The Hampshire Microlight Barnstorming Event

The Organisor Daryl Cornelius Year 3 , take off roll

This years Event

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July 2008

What is it all about?

The Sport of flying Microlight’s continues to evolve; fast machines now fly at 160mph and will carry you safely over sea and through rough weather. These are exciting developments which empower the microlighting movement to fly huge distances, safely and at comparatively low cost.

However, the sport started with people flying from Farmers fields with rag and pole machines and very little else. This event is to celibrate that history. In the beginning was little or no training requirement, or regulated microlight build standards and consiquently some the pioneering pilots paid a high personal price.

Since then there has been alot of regulation that is on the whole very welcome, we now have mandatory training & a manufaturing standard known as "Section S" which new machines have to meet to be given a permitt to fly. Additionally an annual technical check which ensures the machines are maintained in good order.

This fly in is to celebrate our history and the roots of the sport. We encourage a diverse range of Microlight’s to fly together, just for fun. We hope you will join us by air, by road or by foot in the coming years as this event grows.

The location, is a field next to the sea on the south coast just a few hundred yards from 2 pubs...it just does not get any better...

2005 5 Visitors
2006 9 Visitors
2007 30 Visitors
2008 Will you be with us? Practice those short field Appraches & Landings!

Some fo the Collection of Vistors

 
The "Stooker Approach" to clearing the hedge and the "hop over and hope" to stop in the 190meter strip.

Folk in Foot lauch created the most interest

 

We hope to see you all in 2008!