’s News
Swift Fuels 100R unleaded avgas is approved for hundreds more aircraft
We look back at the life of Mike Melvill, kitplane builder, test pilot and first civilian astronaut
Ultimate High is having a GA Safety Day at Goodwood
Loganair trials electric aircraft in the Highlands & Islands
Greenland’s legendary Narsarsuaq Airport us to close
£190k job at the CAA to sort out airspace mess

In What Caught Me Eye this week:
Dave finds a simulator of a Thruster microlight for those days when it’s too windy to fly the real thing.
Ian fancies a blend, a blended wing aircraft that is. Two are due to appear at April’s AERO Friedrichshafen show.
Ed finds a seven-tenths scale Junkers Ju-87 Stuka replica for sale. Will he ever stop making that Stuka dive bomber sound?

Links
Thruster simulator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGnECqInpI
Stuka replica https://www.swarbirds.com/ju-87-stuka-replica
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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.

In this week’s 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

In What Caught My Eye this week
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
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What flying competitions can you take part in as a General Aviation pilot? There’s a surprising number of events and a wide range of sports, from air racing to short take-off and landing (STOL) competitions. For the tourers, there’s the Pooleys Dawn to Dusk Challenge, navigation exercises or precision/rally flying.

The SkyDemon tip is about integrated AIPs and airfield guides.

In the news we discuss:
Old Sarum Airfield wins planning appeal
Bicester Airfield hangar restored
New helicopters everywhere at the Verticon trade show
Fuel prices

In What Caught My Eye this week:
Annabel intercepts a video from Sam Rutherford
Dave spots a Spitfire
Ed finds a real-life fantasy hangar that’s straight out of a Bond movie

Links:
FLY2026 - https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=139024

Attend/Enter Real Stol event -https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iYGU1REw62u-sArdKHEr3HDIyO-FWFARUD3v8vYDjtE/edith

Spitfires.com circumnavigation - https://www.spitfires.com/spitfire90

RRRA - https://www.royalaeroclubrrra.co.uk/

British Aerobatics - https://www.aerobatics.org.uk/

Top Nav - https://rin.org.uk/page/TopNav

Precision Flying World Championship 2026 - https://wpfc2026.pl/

British Precision Pilots Association -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1687052261663401

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