Air Law for Microlight Pilots is the first book to deal specifically with Air Law as it relates to pilots of microlights, gliders, balloons, paramotors, gyrocopters and other ‘sport aviation’ pilots.
Designed to enable to user to pass the relevant UK Private Pilot Licence (PPL) or National Private Pilot Licence (NPPL) air law examination, it will be equally invaluable for the qualified pilot seeking to update his or her knowledge of aviation law, flight rules and procedures. This book sets out to detail those parts of Aviation Law which are relevant to sports aviation (recreational) pilots, focusing in particular on microlight pilots where powered aircraft are concerned, explaining the detail of the subject in a commonsense way designed to help the reader learn. Comprehensive, readable and illustrated throughout (including a full colour section), this book will become the standard reference for sports aviation law. It also includes comprehensive progress and revision questions and answers to help the reader consolidate his or her knowledge.

Subjects covered include:
• AVIATION LEGISLATION
• AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION
• MICROLIGHTS
• LICENCES, RATINGS, AUTHORITIES
• PILOT LICENSING
• LICENCE CONSIDERATIONS
• INSTRUCTOR RATINGS (MICROLIGHTS) AND EXAMINER AUTHORITIES
• AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION AND AIRWORTHINESS
• AIRCRAFT OPERATION
• FLIGHT RULES (RULES 24 TO 27)
• AIRSPACE • AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS AND HAZARDS
• INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT • ROYAL FLIGHTS
• AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
• ALTIMETER SETTING PROCEDURES
• OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AND RULES OF THE AIR
• AERIAL COLLISION AVOIDANCE
• LOW FLYING
• AERODROME SIGNALS AND MARKINGS
• DISTRESS, DIFFICULTY AND URGENCY SIGNALS
• ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REGULATIONS

Passionate about Africa and always eager to travel, South African microlight pilots Mark Becker and Tjeerd Beens, will take you on a journey like no other.
Join the two flying enthusiasts as they travel from Cape Town to the Fish River Canyon in Namibia. Africa's Grand Canyon and the second largest canyon system in the world.
‘Flying The Fish’ is a documentary style film, and a visual feast soaring over rarely seen geography and geology of Southern Africa and its vast uninhabited areas. It tests the bonds of friendship as the team face the dangers associated with unpredictable weather, solving unanticipated mechanical problems, and sleeping and surviving in the great open spaces of Africa.

Microlighting" introduces the reader to affordable aviation for everyone. If you have ever dreamed of flying an aeroplane but always thought that it would be too difficult or expensive for you, then read this book to find our how ordinary people can become aviators. In a letter published in the Nov/Dec 2001 edition of "Microlight Flying", the magazine of the British Microlight Aircraft Association, one man who had read "Microlighting" said that he found it "to be a delightfully refreshing and informative book, so much so, I elected to go for a trial flexwing flight". He went on to thank me and the microlight instructor who took him flying for one of the most unforgettable experiences of a lifetime.

If you don't want to fly yourslef but know someone who has always wanted to fly but has never been able to afford it, or who thinks they could not do it, then show them this book and persuade them to buy it or better still buy it for them. Microlight pilots come in all shapes and sizes, male and female, and range in age from 17 to 80+. Many top microlight pilots have to get around in wheelchairs because they don't have the use of their legs, but once in aeroplane they are the equal, if not the better, of any other pilot. Challenge yourself and open up the whole new world of excitement, knowledge and personal fulfillment that is sport aviation.

About the Author
Chris Finnigan was born into a naval family in Plymouth in 1955. His first flight at the age of 10 was in a De Havilland Dragon Rapide at the Plymouth Air Show and he instantly became hooked. An Air Cadet in both the ATC and Hele School CCF, his first solo was in an open cockpit glider at the age of 16.

An essential guide to this fast-growing, thrilling sport, taking the reader from an introduction to the basic techniques, through the rules of the sport and the equipment neccesary for the ultimate 'flying' experience. This fully illustrated handbook is written by the secretary of the Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commision of the FAI and includes chapters on piloting, weather, wind and lift, advanced equip-ment, safety, rules and laws, and airspace.

The first part of the book contains an alphabetical glossary on the theory of microlight flying that will be a great help for those needing to bridge the 'jargon gap' of flying theory. The second and third parts of the book concentrate on the practical side of learning to fly a microlight: one section on 3-axis aircraft and the other on weight-shift aircraft. Exercises 1 through to 18 are explained in a simple and plain manner, following the microlight training syllabus, letting you know what to expect in your microlight training course. The fourth part of the book looks at common problems encountered in microlight training, and gives sample theory exam questions.
Illustrated with many explanatory drawings in full colour, the A-Z of Microlighting is a must for every student pilot and the seasoned microlight flyer.