The Aircraft
Purple Aviation can offer you the choice of two main types of microlight; the fixed-wing or 3 axis plane and the flexwing or Weight Shift. Please simply specify your preference when booking.
3 Axis Planes
Eurostar
The EV-97 team Eurostar is one of a new generation of microlights, which has light aircraft performance and style.
It is designed and manufactured by a Czech Republic based company, Evektor-Aerotechnik and factory-built as a CAA approved, ready to fly 450 kg microlight by Cosmik Aviation in the UK.
The aircraft is an all-metal low-wing design with excellent all round visibility. It has a cruising speed of 100 mph and is easy to handle for experienced pilots and beginners alike.
It has an excellent climb rate, good short field performance and surprisingly good fuel economy
Thruster
The most popular training Microlight in the UK (nearly 1/3 of all schools are using Thrusters). The Thruster TST was introduced in the mid 1980s and was the first viable conventional control two seat and three axis microlight aircraft on the British market. The T300 was a later development and was built under license in the UK, but production ceased in the early ’90s.
The latest Thruster variant is the T600 Sprint, which is used at Purple Aviation is powered by a Jabiru 4 stroke engine and has a fully enclosed fuselage.
Weight Shift Aircraft
P&M QUIK
The QUIK is at the cutting edge of flexwing aircraft development, taking the microlight definition to the extreme.
The wing and trike unit have been designed to offer speed, climb, performance, comfort, quietness and, above all – relaxed flying in weather conditions avoided by the normal flexwing pilot.
With its light handling, precise feel, over 100mph top speed and over 80mph trimmed cruise speed, the Quik is the ultimate cross country machine.
P&M GT450
Based on the high performance Pegasus Quik, the GT450 comes with a new 13 sq\m wing, with a maximum take of weight of 450kg.
Individual seat loads of 110kg, and maximum fuel capacity of 65 litres.
Superb slow speed handing, genuine trim speeds of less than 50mph solo and 55mph dual, all without sacrificing maximum straight and level speeds of 95mph, 80mph trimmable make this an ideal training aircraft. www.pmaviation.co.uk