Airfield, airport and air strips: They’re the life-blood of General Aviation. We take a look at what’s going well, what’s not and what’s in between. It’s a subject we’ll return to in future shows. Be assured: painful though it is to lose an airfield, there are also lots of good things happening.

Plus: News
LAA Rally 2026: A huge success for the Light Aircraft Association and for Leicester Airport. Watch our video “Best of the LAA Rally”: https://youtu.be/S_3UJG7xvz0
GippsAero GA10 Airvan single-engine turboflight flies again
Free money! BWPA scholarships - there’s loads
Fred To, British aviation pioneer, to fly with SolarStratos this autumn
Electronic Conspicuity: The CAA’s consultation ends soon so have your say

Fantasy Hangar
Is there such an aircraft as a beautiful single-engine turboprop that grown out of a piston engine version? The question is prompted by the GippsAero GA10 Airvan - useful it may be, pretty it ain’t. So who chose what?
Ian went for the Taylor Speedstar 850, an oddball aircraft fitted with an 840hp Garrett TPE-331 turboprop engine, called “a beautiful masterpiece”
Dave plumped for the Tarragon Turboprop, fitted with TurboTech’s 141hp regenerative turbine, which made its first flight in July this year. It’s very very sexy!
Ed went for the Turbine Toucan, a one-off Pitts Model 12 usually powered by a giant Vedeneyev M14P radial piston engine but now equipped with an equally giant 750hp 601D turboprop engine

Plus: SkyDemon tip of the week, weekend weather forecast and events coming up.

LINKS
BWPA Scholarships https://bwpa.co.uk/scholarships/
CAA Electronic Conspicuity Consultation https://consultations.caa.co.uk/safety-and-airspace-regulation-group/ec-mandate/
Join the FLYER Club https://flyer.co.uk/membership/
LAA Rally - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_3UJG7xvz0

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