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All the latest movements from the CAA Register.

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Flight Test - Eurocopter EC130 B4
Helen Krasner samples the stunning EC130.

FREE Landings
This month's featured airfields are Blackbushe, Cottered, Dunkeswell and Newtownards

Popham Microlight Fair - Show Report
Team TP did battle with the bank holiday traffic on the M25 and made its annual pilgrimage to the Popham microlight fly-in.

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French Fun
Needing to log some fixed-wing time and have some fun, Helen Krasner headed to France for a well-earned break.

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Flight Test - de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth
Dave Unwin flies the legendary Gipsy Moth.

Flight Safety
The latest reports from the AAIB

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Weather School - Are you an 'air(mass) head'?
Simon Keeling explains how to read an airmass.

Show Report - Aero Expo 2007
After a successful debut last year, the 2007 show had a lot to live up to. The Today's Pilot team travelled to Wycombe Air Park to visit Aero Expo 2007.

Going Places - Bourn
Located just a few miles outside the vibrant city of Cambridge, Bourn airfield is home to the Rural Flying Corps. Simon Hazeldine drops in to find out what's on offer.

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Letters

People and their Planes
Bill's Buckaroo
Frank B Mormillo talks to Bill Vandersande about his very rare trainer.

Where Eagles Dare
It's like a little piece of America in the heart of East Anglia, and the controlled air space around it can prove intimidating to some UK pilots. Simon Hazeldine visits Lakenheath, Suffolk, and finds out how its airspace works.

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Learning To Fly, Thai-Style
Forty-degree heat, bird strikes and instructions to keep your head wet. Newly qualified PPL (A) David Tuck recounts some of the more unusual aspects of learning to fly in Thailand.

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Flight Test - The Peak Me 109 - A Microlight Messerschmitt
Jochen Ewald reports from Germany on an exciting scale replica of this famous fighter.

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