Your Own Aeroplane for the Price of a New Car - The FLYER Show - 8 October 2026

What do you choose? A new car or an aeroplane? Yes, after last week’s show where we talked about expensive new high-performance microlights, we go to the other end of the price spectrum. You can buy a whole aeroplane, airworthy and flying, for less than £30,000. We identify a range of possible aircraft available now in the small ads - there’s something for everyone.

And on a similar subject, TV chef Jamie Oliver achieved his PPL at Andrewsfield over the summer - now he’s helped save the airfield from closure. To celebrate Jamie’s involvement in flying, we decided that Fantasy Hangar should look at aircraft to suit Jamie. Some great choices!

- Dave picks something Italian…
- Ian is thinking culinary…
- Ed reckons a cool family wagon is needed…

In the news
- Elixir grounds its entire fleet of aircraft
- Wormingford Airsfield closes
- Mike O’Donoghue, formerly GASCo, is now General Aviation Programme Manager for CHIRP
- Jamie Oliver, who is dyslexic, achieved his PPL ground exams with the help of Pooleys and an audio app
- New brooms at the top at Continental 
- Three Johns appear at a special Aerobility event

Plus
- SkyDemon tip
- Weekend weather forecast
- Events coming up


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