IT's a shame about the mag. I mean, I appreciate that there is one at all. But it used to be a much more fun mag before the previous editor died. It had a lot more features on aircraft many of us might conceivably fly one day. Perhaps ONE person in the whole of Australia is ever going to fly the Icon (the reviewer), even if it stayed in business. Maybe one or two pages would be enough to tell us prols about it, rather than 8. It might have fitted better in 'Posh Planes Monthly' or something.
Still, the cover story was more in keeping with what might interest more of us (Ercoupe). Although I have a feeling they've written about it before. And a story about Lawrence Hargreaves was welcome. If any of the magazine editors are reading this- More cheap and cheerful stuff please! I wanna read about Austers and C150s and Zenith 701s and Drifters, as well as the fancier stuff. How about the history of Quicksilver, pretty much the biggest name (I think they have produced over 15,000 aircraft) in 'real' ultralights?