UK-based ProAirsport has developed a hybrid microlight/glider with electrically powered wheels used for taxiing and takeoff, and a jet turbine for climbing and cruising. During flight, the engine can ...

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RENNES, FRANCE (AFP) - Five people were killed after a tourist plane and a microlight aircraft collided in western France on Saturday (Oct 10), the local government said. The small microlight carrying ...

TEZPUR:Believe it or not, Brigadier H J Singh has a cure for North-East's militancy--microlight flying. tezpur: hovering in the sky on his bright yellow microlight aircraft, over the army cantonment ...

Pilots flying microlights , a conventional two-seater aircraft weighing less than 450kg, need to have a private pilot’s licence, which they can get after 40 hours of flying with trained pilots.

Emergency services were called out to the incident near Kelso at about 21:45 on Wednesday.