Learn what it takes to get a sport pilot certificate and experience the excitement and adventure of becoming a pilot flying a fixed wing, 3-axis (airplane) light-sport aircraft. Join instructor Jeff Reynolds as he takes Paul Hamilton through pilot training – from first flight to flying solo, to preparing for the checkride.
Then join Paul as he takes you through the concepts you need to know to earn your pilot certificate.
Basic learn-to-fly principles presented can be used for ultralights or fixed-wing LSA. The beautiful cinematography features plenty of in-flight footage that captures the thrill and adventure of flying a light-sport aircraft. Includes booklet with worksheets and checklists for an interactive learning experience.

ASA has teamed up with renowned sport aviation expert Paul Hamilton to produce Sport Pilot: Choosing the Light-Sport Aircraft that's Right for You, a training DVD that explains and defines ultralights and LSA. It provides parameters to evaluate your situation and the factors to consider, and an overview and introduction to each of the light-sport aircraft types. Includes a beautiful full-color booklet with aircraft photos and comparison tables.

The new Sport Pilot airman certificate for Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) provides a simple path to a pilot certificate and a variety of aircraft people can own and/or operate inexpensively. As a result, more people are now able to experience the freedom to fly.

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

In the video we have tried to answer many of the questions a newcomer to our sport is likely to ask, and who better to answer them than Chris Finnigan, the Chief Executive Officer of the British Microlight Aircraft Association.

We have tried to include as mush air to air film of microlights as possible. Throughout the video we hav tried to show the pilot's eye view, so you can get an idea of the freedom and excitement that awaits you when you take to the air as a microlight pilot.

This video was filmed during the summer of 2003, which was one of the hottest and driest on record. As a result, much of the flying footage shows people in shorts and T-shirts. Normally we wear warm clothes and flying suits when flying our open cockpit aircraft, so we took advantage of the warm weather while we could. With more summers like that one, the sight of people flying around in light clothing coud soon become the norm.

Includes an extra video: Flight of the Lazair.
Plus film of interviews with; Harriet Pottinger, Judy Leden, and Dr Billy Brooks form the International Airsports Exhibition at Telford 2002.

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.