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A flight across the Atlantic in a microlight. Jon Hilton risks life & limb flying his CTSW from the UK to Canada via The Faroes, Iceland and Greenland. He encounters weather that almost kills him and bureaucracy that nearly defeats him.

A chat with Cary Robins of american Aeronautics, producers of the Fly in CG weight and balance calculators and the iPad iFly weight and balance calculator app. We talk about why weight and balance is so important and about Cary's career in aviation too.

A chat about the planning that's required for a flight over 10,000 nautical miles from the UK to Australia in a light aircraft.

A trip to the Light Aircraft Association Rally to see what's new on the GA scene here in the UK. I talk to various aircraft manufacturers and importers including Grass Strip Aviation, Red-Air, Sprite Aviation, Dragon Aviation, The Light Aircraft Company and Swift Aviation.

A chat with some of the personnel on the Fly2Pole expedition to the South Pole. John Laity gives us a project update and I also speak with Alan Robinson one of the injured pilots. Mike Oakley is the team's flying instructor and he gave me an overview of the problems faced by the pilots.

Interviews with Rotorsport, AirBikeUK, Sprite Aviation, The Light Aircraft Co., Wessex Light Aircraft, P&M, Red-Air, Flylight and Gordon Clephane

A chat with John Laity of Flying for Freedom. John and his colleagues will be trying to get a team of disabled ex-servicemen to fly flexwing microlights to the South Pole.

A chat with Martin Jones about his restoration of a 1934 de Havilland Comet 'Black Magic'.

A discussion about what the BMAA gets up to in the UK. The Chairman, David Bremner, explains how they support microlighting, help improve safety and regulate the sport.

A visit to The Flying Show at the NEC with interviews with Breezer UK, The Light Aircraft Company, Dave Sykes, GASCo and lastly, The Airspace and Safety Initiative.