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What is the cost in 2026 for Private Pilot’s Licence? - The FLYER Show - 2nd April 2026

£10k? £15k? £20k? We run through some of the figures, some of the options and remember our first solo flights - which vary from a flex-wing microlight to a glider to a Piper Cub!

Plus, in the News:

Sonex Aircraft closes

Avid founder and designer, Dean Wildon, RIP

Microlight Awards + video chat with Owain Johns, CEO of the BMAA

The Reno, sorry Roswell Air Races are back and this time all the really fast guys will be there

Update on fuel prices

In What Caught My Eye:

Ian wonders about a spectacular forced landing in Oregon’s immense Snake River Canyon

Dave is excited about Pussy Galore’s Piper…

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