The first Britten-Norman BN2A-21 Defender to carry four gun pods, each with two 7-62mm machine guns, is G-BDTK for the Botswana Defence Force, seen over the Isle of Wight before delivery to Gaborone.

A sidewinder-equipped Northrop YF-17 prototype in Canadian markings in anticipation of the possible order of CF-18Ls for the CAF.

Two-seat Spitfire Mk 8 G-AIDN/MT818 suffered a landing accident at Coventry, Baginton, Airport on February 6, 1978 when its undercarriage collapsed, badly damaging the aircraft. Peter Bayliss, the pilot, and his passenger escaped unharmed.

The Skyfame collection of historic aircraft has now been moved from its familiar base at Staverton Airport, Gloucester, to join the IWM Collection at Duxford. The unique Saro SB A/1 is seen in transit.

Flt Lt David Cyster, flying Tiger Moth G-ANRF, took off from Dunsfold, Surrey, on February 7, 1978 to make a solo flight to Australia, marking the 50th anniversary of Bert Hinkler's England-Australia flight in an Avro Avian.

Flt Lt David Cyster, flying Tiger Moth G-ANRF, took off from Dunsfold, Surrey, on February 7, 1978 to make a solo flight to Australia, marking the 50th anniversary of Bert Hinkler's England-Australia flight in an Avro Avian.

Following trials Boscombe Down, the Vickers-Slingsby T61E Venture T Mk 2 motor glider has now entered service with the Air Training Corps.

The latest canard design to come from the fertile mind of Californian Burt Rutan, creator of the Vari-Eze, is the Quickie, powered by a 16 h.p. development of the Onan two-cylinder, four-stroke industrial engine. The main wheels are housed in winglet-shaped pods at the extremities of the foreplane. Aimed at achieving good fuel economy, 100 miles per US gal is anticipated. Constructed of glass-fibre sandwich with a rigid foam core, the Quickie took three months and 400 man hours to build. The ailerons are mounted inboard on the wing, and the elevators take up virtually the whole span of the canard surface.